Red onion pizza
2 pizzas
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ⅓ | cup | Finely chopped onion |
| ⅓ | cup | Finely chopped carrot |
| ⅓ | cup | Finely chopped celery |
| ⅓ | cup | Olive oil |
| 2 | teaspoons | Salt |
| pinch | Sugar | |
| 2 | cups | Canned tomatoes with juice, roughly chopped |
| 8 | ounces | Mozzarella cheese, grated (about 2 cups) |
| 1½ | cup | Very thinly sliced red onion |
Directions
FOR THE SAUCE: Saute the vegetables in oil about 5 minutes. Add salt, sugar and tomatoes. Simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Put a pizza stone on the lowest oven rack. PReheat to 400'F. (To use a metal pizza pan instead, do not preheat the pan.) Spread ¼ cup sauce over 2 12" pizza shells to within ¼" of edge (reserving the rest of the sauce for another purpose). Sprinkle with the cheese and top with the onion. Bake 15 minutes, or till the crust is golden brown. MAKES 2 MEDIUM PIZZAS, 8 SLICES EACH.
Per slice: 171 calories, 21 grams carbohydrates, 6 grams protein, 1 gram fiber, 6.7 grams fat (2 grams saturated), 270 milligrams sodium.