This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.
Ingredients
8 4-inch-diameter portobello mushrooms, stemmed, dark gills scraped away
Olive oil
3 sweet Italian sausages (about 10 ounces), casings removed
Dried crushed red pepper
1 cup purchased marinara sauce
1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
8 fresh basil leaves (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush mushrooms with oil; arrange rounded side down on baking sheet. Bake mushrooms until almost tender, about 8 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
Sauté sausage in medium skillet over medium-high heat until brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of spoon, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove sausage from skillet.
Divide sausage among mushrooms. Top each with crushed red pepper, then 2 tablespoons sauce and 2 tablespoons mozzarella cheese.
Bake mushroom pizzas until heated through, about 10 minutes. Top each with basil leaf, if desired.
