Pesto Pizza

By Florence Fabricant

Total Time
30 minutes
Rating
4(28)
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Ingredients

Yield:One 12-inch pizza
  • Cornmeal
  • ½recipe basic pizza dough (see recipe)
  • 2tablespoons pesto (see recipe)
  • ½cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ¼cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • ¼cup freshly grated Italian Fontina cheese
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 475 degrees.

  2. Step 2

    Lightly oil a 12-inch pizza pan and dust it with cornmeal.

  3. Step 3

    Roll and stretch the dough to fit pan, leaving a thicker rim along the edge. Spread dough evenly with pesto.

  4. Step 4

    Mix cheeses together and sprinkle evenly over the pesto. Place pizza on bottom shelf of preheated oven and bake until the crust has browned and the cheese is bubbly and just turning golden, about 20 minutes. Serve at once.

Tip
  • If you are making pizza dough fresh for this recipe, add ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper to the dry ingredients.

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Jane

This was easy and tasty—we will definitely make this again. Next time, however, we will double the vinaigrette—it was excellent on the rice.

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