Thursday, February 21, 2008

Black Bean Pizza


We probably make this once a week. It's easy, quick, and super yummy. And since it's a pizza, you can play around with different toppings, cheese, and crusts. This one is in my cookbook, so here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

1 can drained black beans
1 japanese eggplant, thinly sliced lengthwise
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 ground pepper
1 pre-made pizza crust (Boboli works fine)
3 ounces goat cheese (or feta)
1 large tomato
1/2 cup scallions
2 ounces mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons grated parmesan
1 tsp. olive oil

Directions:
Preheat the broiler. Coat a cookie sheet with non stick spray. Place the eggplant slices in a single layer on the sheet, and sprinkle with garlic powder and pepper. Broil for 3 minutes each side, or until eggplant is browned and tender.

Set oven to 475 degrees. Place your crust on a pizza pan (get a round cookie sheet-like pizza pan, it's super coolness)


Sprinkle your goat or feta on the crust. Top with eggplant, tomatoes, scallions and beans. Sprinkle with mozzaarella and or Parmesan. Drizzle with oil.

Bake until golden and melty, about 10 minutes.

We have taken to using an organic sourdough crust, which is muy delicioso. Also, don't forget to drizzle with olive oil, that is key to this recipe, I'm not sure why, it just is. :)

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10-12 minutes
Taste rating: Solid 9s from both of us
Dirty dishes: Just a pizza and cookie sheet really

3 comments:

Lauren said...

God, I'm hungry!

Em said...

lol.

I just found like 3 more pizza recipes in that book you are going to be drooling.

Unknown said...

this is a good recipe blog and my mom agrees