Mexican Pizza
- 1 cup canned black beans, rinsed
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped jarred roasted red peppers
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound whole-wheat pizza dough
- Cornmeal, for dusting
- 1 cup shredded low-fat Monterey Jack cheese (3 ounces)
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/4 cup pitted black olives, sliced
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup shredded butter lettuce
- 3 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream
- Set a pizza stone on the bottom of the oven and preheat the oven to 450.
- In a food processor, combine the black beans with the roasted red peppers, garlic clove and chili powder and puree until smooth.
- Season with salt.
- Stretch the pizza dough to a 12-inch round and transfer to a cornmeal-dusted pizza peel.
- Spread the black-bean puree on top, leaving a 1/2-inch border.
- Sprinkle with the cheese, tomatoes, olives and scallion.
- Slide the pizza onto the preheated stone and bake for 12 minutes, until the bottom is crisp and the cheese is bubbling.
- Transfer the pizza to a work surface and top with the lettuce and dollops of the sour cream.
- Cut into 4 or 6 wedges and serve at once.
black beans, red peppers, garlic, chili powder, kosher salt, dough, cornmeal, cheese, grape tomatoes, black olives, scallion, butter lettuce, sour cream
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/mexican-pizza (may not work)