Shiitake Mushroom and Caramelized Onion Pizza with Gruyère

Name: Shiitake Mushroom and Caramelized Onion Pizza with Gruyère
Yield: makes one 10-inch pizza
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 small yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and sliced (3 cups); 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme; One 6-ounce ball Pizza Dough (page 232); All-purpose flour, for dusting; 1/4 pound Gruyère cheese, shredded (about 1 cup); Chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; White truffle oil, for drizzling (optional)

December 9, 2011

What you put on your pizza is just as important as how much. It’s about quality, not quantity. Don’t go crazy and overload pizza with a jumble of toppings. Think about balance and a few well-chosen ingredients that work together. The Caponata (page 70) and the sugo (page 111) are delicious spread on pizza with a few cubes of mozzarella, for example. Here earthy mushrooms matched with fragrant thyme and sweet caramelized onions pack this rustic pizza with major punch. Gruyère’s robust and savory flavor profile knocks this no-sauce pizza off the charts. When it comes to pizza, this one delivers.

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