Saturday, March 12, 2011

Mama Mary's Pizza Crust: A Review {and a recipe}


I just discovered Mama Mary's Pizza Crust and I am definitely a fan. I picked up the Thin and Crispy version on a whim and tried it with this Mexican Pizza recipe adapted from the Annie's Eats blog. It was fantastic – especially for a Mexican pizza. It was actually more like a tostada than a pizza.

  
Mexican Pizza
Ingredients:
1 Mama Mary's Thin and Crispy Crust
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
½ tsp cumin
¼ tsp paprika
¼ tsp cayenne
3 tbsp chicken broth {or vegetable broth or water}
1 cup fiesta blend shredded cheese
1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
¼ cup red onion, finely chopped
1/3 cup tomato, seeded and diced
1 fresh corn {kernels removed}
 
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven and a pizza stone at 500˚ F for at least 30 minutes.  
2. Lightly brush the dough with olive oil.
3. Combine the black beans, cumin, paprika and cayenne in the bowl of a food processor. 
4. Puree until ground into a paste {you can also mash it together with a spoon if you don't have a food processor}. 
5. Add the chicken broth through the feed tube until a smooth mixture is formed.  
6. Spread the bean puree onto the crust in an even layer
7. Layer evenly with the cheddar and monterey jack cheese.  
8. Sprinkle the jalapeño, red onion, tomato, corn and cilantro over the cheese layer.  
9. Lower the oven temp to 425˚ F.
9. Transfer the pizza to the preheated pizza stone and bake for 10 minutes.

Feel free to garnish with sour cream, salsa and avocado/guacamole. We ate it plain and it was great. Daniel didn't even pick off the tomatoes and he said he couldn't tell that this was a meatless meal. 

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