Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Pepperoni Pizza Dip

Pepperoni Pizza Dip pan CU

My mother law is always passing along great recipes to me. It’s kinda nice to be able to make something from a recipe that she sent to me. After it’s made we get on the phone and discuss it and talk about what we changed and how so and so raved about it or how it was gobbled up and what people were saying. If only she lived closer so we could make it and eat it together. *sigh* Oh well, making the recipe and calling is the next best thing.

This particular recipe comes, not from my mother-in-law, but from Aunt Margie, my father-in-laws sister. (Mom did pass it along to me though). Although I have yet to meet her, Aunt Margie holds a fond place in my heart. I know, just talking to her on the phone that once we meet, we will get along just wonderfully. So much thanks to Aunt Margie for this uber-delcious (yeah I made new word up) pizza dip, which is totally addicting.

Think of all your favorite pizza toppings melted together with cheese, now put it on a cracker, or a chip or even some toasted tortilla chips and you have a dip that is unbelievably good. The best part, everything gets thrown into a bowl, mixed and then baked. How easy! The kids absolutely loved this.

Pepperoni Pizza Dip hand1

As always I changed it up a bit.

The original recipe didn’t call for the mushrooms to be cooked. I always pre-cook my mushrooms to get most of the water out of them before putting them in a baked dish.

It also didn’t specify that you cook the pepperoni to get a bit of the grease out either, but that’s something I always do to.

Lastly, it called for 1 can of black olives and 1 jar of green. No one in my house likes the green olives so I just omitted them, but if you love green olives; by all means go for it. We left out the green pepper too, no fans of that in the house either.

We brought this to a Memorial Day cookout and it was a big hit!


Pepperoni Pizza Dip pan

Pepperoni Pizza Dip

Printable recipe
8oz shredded mozzarella
8oz shredded cheddar
1 cup mayonnaise
1 ½ cups chopped pepperoni* (see note)
1 10oz package mushrooms, chopped (I used baby bellas)
½ cup chopped green onions
½ cup chopped green pepper (optional)
1 can (6oz) chopped black olives, chopped
1 jar green olives with pimento, chopped.

Cook the mushrooms in a sauté pan just until tender.

Combine the mushrooms and all the other ingredients in a large bowl. Spray a 9x13-baking dish (or a deep dish pie plate) with cooking spray. Place mixture into baking dish and spread to even out. Bake at 350 for 25 – 30 minutes.

Serve with crackers, tortilla chips, or garlic toasts like we did!

*I laid my pepperoni out on a paper towel for 30 seconds in the microwave just to get out some of the grease, and then I chop it up. You will have to do a few batches.

10 comments:

Parita said...

The pepperoni dip sounds delicious, cant wait to try, thanks for sharing!

Petra said...

I first saw this at 8am this morning and my mouth started to water and I wanted to make and eat it immediately! I just showed my teen daughter, and she has declared that we should have it for supper and I wholeheartedly agree! It's veggie night here at our house but we decided that we would just ignore the fact that there is Pepperoni in it ;)

The Cutting Edge of Ordinary said...

Well Petra I'm glad it looked good enough for you to make. My kids (14 & 12) are crazy for it. All kids like pizza right? Let me know how it comes out!

Melissa said...

Wow!! I'm not surprised this was a hit. It looks delicious. I would omit the olives altogether and sub sausage for the pepperoni, but whatever - it would work just as well messing around with it I bet.

Wonderful said...

Yum!!! It actually looks really easy to make too!

Juliana said...

This dip looks terrific...very tasty...look forward to make it and dip my chips in it! Yummie! Great pictures as well.

preTzel said...

Black olives come straight from Satan's garden. EWWW! I hate those things. I can pop green ones like candy! I also love green pepper too! I can't wait to make this.

That 2nd batch of pickles wasn't so bad but still a bit of "wang" to them!

Cathy said...

Oh dear! I need your shipping address, so I know where to send all the extra pounds I've gained from following your blog and fabulous recipes! Definitely gotta try this one too. Stretch pants here I come! LOL!

Cathy ♥

test it comm said...

This dip sounds so good! What a great idea!

Petra said...

Lisa, I haven't made it yet because I've been so busy working in my yard! I bought all my ingredients yesterday though, so in the next couple of days we will be diving into this oooey-gooey delish looking dip for sure! I do have a question though - Why Mayo and not Tomato Sauce? Is there a reason? Please let me know so I don't screw up my first batch (of many I'm sure!)

Thanks & as always, Love your Blog =)