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Portobello Pizza Margherita

Big portobello caps stand in for the dough: they are filled with tomato sauce, basil, Parmesan and mozzarella and baked until bubbling, a dough-free answer to pizza night.

  • YieldServes 6; one mushroom cap each
  • Hands-on20 min
  • Total42 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 6large portobello mushrooms, 10 to 12 cm (4 to 5 inches) across
  • 3 tspextra virgin olive oil, plus a little for the baking pan
  • 6 tspParmesan, freshly grated
  • 270 mltomato sauce, 1 cup plus 2 tbsp
  • 18 leavesfresh basil
  • to tastesalt
  • to tastefreshly ground black pepper
  • 6 tbspshredded mozzarella, heaping

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)
  • Mediterranean
  • Lower sugar

Contains

  • Dairy
  • Olive
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Basil
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Tyramine
  • Lactose

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Oven

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: low
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: low
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: low

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