Contest-Winning Pesto Veggie Pizza
When I was thinking about what my family likes to eat and what I like to cook, the answer was pizza! —Dana Dirks, San Diego, California
Ingredients
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 to 1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3-1/2 cups fresh baby spinach
- 1/4 cup prepared pesto
- 1-3/4 cups coarsely chopped fresh broccoli
- 3/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 2 green onions, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
Reviews
I made this for a party, everyone loved it! I've made it several times. It's very straight forward. I didn't need to make any adjustments. The crust itself is very good so I've also used it on its own with normal pizza sauce and veggie & chicken toppings. It's one of my favourite recipes!
It is a wonderful recipe, and my kids just loved it. Some more diabetic recipes can be searched at http://www.smallday.in/
Going to try but after reading the reviews I will add cream cheese spread on the pizza crust first, than some alfredo sauce over that, than the pesto sauce and than top with the broccoli and other veggies. That will help fix that missing something flavor that others said is missing.
The crust is awesome. I liked this, but my husband thought it was lacking in the bottom sauce layer. We did add cooked chicken and bacon on it, too :)
We loved it!!! Very good tasting and we added chicken.
Loved all the green - so pretty, and pretty tasty to boot! The pesto-spinach sauce is amazing, and I might use that in other dishes. I do feel like the pizza was missing something, but I can't figure out what. Maybe a bit of some different cheese to make it more complex? Or some red pepper flakes?
Loved it! I usually don't like broccoli on pizza, but it's great with pesto! I followed the directions exactly, aside from leaving out the green onions.