Sunday, January 18, 2009

Roasted Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella and Pesto Pizza

This looked so good when I pulled it from the oven tonight I just had to take a picture.

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Roasted Tomato, Fresh Mozzarella & Pesto Pizza

8-10 Roma tomatoes, quartered the long way
1/3 cup olive oil
2 TBS. chopped garlic
10-12 grinds of black pepper
salt to taste

1 lb. fresh pizza dough (I purchase at a local pizza shop)
4-5 Tablespoons basil pesto
1 lb. fresh mozzarella, sliced

Pre-heat oven to 450F. In a large bowl lightly toss together the quartered tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, pepper and salt. Pour out onto a foil lined baking pan and roast 25-30 minutes until tomatoes are soft and have started to caramelize. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly or completely.

Increase oven temperature to 500F. Stretch pizza dough to 18-inches round and place on lightly greased pizza pan. Spread a very thin layer of pesto* over the dough leaving a half-inch border around the edge. Evenly distribute mozzarella and then the roasted tomatoes. Brush the half-inch border with some of the roasted tomato-garlic oil that remains in the baking pan.

Bake pizza on lowest rack of the oven for 12-15 minutes until crust is brown and cheese is bubbly delicious. Let rest for five minutes before cutting.

Enjoy!

*Pesto layer needs to be very, very thin otherwise it will be extremely oily and the cheese and tomatoes will be floating on grease, just not a good pizza.

5 comments:

  1. Oh my that looks delicious! Do you deliver to Minnesota?

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  2. This looks great Lisa. Where did you get the pizza dough?

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  3. We made pizza today too. It is similar to yours. Good stuff!!
    I love roasted plum tomatoes. We'll have to try the pesto next time.

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  4. Yummy you are a women after my own heart.. I am really enjoying reading your blogs..

    Susan

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