!NGRED!ENT𝓢:

• 1 can (14.5 oz.) d!ced tomatoe𝓢 (do not u𝓢e pet!te d!ce)
• 5 l!nk𝓢 (19.5 oz.) uncooked turkey or pork !tal!an 𝓢au𝓢age
• 2 t𝓢p. + 2 t𝓢p. ol!ve o!l
• 1/2 t𝓢p. dr!ed oregano
• 𝓢alt and fre𝓢h-ground pepper to ta𝓢te (! d!dn’t u𝓢e much 𝓢alt.)
• 8-12 oz. fre𝓢h mu𝓢hroom𝓢, wa𝓢hed and cut !nto th!ck 𝓢l!ce𝓢 (! u𝓢ed brown Crem!n! mu𝓢hroom𝓢.)
• 1 1/2 cup𝓢 grated Mozzarella chee𝓢e (! u𝓢ed part-𝓢k!m mozzarella)
• 15 𝓢l!ce𝓢 pepperon!, cut !n half (! u𝓢ed regular pepperon!, but for le𝓢𝓢 fat you can u𝓢e turkey pepperon! !f you prefer)

D!RECT!ON𝓢:

1. Preheat oven to 400F/200C. 𝓢pray an 8 !nch x 11 !nch gla𝓢𝓢 ca𝓢𝓢erole d!𝓢h w!th non-𝓢t!ck 𝓢pray or ol!ve o!l.
2. Pour the d!ced tomatoe𝓢 !nto a colander placed !n the 𝓢!nk and r!n𝓢e w!th cold water. Let tomatoe𝓢 dra!n a m!nute or two, then 𝓢pread them out on paper towel𝓢 to dry (or blot dry w!th another paper towel on top.)
3. Wh!le tomatoe𝓢 dry, heat 2 t𝓢p. ol!ve o!l !n a large non-𝓢t!ck fry!ng pan, 𝓢queeze the 𝓢au𝓢age out of the ca𝓢!ng, and cook 𝓢au𝓢age over med!um-h!gh heat unt!l !t’𝓢 n!cely browned, break!ng !t apart a𝓢 !t cook𝓢. (! u𝓢e an old-fa𝓢h!oned potato ma𝓢her to break the 𝓢au𝓢age apart.)
4. Wh!le 𝓢au𝓢age cook𝓢, wa𝓢h mu𝓢hroom𝓢, pat dry, and 𝓢l!ce !nto th!ck 𝓢l!ce𝓢.
5. When the 𝓢au𝓢age !𝓢 done make a layer of 𝓢au𝓢age !n the bottom of the ca𝓢𝓢erole d!𝓢h and top w!th the dra!ned tomatoe𝓢, 𝓢pread!ng them out over the top of the 𝓢au𝓢age. 𝓢ea𝓢on w!th dr!ed oregano, 𝓢alt, and fre𝓢h-ground black pepper. (! d!dn’t u𝓢e much 𝓢alt.)
6. R!n𝓢e out the pan !f needed, then heat the other 2 t𝓢p. of ol!ve o!l over med!um-h!gh heat. When the pan !𝓢 hot add the mu𝓢hroom𝓢 and cook, 𝓢t!rr!ng a few t!me𝓢, unt!l all the l!qu!d !𝓢 relea𝓢ed and the mu𝓢hroom𝓢 are 𝓢tart!ng to brown. Layer the mu𝓢hroom𝓢 over the 𝓢au𝓢age-tomato m!xture.
7. Cut pepperon! !n half. 𝓢pr!nkle the grated Mozzarella over the top of the ca𝓢𝓢erole and lay the pepperon! p!ece𝓢 on top of the chee𝓢e, 𝓢pac!ng them evenly 𝓢o the whole top !𝓢 covered w!th pepperon!.
8. Bake about 25 m!nute𝓢, or unt!l the chee𝓢e !𝓢 melted and 𝓢tart!ng to brown. 𝓢erve hot.

I𝓷gr𝓮di𝓮𝓷ts

• 1 3/4 cup Mozzar𝓮lla ch𝓮𝓮s𝓮
• 2 tabl𝓮spoo𝓷s Cr𝓮am Ch𝓮𝓮s𝓮
• 3/4 cup Almo𝓷d Flour
• 1 𝓮gg
• Optio𝓷al:  1 t𝓮aspoo𝓷 Ros𝓮mary S𝓮aso𝓷i𝓷g

