Call it what you will. One of the greatest inventions of all time. The best thing since sliced bread. A food everyone can agree on. A food with thousands of different versions to choose from. A great battle between Chicago and New York.
Pizza.
It’s the one food in our culture that not a single person dislikes. At least, not from anyone I’ve ever met.
I’m not a pizza snob in the least, but I love different stuff on my pizzas. Don’t get me wrong, I did wolf down a half a pepperoni Red Baron pizza last night (with a huge dollop of ranch). But when I go to different pizza places, I like to be bold. Different. Give me that pizza with potatoes on top. Balsamic drizzle? Sure thing. Broccoli? Why not.
I like pizza so much, I got engaged at a pizza place.
Pizza is just engrained in my personality. Sharing a pie with friends, my husband, or a random person seems to bring everyone together—and will send you into a happy-induced coma. Pizzzzzza.
There’s a delicious fig & pine nut pizza at a place I love here in Bricktown. New York style pizza at a joint in the Plaza District. Warm, crusty slabs of the stuff topped with weird ingedients in Midtown. I think I have all the pizza parlors in OKC down pat.
Playing off the pizza rift, I wanted to do something different recently in my own personal pizza place: my kitchen. I’ve made a pita pizza once with caramelized onion & prosciutto, but other than that I’ve never really shared another pizza recipe with y’all.
Enter this vegetarian delight. I spotted people making pizza with big portobello mushroom caps on Pinterest, but went a different way with it. A good white pizza has always pleased my appetite for a pie, so I sat down to make a portobello version.
It’s simple, really. All you need is ricotta, some lemon, spinach, and fresh mozz. You’ve got to use the fresh mozzarella. That’s what makes a white pizza so good to begin with. It’s salty and melty and oh-so-good.
Can anyone else just eat ricotta straight out of the container? No? Just me? Oops. I’ve got a slight obsession with ricotta.
These mini pizzas were the bomb. I ate them as snacks during my mid-shift breaks at work. They are easily transportable and take no time to warm up to perfection. Standby for future mushroom pizzas!
Portobello White Pizzas
Vegetarian and low-carb portobello mushroom cap pizzas with ricotta, spinach and mozzarella.
Ingredients
- 4 large portobello mushroom caps, cleaned
- 2 tsp. olive oil
- 1 cup spinach
- 1 TBS. lemon zest
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1 cup ricotta
- salt & pepper
- 4 slices fresh mozzarella
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place mushroom caps on a baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Bake for about 5 minutes until slight soft.
- Wilt spinach in a little bit of water in the microwave. Add spinach to a large bowl with ricotta, Parmesan, lemon zest, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir until well mixed.
- Fill mushroom caps with ricotta mixture and top with a slice of mozzarella.
- Return to oven for 3 minutes and then set to broil. Broil until mozzarella is browned and melty.
Step-By-Step Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place mushroom caps on a baking sheet and brush with olive oil. Bake for about 5 minutes until slight soft. Wilt spinach in a little bit of water in the microwave. Add spinach to a large bowl with ricotta, Parmesan, lemon zest, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Stir until well mixed.
Well mixed ricotta mixture. Try not to eat all while waiting on mushrooms.
Fill mushroom caps with ricotta mixture…
…then top with fresh mozz.
Bake for about 3 minutes then set oven to broil. Broil until mozzarella is browned and melty.
my youngest son just in the last year or two decided he liked pizza. before that he had little to nothing to do with the food. people were always shocked when they learned this fact about him. he still prefers pasta over pizza, but not at least he’ll have a slice.
I’m a more traditional pizza person. I really like ricotta cheese on my pizza… such a creamy yummy addition
Wow! Though, if I had to choose between pasta and pizza, I’d choose pasta too. Ricotta is the BEST on pizza.
Omg. I HAVE to make these!!!!!
Yes! It’s really easy to make, too.
I absolutely hate red sauce, people are always shocked when I tell them I don’t like traditional pizza, only white pizza. I always see recipes for “low carb pizza” but not ever any white pizza. I’m on keto now and this is seriously an AWESOME recipe and I’m so glad I found it, I’ve made them twice this week and the rest of the family likes them as well.