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Pizza on a white pizza plate topped with green pesto, melted cheese, sun-dried tomato pieces, and halved cherry tomatoes. More pesto and fresh ingredients next to the plate.
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Pesto Pizza

This easy pesto pizza recipe puts a light and zesty twist on the traditional pizza night! It only requires six simple ingredients and 30 minutes of your time, making it a perfect way to enjoy one of your favorite dishes at home in no time.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Dairy-free, Egg-free, Gluten-free, Italian, Nut-free, Soy-free, Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword Italian pizza dough
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 servings
Calories 469kcal
Author Nandi Barta

Equipment

  • Pizza stone
  • Pizza peel
  • Pizza oven

Ingredients

  • 1 Pizza dough homemade classic or gluten-free
  • ½ cup Green pesto homemade spinach pesto or red pesto
  • 2 oz Sun-dried tomatoes
  • 3 oz Cherry tomatoes
  • 3 oz Mozzarella or any vegan cheese that melts
  • Semolina flour for dusting

Instructions

  • Slice cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and mozzarella.
  • If you use our homemade pizza dough recipe, make the dough and proof it according to the instructions there. Then continue from here.
  • Transfer one ball of dough to a flat surface dusted with semolina or cornmeal. Sprinkle the top with flour if needed (or simply just turn the dough upside-down). Use your fingertips to gently depress the round, stretching and pulling the dough gently into a circle. For a bubbly outer crust, don't depress the outer circumference.
  • Preheat the oven to 390 Fahrenheit (200 degrees Celsius).
  • Add parchment paper to a baking tray, and transfer the pizza crust with your hand to the tray. Gently arrange the crust back to a circle shape.
  • Spread green pesto evenly on the crust. Spread cherry tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and mozzarella on top of the pesto.
  • Bake it for 10-15 minutes or until the outer crust gets some color.

Video

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Notes

Use a pizza stone! - We recommend using a pizza stone in the highest position of the oven since you will have the best pizza if you can manage to bake it on the highest heat possible. The pizza stone is already hot when you place the pizza dough on top resulting in a perfect crispy bottom crust. Read our pizza dough recipe for more details on how to bake a pizza with a pizza stone.