Marinated Mozzarella and Veggie Pizza

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Prep Time: 2 - 3 hours | Cook Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour | Serves: 4

Ingredients



This pizza is vegetarian as long as you use mozzarella which does not contain animal rennet.

- 1lb Fresh Mozzarella (Caprese Log)
- Handful Fresh Basil
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Red Onion
- 1 Whole Clove Garlic
- 1 Tomato
- Crimini Mushrooms (Portabellos also works well)
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Balsamic Vinegar
- Marinara sauce or pesto
- Black Pepper
(Artichoke hearts also go very well as a topping with this recipe.)

Dough:

You can either make the dough from scratch or buy premade dough. Since there is a Trader Joe's nearby and premade focaccia dough is only $1.00 a ball, I used that.

- 1/2 cup flour or corn meal to roll out dough
- olive oil

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Step 1:

Wash the vegetables.

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Step 2: Cut mozzarella into 1/4 thick slabs.

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Step 3:


Place the mozzarella in bowl and cover with approx 1/4 cup red wine vinegar and 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar.

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Step 4:

Marinated Mozzarella and Veggie Pizza recipe picture 5Peel the garlic and onion and de-stem the basil.

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Step 5:


Julienne the onion and chop the other ingredients coarsely.

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Step 6:


Add the ingredients to a bowl with mozz and vinegar. Add black pepper. Stir until everything is covered, making sure not to tear up the mozzarella.

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Step 7:


Chop the mushrooms in half and julienne the bell pepper. Pull out the dough if you are using store bought dough. Let the veggies marinate for at least an hour.

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Step 8:


Let the dough rise, and punch it down and let it rise again.

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Step 9:


Roll out the dough. (I put string cheese in my crust.)

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Step 10:


Perforate the dough with a fork to eliminate bubbles.

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Step 11:



At this point you may be deviating from how I do this. I have a very bad oven, and having learned from past experience, I have to partially precook my pizza dough before adding toppings. So I brush my pie with olive oil and place it in the oven at this point. If I you have a good oven I would skip this step.

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Step 12:


While my pie was cooking I placed the marinating mozzarella and veggies in a collander to get rid of the liquid.

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Step 13:



Pie after being pre-cooked:

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Step 14:


Normally I use pesto, but today I am using Classico Cabernet Marinara.

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Step 15:


Add mushrooms.

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Step 16:


Add other ingredients.

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Step 17:

Place in oven until cooked to your satisfaction.