Pesto Pizza Recipe
If you like pesto, you'll love this pesto pizza recipe! It's an easy pizza sauce recipe and it's very delicious. Make this pizza sauce and see for yourself.
This recipe is strictly veggie, but you can easily add chicken for a meatier pesto pizza.
You can also experiment with making your own pesto. Or use prepared...whichever you prefer.
Also try adding slices of tomato and olives for a Mediterranean pizza recipe!
Ingredients
- 1 prepared pizza crust (Boboli pizza crust or one of our pizza dough recipes)
- 1 small onion, halved and thinly sliced
- 1/2 each small green, sweet red and yellow peppers, julienned
- 1/2 cup sliced fresh mushrooms (Yummy!)
- 3 tablespoons prepared pesto
- 1-1/2 cups (6 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese or other cheeses that you prefer
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat.
Add onions, peppers and mushrooms to skillet and saute until tender. Remove them from the heat.
Spread the pesto sauce over your choice of crust.
Top with your favorite veggie mixture and different cheeses.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake according to crust directions (usually about 8-10 minutes in 450 oven).
Enjoy this deliciou recipe!
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