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Pizza Mushrooms

These pizza mushrooms are low-carb, easy to make, and delicious!

Pizza Mushroom - Buttered Side Up


Not gonna lie: I love me a slice of Pizza Hut super supreme stuffed crust. What I DON’T love about it is the ingredients they use to make it. It contains soy, corn syrup, nitrites, preservatives, flavorings, and I’m sure MSG is hidden in there somewhere. YIKES!

What’s a healthy, pizza-loving girl to do?! Make your own pizza, of course!

Pizza Mushrooms to the Rescue!

Pizza Mushroom - Buttered Side Up
Lately, as I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been trying to cut back on grains in my diet. But I was having a major pizza craving. I’ve tried coconut flour crusts as a grain-free option, which are OKAY, but I wanted to simplify the process a bit.

Mushrooms are a great crust substitute since they are already a yummy pizza topping. Plus, they make these pizzas completely flour-free!

Pizza Mushroom - Buttered Side Up
You can make these pizza mushrooms how I have this recipe written (this is a very classic pizza flavor), or you can substitute with your favorite toppings.

BTW – I used Applegate pepperoni and cut out the cute little circles with scissors. You could also just chop up pepperoni with a knife.

Also, the filling tends to spill out of the mushrooms if the sides of the mushrooms are broken at all. They still taste fine, it’s just less pretty. Try to select mushrooms that have deep “cups” that are not broken.

Looking for more homemade pizza? Here are some recipes to try:



Pizza Mushrooms

Low-carb pizzas made from portobello mushrooms!

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Low Carb, Pizza
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Author Erica Kastner

Ingredients

  • 4 large Portobello mushrooms cleaned, stems removed, and gills scraped out,
  • 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 small clove garlic minced,
  • 1/3 cup pizza sauce
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup chopped pepperoni more to taste
  • 1/4 cup sliced black olives
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped red bell pepper
  • 3 tablespoons freshly shredded Parmesan cheese
  • fresh basil leaves as garnish, optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (205 C).
  2. Place the mushrooms, gill side up, on a rimmed baking sheet.  Mix together the olive oil and minced garlic. Spread the olive oil evenly in the "cup" of the mushrooms.
  3. Layer the rest of the ingredients evenly in the mushroom cups: pizza sauce, cheddar cheese, pepperoni, olives, bell pepper, Parmesan cheese, and basil leaves.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 15-25 minutes, until cheese is nice and bubbly. Remove from oven, allow to cool a bit, and serve with a steak knife.

Recipe Notes

Recipe idea from Eating Bird Food.

Recipe Rating




allHungry

Tuesday 30th of January 2024

Absolutely tantalizing combination of flavors! Your pizza with mushrooms looks like a delightful culinary masterpiece – can't wait to try the recipe!

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Monday 29th of June 2020

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Mary

Thursday 25th of August 2016

regardless of gluten intake swapping out pizza dough for mushrooms is a much healthier choice! and this looks delicious, healthy pizza is okay with me! YUM

NagaRaj Raj

Tuesday 16th of August 2016

nice

Erica Lea

Monday 15th of August 2016

For me, it's not's so much the gluten, it's the empty calories in white flour. I think it's fine occasionally, but when I'm really trying to step up my nutrition game, I tend to reduce my consumption of it. :)