Mushroom-Prosciutto Pizza

This simple pizza flavored with cremini mushrooms and Italian ham can be made in just about 20 minutes.

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 8  ounces  sliced cremini mushrooms
• 1/4  cup  finely chopped shallots
• 1  garlic clove, minced
• 1  teaspoon  chopped fresh thyme
• 2  teaspoons  sherry vinegar
• 1  (10-ounce) Italian cheese-flavored thin pizza crust (such as Boboli)
• 2  ounces  prosciutto, cut into thin strips
• 1/3  cup  (about 1 1/2 ounces) shredded fontina cheese

Preparation

Preheat oven to 450°.

Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add mushrooms and shallots to pan; sauté 7 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Add garlic and thyme; sauté 1 minute. Stir in vinegar; remove from heat.

Place crust on the bottom rack of oven. Bake at 450° for 4 minutes.

Place the crust on a baking sheet. Spread mushroom mixture evenly over crust; sprinkle evenly with prosciutto and fontina cheese. Bake at 450° for 6 minutes or until cheese melts.

Tips: For a crisp crust, bake the pizza crust on the lowest rack for a few minutes before adding the toppings. Presliced button mushrooms can substitute for the creminis.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

273 (28% from fat)

Fat:

8.4g (sat 3.7g,mono 2.4g,poly 0.8g)

Protein:

15.3g

Carbohydrate:

34.5g

Fiber:

0.4g

Cholesterol:

23mg

Iron:

2.3mg

Sodium:

723mg

Calcium:

254mg