Vegetarian Black Bean Pizza
Eric and I love making pizza. With its endless combinations of dough, sauce, cheese and toppings, pizza can be whatever you want to be. I can’t think of many dishes that can be made into breakfast, dinner and dessert. Pizza is versatile, and I like that about it. Having already given this garlic glazed pizza a try, I was eager to try this one made with beans.
This pizza’s sauce is made from a flavorful black bean and roasted red pepper puree. Spiced up with chili powder and cumin, it was good enough to eat on its own. It tasted even better on the pizza, which was topped with Monterey Jack cheese, grape tomatoes, Anaheim peppers (from our garden!) and green onions.
- COOK TIME:
- YIELD: 1 12-inch pizza
1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
½ cup coarsely chopped roasted red peppers
2 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon chili powder
2 teaspoons cumin
Kosher salt
1 pound pizza dough
cornmeal, for dusting
1 cup shredded low-fat Monterey Jack cheese
½ cup grape tomatoes, halved
1 green onion, thinly sliced on the diagonal
1 Anaheim pepper, seeded and thinly sliced
1 cup shredded lettuce
3 tablespoons sour cream
- 1
Set the pizza stone on the bottom of the oven, and heat the oven to 450º.
In a food processor, combine black beans, red peppers, garlic, chili powder and cumin. Puree until smooth. Taste and season with salt, if needed.
- 2
Stretch the dough into a 12-inch round and place on a cornmeal dusted pizza peel or the back of a sheet pan. Spread the black bean puree on top, leaving a ½-inch border. Top with cheese, tomatoes, green onion, and Anaheim pepper.
- 3
Slide pizza onto the preheated stone and bake for about 12 minutes, or until crust is crisp and cheese is bubbling.
Transfer pizza to a cutting board and cut into 8 slices. Top each with lettuce and dollops of sour cream and serve immediately.
I just saw this on foodgawker and it looks delicious. We are vegetarian and love mexican so will definitely gives this a try!
Thanks! I'm trying to incorporate more vegetarian meals, and this one will definitely be making an appearance on our menu again soon.
I loooove Mexican pizza! This looks so delicious, Courtney!!
This looks awesome!! We make your Asian pizza all the time. Sometimes w/o the pizza crust and just on rice. I can't wait to try this one.
Amy, thanks so much! 🙂
Star, sometimes we do that with the leftover chicken from that pizza. It's so tasty! I'm glad to hear you and Kevin enjoy it! I think you guys will really like this one, too.
oh this looks delicious!! i love that it uses a puree of the black beans & red peppers for the sauce! i've tried a few options like salsa that weren't quite right… genius!