Pesto Pizza
From annieamie 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is a quick and simple recipe for those nights when you want a different type of pizza. Using a pizza dough that's already made and a jar or two of pesto sauce, a handful of pine nuts (pinons), some sesame seeds and a bit of thinly sliced cheese, you can create a delicious pizza at home. Read more If you let your kids make this, they'll be pesto lovers forever. This is also a great pizza to make for family gatherings and potlucks. See less
Ingredients
- 1 pre-cooked pie crust or cooked homemade crust of your choice shopping list
- 1 jar of pesto sauce shopping list
- mozarella cheese, thinly sliced or shredded shopping list
- 1/2 cup of pine nuts untoasted shopping list
- 1/4 cup of sesame seeds shopping list
- 1 egg white, beaten (for a crust wash) shopping list
How to make it
- Heat your oven to 400 degrees
- Place your pizza dough on a baking sheet covered in aluminum foil or bake directly on the baking tray in your oven.
- Pour enough pesto over the pizza dough, spreading evenly.
- Add sliced cheese and sprinkle with pine nuts.
- Using a pastry brush, paint the outside rim of the pizza dough with egg whites.
- Sprinkle the rim of the dough with sesame seeds.
- Bake pizza for 20-30 minutes OR until cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Cut as desired and serve.
- *The photo of the pizza slice comes from Junior's Pizza.
- **Once this pizza cools down, it can be cut into small squares to be served as appetizers. Its delicious at room temperature.
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
lovin this pizza thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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love pesto. love pizza together ...heaven
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in Ypsilanti loved it
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