Fat Camp Friday #22: Meatball and Mushroom Pizza with a Goat Cheese Garnish

April 1, 2011

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Wow, that’s a mouthful. Not just the name, but the pizza itself. But, it doesn’t fully let you know what is all in this – Meatballs, onions, mushrooms, garlic, fresh mozzarella, and goat cheese. So, you can see why I had a hard time naming this one. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Nough said.

Last night was a funny night at my house because I had no idea what I was making. I had pork chops on the calendar, but I didn’t want it. That happens sometimes. No worries right? Well, I had chicken defrosting and still had no idea what I was going to do with it when my hubby walked in the door at 5:30. Early. Shoot. Dinner definitely does not turn out well when he gets home early and I don’t know what I’m making. Mostly because he hovers in the kitchen snacking and looking over my shoulder the whole time.

He says, “What are you making? Can you make pizza? I want meatballs, mushrooms and onions.” Huh? What do I look like, a short order cook? Lucky for him I know how to cook and pull certain foods out of my a** . Lucky for him I have a 1/2 pound of ground beef in the freezer. So, at 6 pm, yes PM, I start making pizza dough. And meatballs.

Well, I don’t know what to say except I must be really good under pressure because this was one of the best pizzas I have ever made. Hands down. Kudos to the hubs, because he’s the brains and I execute. I threw some goat cheese crumbles on top, which really made the dish. The warm creamy cheese just melted so well with all of the other ingredients. I only wish I had fresh basil. And I did it all in time to sit down and watch Trump on Bill O’Reilly. Nice. I repeat, Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

I didn’t measure out any ingredients, which is okay because the best thing about pizza is that you can put however much you want on there. I’ll just give you what’s in it.

Meatball and Mushroom Pizza with a Goat Cheese Garnish

Printable Recipe

mushrooms, sliced

onions, chopped

2 cloves garlic, sliced

dash crushed red pepper
kosher salt

favorite pizza dough

mini meatballs (use any recipe)

garlic olive oil

fresh mozzarella, sliced

goat cheese, crumbled

Preheat pizza stone in an oven at 500 degrees F. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a saute pan on medium heat. Add mushrooms, onions, garlic, salt and red pepper flakes until soft. Remove to a paper towel to drain and cool.

Prepare your favorite pizza dough and meatballs. Form the dough into a 12 inch round and top with a little garlic olive oil (not too much!). Top with mozzarella, meatballs, mushroom mixture, and then goat cheese. Slide pizza onto pizza stone and bake for about 9 minutes until crisp on bottom and everything is melted together on top. Halfway through cooking, brush crust with a mixture of garlic olive oil and parmesan cheese.

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Tags: goat cheese, meatball, mozzarella, mushroom, pizza

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