I𝓷structio𝓷s

1. Start by placi𝓷g 1 3/4 cups of Mozzar𝓮lla ch𝓮𝓮s𝓮, Cr𝓮am Ch𝓮𝓮s𝓮 a𝓷d Almo𝓷d Flour i𝓷 a microwav𝓮-saf𝓮 bowl. H𝓮at it o𝓷 high for 𝓮xactly 1 mi𝓷ut𝓮.
2. Add o𝓷𝓮 𝓮gg to th𝓮 h𝓮at𝓮d mixtur𝓮 a𝓷d stir it u𝓷til all th𝓮 i𝓷gr𝓮di𝓮𝓷ts com𝓮 tog𝓮th𝓮r.
3. Allow th𝓮 dough to cool for a coupl𝓮 of mi𝓷ut𝓮s b𝓮for𝓮 you ha𝓷dl𝓮 it.
4. Split th𝓮 dough i𝓷to two 𝓮qual parts.  This dough r𝓮cip𝓮 usually mak𝓮s 2 m𝓮dium siz𝓮 pizza crusts.
5. Layout a hug𝓮 sh𝓮𝓮t of parchm𝓮𝓷t pap𝓮r. This will cr𝓮at𝓮 a 𝓷o𝓷stick surfac𝓮 for you to roll this dough out. Plac𝓮 o𝓷𝓮 part of th𝓮 dough o𝓷to th𝓮 parchm𝓮𝓷t pap𝓮r.
6. Lay a𝓷oth𝓮r pi𝓮c𝓮 of parchm𝓮𝓷t pap𝓮r ov𝓮r th𝓮 top of th𝓮 oth𝓮r sh𝓮𝓮t of parchm𝓮𝓷t pap𝓮r with your dough i𝓷 th𝓮 middl𝓮 of both sh𝓮𝓮ts.  Th𝓮 dough will f𝓮𝓮l a bit sticky but it will com𝓮 tog𝓮th𝓮r th𝓮 mor𝓮 you start to mold it.
7. Us𝓮 a rolli𝓷g pi𝓷 (or your ha𝓷ds) smooth out th𝓮 dough ov𝓮r th𝓮 top of th𝓮 parchm𝓮𝓷t pap𝓮r i𝓷to th𝓮 shap𝓮 of your pizza pa𝓷.
8. Bak𝓮 th𝓮m at 350 d𝓮gr𝓮𝓮s for about 12 to 15 mi𝓷ut𝓮s u𝓷til th𝓮y ar𝓮 a light gold𝓮𝓷 brow𝓷 color.

𝖎gred𝖎ent$

• 1 $mall to med𝖎um $𝖎zed head of caul𝖎flower - $hould y𝖎eld 2 to 3 cup$ once proce$$ed
• 1/4 cup $hredded Parme$an chee$e
• 1/4 cup mozzarella chee$e
• 1 egg
• 1/4 tea$poon $alt
• 1/2 tea$poon garl𝖎c powder
• 1/2 tea$poon ba$𝖎l or ro$emary m𝖎nced (or dry)
• 1/2 tea$poon oregano m𝖎nced (or dry)
• 1 cup mar𝖎nara $auce
• 1-2 cup$ mozzarella chee$e

𝖎n$truct𝖎on$

1. Preheat oven to 500 degree$ F.
2. Remove the $tem$ from the caul𝖎flower and cut 𝖎nto chunk$, Place the caul𝖎flower 𝖎nto a food proce$$or and pul$e 𝖎t unt𝖎l 𝖎t re$emble$ the texture of r𝖎ce. 𝖎f you don't have a food proce$$or, you can u$e a chee$e grater or chop 𝖎t very f𝖎nely.
3. M𝖎crowave the proce$$ed caul𝖎flower uncovered 𝖎n a m𝖎crowave $afe bowl for approx𝖎mately 4-5 m𝖎nute$ on h𝖎gh. Remove 𝖎t from the m𝖎crowave and allow 𝖎t to cool for at lea$t 4-5 m𝖎nute$ (tru$t me don't ru$h th𝖎$ $tep!). After the caul𝖎flower 𝖎$ $l𝖎ghtly cooled, place 𝖎t 𝖎n a k𝖎tchen towel and $queeze all the l𝖎qu𝖎d out of 𝖎t. Be $ure to $queeze a$ much l𝖎qu𝖎d a$ humanly po$$𝖎ble.
4. Comb𝖎ne the cooked caul𝖎flower, egg, garl𝖎c, chee$e, and $ea$on𝖎ng$. $t𝖎r unt𝖎l a dough texture form$. $pread the caul𝖎flower m𝖎xture out onto l𝖎ghtly grea$ed parchment paper or a p𝖎zza pan 𝖎n the $hape of a p𝖎zza cru$t.
5. Bake the cru$t for approx𝖎mately 10-15 m𝖎nute$ (depend𝖎ng on your oven), or unt𝖎l the cru$t 𝖎$ golden and cr𝖎$py. 𝖎 cooked m𝖎ne for approx𝖎mately 15 m𝖎nute$. After the cru$t 𝖎$ golden remove 𝖎t from the oven and add your topp𝖎ng$, 𝖎 u$ed mar𝖎nara $auce and chee$e for a $𝖎mple margar𝖎ta p𝖎zza.
6. Place the p𝖎zza back 𝖎n the oven but th𝖎$ t𝖎me turn on the bro𝖎ler, bake for about 2-5 m𝖎nute$ unt𝖎l the chee$e melt$. be $ure to keep an eye on 𝖎t becau$e the bro𝖎ler can burn the chee$e qu𝖎ckly.
7. $l𝖎ce and $erve warm , enjoy!