Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Pizza

Red Pepper and Goat Cheese Pizza

Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C) if using flatbread or 450°F (230°C) if using pizza dough

Pizza pan or baking sheet

1                           12” round of flatbread or enough pizza

1                           dough for a 12-inch (30 cm) pizza

1 tbsp                 olive oil                                                                                              15 mL

1 cup                   shredded mozzarella cheese                                                            250 mL

¼ cup                 cup soft crumbed goat cheese                                                         50 mL

1                           large red bell pepper, thinly sliced                                                  1

1                           large tomato, sliced                                                                         1

¼ cup                 sliced black olives                                                                             50 mL

¼ cup                 sweet Vidalia onion, sliced (optional)                                             50 mL

1 tsp                    dried basil (or 2 tbsp/ 25 mL chopped fresh basil)                         5 mL

1. Place flatbread on baking sheet. Alternatively, if using pizza dough, spread out dough on lightly greased pizza pan to make a 12-inch (30cm) circle.
2. Brush olive oil on top of flatbread or pizza dough. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Top with goat cheese, red pepper, tomato, black olives, onion, if using, and basil.
3. Bake pizza in bottom half of preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is golden and filling is bubbly.

Yield: 4 servings

Cooking Tip: Using a baking stone is a great way to give your pizza a crusty finish. Place the pizza stone in a cool oven, turn on the oven and preheat the stone for about 45 minutes before cooking the pizza.

Nutritional Info:

Per serving

Calories: 373

Carbohydrate: 40 g

Protein: 14 g

Dietary Fibre: 3 g

Fat: 18 g

*Excerpted from Dietitians of Canada, Cook Great Food: 450 Delicious Recipes © 2001 Robert Rose Inc. www.robertrose.ca Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.