Pizza with Sauteed Radicchio

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 0 Minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons olive oil

3 cups thinly sliced vidalia or other sweet onion (about 12 ounces)

6 cups coarsely chopped radicchio (about 8 ounces) or escarole

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 recipe whole-wheat pizza dough

cooking spray

1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal

1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup part-skim ricotta cheese

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a large cast-iron or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, and saute 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Continue cooking 10 to 15 minutes or until deep golden brown, stirring frequently. Add radicchio and salt; saute 5 minutes or until wilted. Add garlic; cook 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in vinegar. Sprinkle with black pepper.
2. Preheat oven to 500°.
3. Roll dough into a 12-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Place pizza dough on a 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet coated with cooking spray and sprinkled with cornmeal. Crimp edges of pizza dough with fingers to form a rim. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on crust. Top with radicchio mixture. Drop ricotta by teaspoonfuls onto the radicchio mixture.
4. Bake pizza at 500° for 15 minutes or until browned. Cut the pizza into 4 wedges.

By RecipeOfHealth.com