Wild Mushroom Pizza | Wild Table

One of my favorite ways of eating wild mushrooms is adding them to a pizza. It’s just so simple, and so stinking good. You can add all kinds of mushrooms to a pizza, but my favorites are morels, chanterelles, oysters, black trumpets, and lobster mushrooms. I often add some onions, garlic, and bell peppers, but for this wild mushroom pizza recipe, we’ll keep it simple.

Tips and Tricks

• Consult an expert before consuming wild mushrooms. Only consume wild mushrooms when you are 100% sure of your identification.
• Never wash or soak mushrooms. Clean them with a toothbrush or scrape them with a knife.
• Look at rain maps that show where there has been heavy rain in recent weeks. More rain means more mushrooms.

Ingredients

Dough

• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 1/4 tsp dry yeast
• 3 3/4 cups flour (I like to mix 50-50 bread flour and wheat flour)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp sugar

Sauce

• 12 oz tomato puree
• 1 tbsp fresh or dry basil
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tbsp oregano

Toppings

• Fresh basil
• Fresh Mozzarella 
• Low Moisture Mozzarella
• Grated Parmesan
• Wild mushrooms (sautéed in advance)

Instructions

1. Mix yeast and warm water in a bowl and let sit until yeast is dissolved and foaming.
2. Add flour, salt, sugar, and olive oil and mix
3. Knead the dough by hand or in a mixer with a dough hook
4. Cover the dough bowl and allow dough to proof for a minimum of 90 minutes in a warm place 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit. It should at least double in size and will take longer in a cool environment.
5. When dough is near completion, mix sauce ingredients in a small pot and simmer covered.
6. Slice your mushrooms 1/4 thick and brown them in butter or olive oil, then set aside
7. Preheat oven, and pizza stone, to 475 degrees
8. Divide dough into two balls
9. Roll one dough ball out onto a floured piece of parchment paper and rub with olive oil
10. Top the pizza with sauce, cheeses, mushrooms, basil, and anything else you like (onions!)
11. Bake pizza for about 15 minutes. It’s done when the cheese and crust have browned.
12. While one pizza cools, get the second one prepped, and bake it while you eat number 1. 

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