Spicy pizza with champignons and pickled cucumbers
4 servings
60 minutes
Spicy pizza with mushrooms and pickles is a unique blend of classic Italian traditions with an unexpected sour-salty note. Its crispy dough infused with the aroma of olive oil serves as the perfect base for a rich filling. Mushrooms add tenderness and an earthy flavor to the dish, while pickles provide a pleasant sharpness and freshness. Melted cheese binds the ingredients together, creating a harmony of flavors, while ketchup highlights their richness. This pizza is great for friendly evenings as well as cozy family dinners. It can be served with light white wine or fresh vegetables, and hot from the oven it will be especially delicious. Each slice offers gastronomic pleasure, awakening the desire for another piece.
1
Dissolve sugar in half of the water (warm), mix in the yeast, and let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Water: 0.5 glass
- Sugar: 0.5 teaspoon
- Dry yeast: 6 g
2
Sift the flour, add salt, pour in the yeast, the remaining water, and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Knead the dough for 7 minutes, cover the bowl with a damp cloth, and place it in a warm place for 40 minutes.
- Wheat flour: 2 glasss
- Salt: 0.5 teaspoon
- Water: 0.5 glass
- Dry yeast: 6 g
- Olive oil: to taste
3
Chop the mushrooms and sauté them covered in a pan. If they start to burn, add a little water. Add salt.
- Button mushrooms: 250 g
- Salt: 0.5 teaspoon
4
Knead the dough again, stretch it by hand on a baking sheet greased with 1 teaspoon of oil. Cover with a damp towel and start on the filling.
- Olive oil: to taste
5
Cut the cucumbers, chop the onion, and grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- Marinated cucumbers: 2 pieces
- Onion: 1 piece
- Hard cheese: 60 g
6
Brush the pizza base with another tablespoon of olive oil (to prevent it from getting soggy from the toppings), spread ketchup on top. Add onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, and sprinkle with cheese.
- Olive oil: to taste
- Ketchup: 60 g
- Onion: 1 piece
- Button mushrooms: 250 g
- Marinated cucumbers: 2 pieces
- Hard cheese: 60 g
7
Bake in the oven at 220 degrees for 15 minutes. Eat the pizza immediately after cooking! To keep the pizza from getting soggy from the toppings and remaining crispy, leave it on a rack or wooden board.
