Cheesy Eggplant Crusted Pizza Recipes

CHEESY EGGPLANT PIZZA RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Slice the eggplant into ½-inch (1 cm) pieces.
• Salt the slices and leave them to "sweat" for 20 minutes then wipe them off.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180˚C).
• Slather each slice with olive oil.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine all pizza sauce ingredients and stir until homogenous.
• Remove eggplant slices from the oven and pour about 2 tablespoons of the sauce mixture onto each one.
• Sprinkle mozzarella and cheddar on each slice.
• Put the slices back in the oven for 1-2 minutes to melt the cheese.
• Allow to cool before serving.
• Enjoy!

CHEESE CRUST PIZZA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat water and oil to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Let rest for 5 minutes. , On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 14-in. circle. Transfer to a greased 12-in. pizza pan, letting dough drape 2 in. over the edge. , Place string cheese around edge of pan; fold dough over cheese and pinch to seal. Prick dough thoroughly with a fork. Bake at 425° for 10 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. In a small bowl, combine the tomato sauce, oregano, pepper and garlic powder; spread over crust. Sprinkle with meat mixture, mushrooms and mozzarella., Bake for 15-20 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.

CHEESY EGGPLANT PIZZA

Steps:

• Combine sun-dried tomatoes and 1/2 cup water in a bowl; soak for 1 hour. Drain and process tomatoes in a food processor until desired texture for sauce.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a baking sheet.
• Whisk egg and 2 tablespoons water in a bowl. Dip eggplant rounds in egg mixture, then in bread crumbs to coat; place on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, flipping halfway through.
• While the eggplant is baking, melt butter in a frying pan over low heat. Add onions and cook until golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in molasses and remove from the heat.
• Remove eggplant from the oven. Spread sun-dried tomato sauce on eggplant rounds and sprinkle with basil. Top with goat cheese, mozzarella cheese, tomato slices, and caramelized onion.
• Return to the oven and bake for 10 to 15 more minutes.

EASY EGGPLANT AND TOMATO PIZZA

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Place eggplant in a baking pan. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic powder, and basil; toss to coat.
• Broil for 3 to 5 minutes, watching closely. Remove from the oven and mix in tomato. Put back in the oven and broil until eggplant is soft and just a bit golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes; be careful it doesn't burn. Remove from the oven and preheat to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Grease a pizza pan or cookie sheet with remaining olive oil. Spread pizza dough to fit, using more dough for thick crust and less for thin. Sprinkle 1 cup mozzarella cheese on top of the dough, then the eggplant-tomato mixture, and finally remaining mozzarella.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.

MINI EGGPLANT CRUST PIZZAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven or toaster oven to 425 degrees F.
• Brush both sides of the eggplant with the oil and season with the salt and pepper. Arrange on a baking sheet and bake until browned and almost tender, 6 to 8 minutes, turning once.
• Spread 1 tablespoon of pasta sauce on each eggplant slice. Top with the shredded cheese. Bake until the cheese melts, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve hot.

EGGPLANT PIZZAS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Beat the eggs in a bowl. Mix the flour, salt, pepper, and oregano in a 1 gallon resealable plastic bag. Dip each eggplant slice in the egg, then drop the eggplant in the flour mixture one at a time, shaking the bag to coat the eggplant.
• Heat the vegetable oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Place the eggplant slices in the skillet to cook, turning occasionally, until evenly browned. Drain the eggplant slices on a paper towel-lined plate. Arrange the eggplant in one layer on a baking sheet. Spoon enough pizza sauce to cover each eggplant slice. Top each eggplant with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the mozzarella cheese is melted, 5 to 10 minutes.

CHEESY EGGPLANT-CRUSTED PIZZA

Steps:

• Place pizza stone in oven. Preheat oven to 425°F (do not remove pizza stone while oven preheats).
• Place eggplant slices in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with paper towels.
• Sprinkle eggplant evenly with salt. Let stand 15 minutes.
• Pat eggplant slices dry, and arrange in an overlapping circular pattern on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Sprinkle eggplant evenly with 1 cup of the Parmesan, making sure Parmesan fills any space between slices.
• Transfer eggplant slices on parchment to preheated pizza stone.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 15 minutes.
• Stir together oil and garlic in a small bowl; set aside.
• Carefully slide eggplant crust on parchment off pizza stone onto baking sheet.
• Place a second baking sheet on eggplant crust, and invert, releasing eggplant crust from parchment.
• Sprinkle eggplant crust evenly with remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan, making sure Parmesan fills any space between slices.
• Return eggplant crust to parchment, and place on pizza stone.
• Bake at 425°F until golden and slightly crispy, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove crust from oven, and increase oven temperature to 450°F.
• Lightly brush crust evenly with garlic oil.
• Top evenly with mozzarella and feta.
• Dollop teaspoonfuls of ricotta over pizza.
• Sprinkle pizza evenly with red pepper.
• Bake at 450°F until cheese is melted and lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Top evenly with basil leaves.