Forest Pizza With Chanterelles: An Autumn Recipe

For a change from Regina pizza, why not try a recipe for chanterelle forest pizza? These woodland mushrooms have a mild flavour that the whole family can enjoy. Here's an easy recipe that may help your kids love wild mushrooms.

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients needed to make a chanterelle forest pizza for 6 people:

a rectangular pizza dough
2 small cans of tomato pulp
125 g of chanterelles
3 slices of cooked ham
a ball of mozzarella
2 handfuls of grated Grana Padano cheese
garlic powder
parsley
olive oil
salt and pepper

Preparation

To make this forest pizza with chanterelles, start by preparing a homemade tomato sauce:

1- Heat a drizzle of olive oil in a large pan.

2- Add the tomato pulp, then season it with garlic, parsley, salt and pepper.

3- Let the sauce reduce uncovered for at least 20 minutes.

Mounting

1- Unroll the pizza dough on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

2- Arrange strips of cooked ham on the dough, then cover with the homemade tomato sauce.

3- Sprinkle the pizza with Grana Padano cheese and then sprinkle the chanterelles on top.

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4- Cut the mozzarella into thin slices and arrange them at regular intervals on your chanterelle forest pizza. Sprinkle with dried parsley.

Cooking

1- Preheat your oven to 180°C.

2- Bake the chanterelle forest pizza for about 25 minutes until the mozzarella is toasted and the edges of the dough are golden brown.