Of course he did. Who do you think spoke to him saying, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,..." (Acts 9)? He then spent three years with Him in Arabia. But, there is such a strong inclination by the RCC to revise history just enough to make them look good that it can be enticing to folks like you. Possibly you want to believe them. When you get an opportunity, however, read Acts 15 noticing Peter was "enlightened" by Paul to the fact the Law was gone. Catholicism has taken the place of the Judaizers and become Judasim 2.0.
It was Peter who fell back into the separationist view held by Jews (practicing the Law) and Paul who, once again, had to straighten the fellow out (Gal.). These episodes, however, take study and a willingness to allow the text to teach one's mind. There is no getting around Paul's 14 contributions to the NT vs. Peter's 2. So, clearly, only if Jesus lifts the scales can a person see the real Gospel of Jesus Christ.
I said “physically”. There is no indication Paul ever met Jesus physically. It is not revising history to note that Paul never physically met Jesus. The incident at Antioch on the issue of Jewish Law happened only a couple of decades after Jesus’ death. Remember, that many of the first Christians were Jews, so much so that the early Roman emperors thought they were the same. Peter originally took the same view of Paul about the law, then that of Jesus who said, in Matthew 5:17, “I come not to abolish the law of the prophets ....but to fulfill them”. So, I suppose in your scenario Jesus himself was a “Judaizer”. This was a very important matter at a very early date and it was settled at Antioch, where Peter was bishop. It probably wouldn’t have mattered one way or another about the Law to the Jews because they had, as a group, already denied Jesus, and would continue to do so.
If you are keeping score about how many books the Apostles wrote, you have to consider that Mark also wrote and was instructed by Peter. I am not underestimating Paul, who was a spreader of the Gospel and a saint, but you can’t deny that it was Peter who was Jesus’ favorite (John 21: 20-25), it was to Peter who the Savior appeared after the resurrection, it was Peter who walked on water and raised the dead, and it was to Peter who Jesus gave the keys to the kingdom. I have read the Bible many times but I have also read a great deal of “real history” because the Bible is the Holy Book but it is not a history book. You have to go outside the bible to read the history of what early Christians said and believed, even those who knew the Apostles. I think they are closer to the source than we are.