Pesto Pizza Recipe
Basil
Takes about 30 Minutes
Serves 8
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Tagged: vegetarian pizza basil pesto parmesan cheese pine nuts
Prep Time: 10 minutes + Cook Time: 20 minutes = 30 minutes
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Directions
crust
add all ingredients to bread machine pan, knead on the dough setting (about 45 minutes), remove and gently hand-shape into a pizza crust to fit your oven / pan / stone (whatever you're going to bake this on). turn on the oven and set it to 400 degrees once the crust is shaped.
pesto sauce
mix ingredients in food processor (or blender), salt to taste.
pizza
spread pesto sauce on unbaked pizza crust.
arrange toppings on the pesto sauce layer
bake for 10-15 minutes at 400 degrees, until cheese starts to brown and bubble.
remove, slice, eat.
Ingredients
- crust
- 2 cups flour
- .5 cup semolina flour
- .5 cup oat bran
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tablespoon sugar
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- pesto sauce
- 2 cups fresh basil
- 1 cup pine nuts (or any fatty-crunchy solid substitute
- almonds were used here
- and garbanzo beans work in a pinch)
- .25 cup olive oil
- .25 cup butter
- .25 cup salty cheese (parmesan is traditional
- we used gorgonzola here)
- 3 cloves garlic
- pizza
- unbaked pizza crust (above)
- pesto sauce (above)
- pizza toppings that you enjoy. as pictured:
- sun-dried tomatoes
- black olives
- oregano
- grated mozzarella cheese
- fresh basil leaves
- olive oil
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