Whole Wheat Fontina Portobello Pizza.
Once upon a time I hated mushrooms.
It was a sad life I lead. Led? I don’t know how to spell what I want to say. It rhymes with bed.
But seriously… sad. Chicken marsala without mushrooms. Creamy bisques lacking mushrooms. Eating only the stuffing for stuffed mushrooms [which is excellent, by the way].
You may know all about this too if you’re afraid of the fungi. But I’m about to tell you a little secret. Really say the word fungi… say it out loud. FUNGI. Hear it?
Fun guy! Yes. Fun guys.
I don’t know what turned me onto mushrooms but I suspect it was the three month period where I was forced to saute them until juicy and delectable or be subjected to the other member of this household destroying all of my skillets (success) from surviving on scrambled eggs for dinner. Someone has really weird food obsessions.
So here’s the deal. Melt some butter in a pan until it gets all sizzly. Dump in a bunch of mushrooms and toss them with the golden bubbles. Let them cook until they are soft and plump and just begging for a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Your best bet is to cover a perfectly grilled filet with the shrooms, but I’d like to convince you to just add them on top of some golden, toasty bread.
If that doesn’t do it for you, pile them on a pizza with some crazy cheeses and bacon. Or just do that anyway, because you totally have to get in on this goodness. And FYI: if you really hate the mushrooms, then you can just eat a bacon + fontina pizza. I won’t hate it.
I think my taste buds exploded. And I’d like the same for you. In a completely loving, non-violent way of course.
Whole Wheat Fontina Portobello Pizza
dough: [I used my standard dough, use whatever dough you’d like.]
1 cup all purpose flour + 3/4 cup regular whole wheat flour
3/4 cup warm water
2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast (1 packet)
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
toppings:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups sliced baby bella mushrooms
3 slices bacon
3 garlic cloves, minced
6 ounces fontina cheese, freshly grated
4 ounces provolone cheese, freshly grated
1/4 cup grated parmesan + a bit more for topping
fresh parsely, chopped for garnish
Combine water, yeast, olive oil and honey and mix with a spoon. Let sit for about 15 minutes until yeast becomes foamy. When I made this pizza I actually used my stand mixer + dough hook for simplicity, but you can also do it by hand. Add in flour and salt and mix until a ball forms and dough comes together (with the mixer, I mixed for about 5 minutes). Using your hands, knead dough for 1-2 minutes until it is somewhat smooth. Place in an oiled bowl (in a warm spot) and let rise for 60-90 minutes. Punch down the dough, then let rise for another 15 minutes.
When dough is almost ready, prepare your bacon so it is half-cooked with just a bit of fat rendered. I stuck mine in the over at 375 for 10 minutes, but you can fry it or even microwave it. Just make sure it is lightly cooked and then cut it into pieces.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Lightly flour your workspace and using a rolling pin, roll dough to the shape you want. Brush dough with olive oil and cover in minced garlic cloves. Add half of each cheese onto the dough, the cover with mushrooms and bacon. Add remaining cheese on top. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until cheese is golden and crust is crispy. When pizza is done, top with additional parmesan and chopped parsley.
Not sure if I can survive one more day without you trying this. Save me?
108 Comments on “Whole Wheat Fontina Portobello Pizza.”
um yes. I would like this for dinner tonight. Going to defrost my pizza dough.
I used to hate mushrooms too! It wasn’t that I even hated them…it was lack of exposure. Something my mother never made b/c SHE didnt like them.
And then when I would try them, they were so horribly prepared that no one would want them. Canned and icky.
Now, I LOVE ‘shrooms and embrace the little fungi so much.
And your pizza looks…amazing!
I’m obsessed with mushrooms and I think that your life was incomplete until you decided to like them. The end.
PS – it’s led.
Thank you! You’re such a great teacher.
I’d really like to move in with you and your husband. I’m willing to do dishes in exchange for pizza, mac n cheese and cookies.
Come to mama. Holy heck. I’m so sorry you lived your life without mushrooms for so long. You have a lot of catching up to do, young lady!
I’m a pizza-fanatic. Every time my husband asks me where I want to eat, I always name out pizza joints. Now, I’ll have to have a pizza night at home…making this amazing pizza. Yum!!!
Yum! I have Pioneer Woman’s pizza dough in the fridge for Fri night pizza…next time I want yu try yours… I’m going to try some of your techniques- like the garlic on the dough. Wondering if you saute the mushrooms for the pizza… Or as is? Thx!
to try, this auto-type drives me crazy sometimes!
I just added them as is!
This is on my list of things to make when the mushroom-hater in the house isn’t home for dinner! Mushrooms + bacon + pizza = love.
ah yes, i remember your old mushroom-hating days! so glad you saw the light though…holy goodness this sounds amazing!
I love, love, love, love mushrooms! And this is just in time for FNPN (Friday Night Pizza Night). YUM!
Did you put some tomato sauce on it or is that bacon? It kinda looks like it. Do you think I could put some tomato sauce there underneath or is that blasphemy? Oh god I wish I had a camera like that. I love your recipes. They have caused me a cooking disorder. I NEED TO MAKE ALL OF THESE !!!
It’s bacon! I didn’t add tomato sauce because I personally do not like tomato sauce. I’m sure it would be great on here though!
Oh my gosh, does this ever look good! I totally want it for breakfast now!
My husband has a shirt with a mushroom on it that says “I’m a fun guy.” Maybe I’ll try to convince him to wear it today in honor of your pizza. :)
I want this. In front of me. Right now. Can we try to make this happen? I’ll love you forever :)
I really really want to like mushrooms because I see such awesome recipes calling for them (like this pizza!) They just smell soooo bad cooking and I can’t do it :( I’m going to go sit in a corner and nibble on some bacon instead
Well that makes up for it.
