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Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms and Bell Peppers

Published: Oct 08, 2012 | 31 Comments

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Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Easy and delicious! Great for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. Super versatile recipe!

puff pastry pizza, pizzettes with mushrooms, bell peppers, cheese

I decided to participate in Weekend Cook and Tell Event at SeriousEats.com and my photo was featured in their Round Up again, 2nd week in a row!!! For this weekend, the event was about making anything with puff pastry.   I love puff pastry, and for some time have been on a serious puff pastry kick, which is why I have lots of it in my freezer.  So I thought, why not make puff pastry pizza?   How easy and convenient – I already have frozen puff pastry in my freezer, I also have bell peppers and mushrooms that are about to rot, and there is a big brick of Mozzarella cheese in my refrigerator.  Why not put all four ingredients to practical use and create an easy appetizer -Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese?

Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

I was very happy I did – little puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms and bell peppers were delicious, and it took me only 25 minutes to prepare them (plus 20 minutes for baking).   Not surprisingly, these little pizzettes are already gone.   One of them made a great appetizer, and I’ve eaten another one the next morning for breakfast with an egg on top.

Once I started making these little puff pastry pizzettes, I sort of got carried away and also made a Plum and Apple Puff Pastry Tart. I just love baking with  Puff Pastry because it is so versatile.   You can make something sweet, or you can make something savory.  Something open like these little puff pastry pizzas, or something closed like these butternut squash turnovers.  And it all takes a very short time.

puff pastry pizza with mushrooms, bell peppers, cheese

How to make puff pastry pizza with mushrooms and bell peppers

Below are some step-by-step photos. For complete recipe, scroll down below the photos.

This recipe is for 1 sheet of puff pastry (usually there are 2 sheets in a package), and you can easily double it (or triple it!) if you’re making more.

1)  Preheat oven to 415 F.  Defrost 1 sheet of puff pastry for about 40 minutes until just soft.  Don’t let puff pastry sheet get too warm and put it in the refrigerator if you’re not using it right away after 40 minutes of defrosting.

2)  Slice each mushroom into 5 slices.  In medium skillet, heat olive oil, add mushrooms, and cook mushrooms for about 5 minutes on high heat, then 5 minutes on low, uncovered, until mushrooms soften and juices evaporate.   Season with paprika, parsley.  Salt and pepper to taste.

mushrooms for Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

3) Slice each small bell pepper into halves or quarters.

sliced bell peppers for Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

4)  Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.  You don’t have to grease parchment paper.  Cut puff pastry sheet into 2 parts like shown on the photo and place them on parchment paper on your baking sheet.

cut pastry sheet in half for Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

Brush pastry sheets with egg wash, salt slightly.

egg wash for Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

5)  Spread cooked mushrooms in a straight line on top of each pastry sheet, without filling the whole space of puff pastry, so that you still have edges unfilled for puff.

mushrooms on puff pastry

Then top each pastry sheet with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.  Finally, top with bell peppers.  It should look like this.

Puff pastry pizzas with mushrooms, bell peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese

5)  Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 20 minutes until the puff pastry puffs along the edges and gets golden-brown color.

puff pastry pizza with mushrooms, bell peppers, cheese

puff pastry pizza with mushrooms and bell peppers
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Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms and Bell Peppers
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.  Easy and delicious!  Great for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner.  Super versatile recipe!

Course: Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 449 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 5 oz mushrooms
  • 1/4 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/4 teaspoon parsley
  • ground black pepper
  • salt
  • 1 cup bell peppers , sliced
  • 1/4 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese shredded
  • 1 puff pastry sheet (defrosted for about 40 minutes until just soft)
  • 1 egg for egg wash
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 415 F.  

  2. Slice each mushroom into 5 slices. In a medium skillet, heat olive oil, add mushrooms and cook mushrooms for about 5 minutes on high heat, then 5 minutes on low, uncovered, until mushrooms soften and juices evaporate. Season with paprika, parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.

  3. Slice each small bell pepper into halves or quarters.

  4. Line your baking sheet with parchment paper. You don’t have to grease parchment paper. Cut puff pastry sheet into 2 parts like shown on the photo and place them on parchment paper on your baking sheet.

  5. Brush pastry sheets with egg wash, salt slightly.

  6. Spread cooked mushrooms in a straight line on top of each pastry sheet, without filling the whole space of puff pastry, so that you still have edges unfilled for puff.

  7. Then top each pastry sheet with Mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Finally, top with bell peppers. 

  8. Bake on the middle rack in the oven for 20 minutes until the puff pastry puffs along the edges and gets golden-brown color.

Nutrition Facts
Puff Pastry Pizza with Mushrooms and Bell Peppers
Amount Per Serving
Calories 449 Calories from Fat 279
% Daily Value*
Fat 31g48%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Cholesterol 50mg17%
Sodium 315mg14%
Potassium 243mg7%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 1385IU28%
Vitamin C 48.3mg59%
Calcium 124mg12%
Iron 2.1mg12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Filed Under: Appetizer, Baking, Bell Peppers, Cheese, Mozzarella, Mushrooms, Parmesan, Pizza, Puff Pastry, Recipe, Vegetables, Vegetarian Published: Oct 08, 2012 31 Comments

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  1. Adam cook (A Chef)

    Jan 13, 2018 at 7:48 am

    Beautiful.. food for thought tho… add to those flavours by knocking up a tasty passata sauce… quite a thick one tho!…. and using a small layer from chilled as a base (only in that middle section) .. i love using puff pastry for the sweet… caramelised apple tarts..with a hunk of butterscotch icecream mmm

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