Madeira Mushroom Pizza

Simply a better way to make a mushroom pizza...

Total Prep / Cook Time (not including dough / sauce) : 45-60 minutes.
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.

Ingredients:
Note: all recipes on this site are scaled to a 14" round large pizza, for larger or smaller pizzas, please scale accordingly.

1 Herbal Dough
3/4 Cup Spicy Red Tomato Sauce
4 oz. Shredded Mozzarela Cheese
4 oz. Shredded Provolone Cheese
1 Cup Sliced White Mushrooms
Madeira Wine
Flour
Butter
Olive Oil
Kosher Salt
Ground Black Pepper
Dried Oregano

Directions:

Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a medium frying pan at medium-high heat.

When melted, pour in mushrooms with a small amount of salt and pepper.

When mushrooms begin to release natural juices (at about 4-6 minutes) pour in 1/8 cup Madeira wine.

When mushrooms have absobed majority of wine (about 2 more minutes), remove from heat, let cool.

Preheat oven to 550 degrees
_{*if using a pizza stone, make sure the oven is preheating/heated for at least twenty minutes prior to putting the pizza into the oven.}

Sprinkle a thin layer of flour on a flat preparing surface, place dough ball onto flour and roll to get a light coating of flour.

Using a rolling pin or your hands, stretch dough out evenly to the size of the pan.

Prepare the pan using either cornmeal or olive oil, and place dough onto pan.

Spread sauce evenly across dough.

Place a light layer of mozzarella on top of the sauce to act as a binding agent for toppings.

Evenly distribute mushrooms across entire pizza and add the remaining mozzarella and provolone cheese.

Sprinkle a small amount of oregano, salt and pepper over pizza.

Place pizza in oven and cook for 9 to 12 minutes, until crust is golden brown and cheese has just begun to brown.

To enhance the flavor of the crust try a garlic oil glaze.

_{Recipe By: MJ}