These next few recipes are some of our house favorites (the things we make so often that we don’t actually need a recipe). They’re simple, but I figure worth sharing since we think they’re delicious enough to eat on repeat. Starting with the most-requested pizza around here- pepperoni, mushroom, and black olive. Homemade crust and freshly grated mozarella and Parmesan, as well as really good pizza sauce (I recommend Rao’s) make it extra delicious. (And of course, I too use store-bought flatbread, pita, etc. when I’m not in the mood for making dough.) I admit, I’m more of a veggie pizza girl so my favorite veggie pizza recipe will be coming soon as well!

Pepperoni, Mushroom, and Black Olive Pizza

INGREDIENTS

1 recipe pizza dough
pizza sauce (we love Rao’s marinara or Rao’s pizza sauce)
mozarella cheese, shredded (~ 8-oz. per pizza)
sliced pepperoni
sliced mushrooms (button or cremini)
sliced black olives
freshly grated Parmesan cheese (or Pecorino Romano)
crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

DIRECTIONS

1. Prepare pizza dough according to recipe directions.
2. Preheat oven and pizza stone to 450 F.
3. Spread pizza sauce on top of prepared crust. Top with pepperoni, mushrooms, black olives, mozarella, and sprinkle with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
4. Bake pizza for 10-12 minutes until the crust is puffed and golden brown and the cheese is bubbling. Slice and serve with crushed red pepper flakes (optional).

Makes 1 large pizza.