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Homemade Pesto Pizza with white sauce overhead view.

Pesto Pizza

Course Dinner
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cups (packed) stemmed spinach leaves
  • 1/2 cup (packed) fresh basil leaves (about 1 bunch)
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons oil from oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes or olive oil
  • 1 large garlic clove Olive oil
  • 1 thin crust pizza dough shell
  • 1/3 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, sliced and drain
  • 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Blend first 4 ingredients in processor to coarse puree.
  • Transfer pesto to small bowl. (Can be prepared one day ahead. Press plastic directly onto surface of pesto to cover; refrigerate.)
  • Grease 12-inch pizza pan with olive oil. Arrange dough in pan and cover with pesto.
  • Sprinkle with sun-dried tomatoes, then cheeses.
  • Bake at 400 degrees until crust browns and cheese melts.
Keyword pesto pizza recipe, vegetarian pesto pizza