Mixed Pepper Pizza With Basil and Pine Nuts
Ready In: 20 mins
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 cups vertically sliced vidalia onions or 2 cups other sweet onion
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 3 cloves)
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch strips
- 1 red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch strips
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon capers, drained
- 3⁄4 cup crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
- 1⁄4 cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 500°. Roll prepared pizza dough into a 12-inch circle on a floured surface. Place dough on a 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet coated with cooking spray and sprinkled with 1 tablespoon cornmeal. Crimp edges of dough with fingers to form a rim.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, salt, and black pepper; sauté 3 minutes or until tender.
- Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Reduce heat to low. Add bell peppers; cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in water; cook 10 minutes or until peppers are soft and water has almost evaporated. Remove from heat; stir in capers.
- Spread the pepper mixture evenly over pizza crust; sprinkle with feta. Bake at 500° for 15 minutes or until crust is golden.
- Remove pizza from oven; sprinkle with basil and pine nuts; top with Parmesan. Bake an additional 3 minutes or until Parmesan melts.
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