This isn't really a recipe. It's just a combination that worked pretty nicely so I'm going to share.
Mushroom, Spinach & Blue Cheese Pizza with Caramelized Bacon
Ingredients
Pizza Crust Dough
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Mozzarella Cheese
Fresh Spinach Leaves
Onion (thinly sliced)
Blue Cheese
Button Mushrooms
Bacon (chopped up into bits)
Brown Sugar
Red Chili Powder
Black Pepper
Step 1: The only preparation is the part where you fry the bacon in its own oil and you season it with copious amounts of freshly ground black pepper and a liberal dose of red chili pepper. When it starts looking pretty nice and crisp, sprinkle this with brown sugar and toss it until it's glistening in the caramelized brown sugar.
Step 2: Brush the pizza dough with extra virgin olive oil and make a layer of mozzarella cheese on it.
Step 3: Put two layers of baby spinach leaves on it and then sprinkle this with the caramelized bacon bits.
Step 4: Put the sliced mushrooms, thinly sliced onions and slices of blue cheese on top and bake.
This obviously is not a good idea for anyone on a low sodium diet for obvious reasons, but those of us who aren't fussed about sodium also need to pay attention to the amount of bacon and blue cheese we use because it can get pretty salty - so use both ingredients sparingly. It's integral that you spice-up and caramelize the bacon because the spicy sweetness is what makes this combination work.
9 comments:
I does sound like a nice combination ... You know, as it was slightly cooler this morning and I had a big jar of homemade pesto I decided to make your shrimp/pesto pizza for lunch ... It's almost ready for the oven now :-)
Goodness yes - it has cooled down a bit. I am baking bread today again and am going to try putting a layer of sesame seeds on it! :)
Sounds nice with the sesame ... and the pizza was just so nice :-)
Yum, sounds awesome!
how did I miss this post before? i need to eat this pizza right now
This post starts some serious cravings. I want pizza myself afetr reading this post.
This too- I have blue cheese in my fridge waiting to be a part of something. Oh man, maybe those bean burgers (kind of failed ones) are not looking so good.
This looks delicious, I'm a big fan of mushrooms and blue cheese!
You have a great blog here! I like your idea of carmelizing the bacon with brown sugar. I'll have to try that on my next pizza!
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