Vegetable Puff Pizzalini
- 1/3 recipe puff pastry (about 15 ounces)
- Olive oil (preferably infused with garlic)
- 1 medium onion, diced
- Kosher salt
- Fresh ground pepper
- 2 or 3 small tomatoes (about 2 1/4-inches diameter)
- 1/4 head broccoli
- 8 medium cremini or button mushrooms (about 1 1/4-inch caps)
- Grated Parmesan
- Olive paste (optional)
- Roll the puff pastry into a rectangle 11 x 15 inches.
- Transfer it to a 11 x 17-inch sheet tray lined with parchment paper and fit the dough to the tray exactly.
- Be sure the dough is evenly rolled - about 3/8-inch thick.
- Freeze the sheet tray for about 1/2 hour.
- Remove the tray from the freezer and using a fluted 2 1/4-inch round cutter, cut out 24 to 28 circles.
- Using a fork, dock each round well in the center, 4 to 6 times; leave a 1/4-inch rim undocked.
- The circles can be put back in the freezer for up to 2 months.
- Once they're frozen, they can be stacked and wrapped in plastic wrap.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Heat some oil in a saute pan and cook the onions slowly, until they are soft and fully cooked.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Set aside to cool.
- Slice the tomatoes about 3/8-inch thick.
- Cut off broccoli flowers about 1 1/4 inches around.
- Cut them as close to the flower as possible, without them falling apart.
- Cut the stems off the mushrooms flush with the bottom of the cap (don't hollow them) and slice as thinly as possible.
- Fill a little bowl with about 1-inch of oil.
- Place the rounds of dough, upside down on a papered cookie sheet and dock again.
- Brush about 1/3 with oil, spread about 1/3 with a little olive paste or pesto, and spoon about 1/2 of the cooled onions on the remaining rounds.
- Sprinkle each with Parmesan.
- Place a tomato slice on the rounds spread with oil only; the slice should be the same size or a little smaller than the round of dough.
- Garnish with a few strips of fresh basil.
- Dip each broccoli flower into the oil, head down, and press it, flower up, into the center of each round spread with olive paste.
- Press a sliced mushroom cap into the center of each onion round.
- Slant the cap a little so that the slices separate.
- Brush each round generously with oil and sprinkle generously with Parmesan, salt and pepper.
- Bake for about 17 minutes or until the bottoms are lightly browned.
- Serve warm.
recipe puff pastry, olive oil, onion, kosher salt, fresh ground pepper, tomatoes, broccoli, cremini, parmesan, olive paste
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/vegetable-puff-pizzalini-recipe.html (may not work)