I don’t like raw mushrooms in salads, but I do like cooked ones in pasta sauces, etc — and on top of pizza. YUM!!!
This is to die for! ( what the heck does that really mean, anyway? It’s like saying “She was beside herself.” Anyway, I digress, LOVE pizza on the mushrooms (whoops!) you know what I mean. But ONLY if they aren’t canned – those are blechy and rubbery. Yick.
Luckily I’ve never even tried a canned mushroom!
I love strong flavored cheeses and mushrooms – I’ve yet to make a homemade mushroom pizza though. This looks incredible.
I have never met a mushroom I didn’t like, and this pizza smothered in mushrooms looks delicious! I love the bacon, fontina and provolone…such amazing flavors! I will save you and make this for dinner tonight, as I just so happen to have two containers of baby bellas in my fridge! This is definately dinner-thanks so much for sharing!
Ha Ha! Fun Guy!!! —Fun guy! :) Made my morning!
Mmmmm, this was seriously a great idea for a Friday, I want this in my fridge all weekend. Need my address?
Bacon + Mushrooms + Cheese…what more could one person want? :)
Ah, love me some mushrooms. I buy some everytime I go the grocery store…
I didn’t like mushrooms until the past year…I was so missing out! My fav way to eat them is sauteed with olive oil, Herbamare and pepper. Mmm.
I love mushrooms and had something very similar last night for dinner. I may just have to get some fontina next and give it a try. Thanks!
This is my all-time most favorite of the faves, heavens to betsy (who IS betsy?) secret love affair, ran away with my heart on horseback meals EVER.
I know! Since everyone is at HLS this weekend why don’t I come see you and we can have our own pizza party! I can bring the wine. :)
I’m game!
I feel like I see a pizza recipe everyday on someone’s blog. I look at them and then move right along. Not yours! That first picture caught my attention and I have now happily bookmarked your recipe to store it in my ‘must try’ folder. Yum, and double yum! Thanks.
Well thank you . :)
I don’t understand people who don’t like mushrooms. Especially vegetarians who don’t like mushrooms. Very strange and not sure how they live. :-)
Love the look of your pizza!
Well! I guess I have to make pizza dough now! Looks awesome!
I <3 this pizza!! Like reeeeeeeeeeeeally love it!
i LOOOOVEEE shrooms!! oh my gosh and on top of pizza they are so so so buttery and delicious esp covered in cheese! YUMMMMMM. Jessica I need to come over to your like for real.
We’re having pizza tonight- I’m excited! Yours looks GORGEOUS.
I don’t like mushrooms because I feel like they squeak like a little mouse when you bite into them. :-/ However, I am willing to try this for you. It looks amazing!
I used to hate mushrooms too! What was wrong with us??
The Pizza looks amazing!!! I used to hate mushrooms too ahhaha and now I cannot get enough, I put them on everything and try to include them in most meals, so funny how things change.
I HATED mushrooms too! I would literally run out of the house, gagging like a spazzy little child having some sort of allergy attack, every time someone was cooking with them. THEN… mushroom pizza! the best mushroom pizza in the world, with a porcini cream sauce and caramelized onions, converted me into a mushroom fan… and now the only thing I order when I go out to eat is the mushroom pizza… no matter where I am. Leave it to pizza to make anything awesome… except olives.
i want that pizza.
My only gripe is that Fontina cheese is so darn expensive!! If I chose to forgo the Fontina, can you recommend a similar cheese?? :) Or do suggest the splurge?
hmmm I would go with the fontina – only because a similar cheese is going to be the same price. you can leave it off but it adds SUCH a good flavor.
Looks fabulous, I love mushrooms!!
I need to try your pizza crust recipe. I’m looking for a good one :)
oh, and mushrooms on pizza are the best :)
I love mushrooms. Sometimes I eat them for every meal. My husband hates them – except I am convinced that he secretly doesn’t. His mother and I try to sneak them into his food without him noticing, and then we laugh and laugh when he doesn’t notice. It’s a good time.
PS This is just between you and me. *wink*
My lips are sealed… hehe.
looks great! I used to hate mushrooms, too! we missed so many years of greatness!
I just started to love mushrooms too, but I always saute them with white wine and garlic!
They are SO good with wine!
Homemade pizza is one of my favorite food groups. That’s legit, right? I just think it’s 1000x better than any other kind of pizza – also, I’m so glad that you like mushrooms because they look really good.
I make a similar pizza but I add leftover grilled corn, sliced off the cob. (I know, who has leftover grilled corn?)
Mmm, this looks yummy and great for a rainy Friday night dinner. And yes, the stuffing inside stuffed mushrooms are the best part. :-)
yum! i love a good mushroom too :) also delish with loads of carmelized onions if you’re an onion lovah, like myself!
Mushrooms and I are BFF’s, I love them no matter what. They taste so good in everything, soup, pizza, on chicken, on a cheeseburger, and by themselves. This pizza + a glass(s) of wine sounds like the perfect dinner for a Friday night date night, of course the date I’m referring to would actually be mushrooms and myself haha.
Hmm I wonder if this would be good with veggie bacon?! I love the three cheese combo!!
You have outdone yourself with this one. I’m in love.
This sounds soooo yummmy! What about some sun dried tomatoes? Not sure how they would mesh with the bacon…maybe be ‘healthy’ and leave out the bacon…but bacon makes everything taste better. Decisions decisions