Pesto Pizza

Re:Pesto Pizza (amberdorsch123)

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:21:29 GMT

Pesto pizza is that pizza which we prepare with the help of basil pesto . Basil pesto is a nice thing to add flavor to your food items.

Re:Pesto Pizza (stevetamer)

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:32:12 GMT

I love pesto

Re:Pesto Pizza (bobwatts)

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:48:48 GMT

"The Simple" is "The Best". Spoken like a member of my team! I cook in a wood fired brick oven and find the toppings have greater harmony with one another when the builder (me) remembers that "less is more".

Re:Pesto Pizza (leethebard)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 23:50:02 GMT

No problem Ann....I see what you mean...and agree...sometimes "the Simple" is "the best"!!!

Re:Pesto Pizza (ann peeples)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 21:04:29 GMT

I should have been more specific in my reply. I have a friend from Sicily who owns a pizza place here, and am a Margharita fiend. My parents traveled to Italy twice and described the most delicious pizza served almost every where they went-simple, topped with sauce, cheese and spices. Or in some cases just olive oil, cheese and spices. So, I will re-nig my previous comment to reflect "simple". My comment was in no way a slander to what people like, or call pizza. A bit surprised, my friend, that you took such exception to my comment. You normally "get" me.

Re:Pesto Pizza (leethebard)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:56:24 GMT

Also, Ann, pizza is no more, or less, flatbread than tortillas, pitas, great Indian bread etc etc.........Putting great toppings on a pizza, doesn't demote it to flatbread. I'm as Italian as they come, and my culture and my travels have shown me Pizza comes in many styles and many toppings......choose what you like, call it what you like....just ENJOY!!!!!

Re:Pesto Pizza (leethebard)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:49:03 GMT

Pizza Margharita, in Italy, isas far as anyone knows, the original pizza...and it is topped withy tomato sauce, mozzarella, and BASIL leaves...and that's as traditional as it gets. Define "Tradtional" any way you want. In Italy, most pizzerias have all kinds of toppings....sausage is as common as artichokes and all kinds of crazy things. We've talked about many of those toppings on various threads here. Even as a kid,over 60 years ago, in our Italian neighborhood, pizza came with many types of toppings...."traditional" sure is a vague term!!!!!I guess to many people traditional means a plain or pepperoni...but not so in most of Italy or even Italian neighborhoods.

Re:Pesto Pizza (ann peeples)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:38:48 GMT

I have had a pesto based pizza, once. Topped with artichokes, fresh mozzarella, fresh tomatoes and onions. Very good, but not a pizza to me. I like traditional toppings, and considered what I had a flatbread.

Re:Pesto Pizza (bobwatts)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:02:05 GMT

I have not had their pesto pie R-BM. I need to make an MM run to try it. Thanks for the heads up.

Re:Pesto Pizza (Root-Beer Man)

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:40:08 GMT

I've always been fond of onions, feta and tomato slices. Kinda like the ones that get made at Mellow Mushroom.

Re:Pesto Pizza (bobwatts)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:22:38 GMT

Thanks for all the great ideas. Pesto is a new addition for me. I have a wood fired oven that I use at festival type events and have only recently started using pesto - and now I wonder where it has been all my life!?!

My favorite so far is the veggie (onions, peppers and black olives) with bacon and a combo of provolone and mozzarella cheese. I saw the one suggestion of fontina. That looks interesting enough to try!

I build the pie, then put the pesto on top, once the pie is out of the oven I put a bit more on just to make sure the flavor pops. The smell is fantastic. A couple of events ago, I had someone come up who was sitting 60' or so away and ask, "WHAT are you cooking? It's driving us crazy it smells so good!" You never get tired of those sort of comments.

Thanks again for all the great comments.

Re:Pesto Pizza (the grillman)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:24:33 GMT

The wife and I love pizza with pesto sauce. We will use provolone or both provolone and mozzarella cheese, and any or all of the following...portobella mushrooms, roasted red or any color peppers, caramelized onion, grilled chicken (I know it's a bit bland, but it's the wife's favorite). I also like a few good olives, like kalamata.

Re:Pesto Pizza (Davwud)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:42:46 GMT

Oooo.

shrimp and brie.

DT

Re:Pesto Pizza (brisketboy)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:23:03 GMT

anchovies

Re:Pesto Pizza (hatteras04)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:35:05 GMT

When I make it is is just cheese - mozzerella, grated parm, grated romano, and fontina. The fontina is what makes it one of my favorites.

Re:Pesto Pizza (marzsit)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:22:13 GMT

thin crust + fresh pesto+ freshly grated grana padano

after it's baked but before it's cut, covered with thinly sliced fresh tomato :)

Re:Pesto Pizza (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:18:50 GMT

Love basil. Hate pesto.

Re:Pesto Pizza (leethebard)

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:02:01 GMT

....almost anything....basil is KING!!

Re:Pesto Pizza (RC51Mike)

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:57:56 GMT

Prosciutto, calamata olives, fresh mushrooms.

Pesto Pizza (bobwatts)

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:51:10 GMT

What toppings to you like added to a Pesto Pizza?