Goat Cheese, Roasted Onion & Mushroom Pizza
Ingredients
- 2 medium onions, cut in half
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 large garlic clove, crushed
- Flour, for rolling dough
- 2 tsp fine cornmeal
- 11oz ready-to-use fresh pizza dough
- 175g goat’s cheese with rind, roughly torn into 2-3cm pieces
- 85g chestnut mushrooms, thinly sliced
- Sea salt and pepper, to taste
- Extra-virgin olive oil, to drizzle (optional)
- Small handful flat-leaf parsley leaves, roughly chopped
Instructions
Step 1
Brush onions with oil, place on oven tray with garlic. Install the wire rack on Level 3. Select ROAST, set temperature to 180˚C and set time to 25 minutes. Press START/STOP to begin preheating. When preheated, place oven tray on wire rack on Level 3 and close oven to begin cooking. Remove onions to a board to cool and then finely slice. Wash tray.
Step 2
Sprinkle the cornmeal onto the oven tray - concentrating it on raised central area to prevent any sticking.
Step 3
Roll out the pizza dough, using a little flour, to fit the oven tray and place inside. Push dough so it comes just a little up the edges.
Step 4
Spread onions onto pizza dough, leaving a 2cm border around edges. Dot with pieces of goat’s cheese followed by the mushrooms. Season to taste and drizzle with olive oil.
Step 5
Install the wire rack on Level 3. Select PIZZA, set temperature to 220˚C and set time to 13 minutes. Press START/STOP to begin preheating.
Step 6
When the unit has preheated, place oven tray on wire rack on Level 3. Close oven door to begin cooking.
Step 7
After 12 minutes, check to see whether pizza has coloured underneath by lifting a corner with a silicone spatula. Leave for another minute of necessary.
Step 8
When cooked, sprinkle with parsley, drizzle with more oil, if desired, and serve hot with a crisp salad.