recipe: pesto pizza - _MG_6150
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
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
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
mix ingredients in food processor (or blender), salt to taste.
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
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.
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