Pepper, Mushroom, and Onion Pizza with Hazelnut Dough

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Servings:
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Serve up a pizza parlor classic with this crowd-pleasing recipe. The toppings are a favorite of Seth Meyers of "SNL," who helped Martha prepare the pizza on "The Martha Stewart Show." Also try:Butternut Squash Pizza with Hazelnut Dough

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup finely ground yellow cornmeal

  • 1 ball Hazelnut Pizza Dough

  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling

  • 1 small green bell pepper, stemmed and seeded, cut crosswise into rings

  • 3 ounces white button mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced

  • ¼ small onion, thinly sliced

  • Tomato Sauce

  • 4 ½ ounces thinly sliced fresh mozzarella cheese

  • Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven, preferably convection, to 500 degrees. Place pepper, mushrooms, and onion in a large bowl; drizzle with olive oil and toss to combine.

  2. Spread cornmeal on a baking sheet. Stretch dough into a 9 1/2-inch round; transfer to baking sheet. Drizzle dough with oil, and spread tomato sauce on top leaving a 1/2-inch border; top with cheese. Place pepper mixture on top of cheese and season with salt and pepper. Bake until crust is golden brown and cooked through, 18 to 20 minutes.

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Cook's Notes

Pizza may also be prepared on a pizza peel and carefully transferred to a preheated pizza stone, set in oven, for cooking.

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