Easy Pizza Dough Chicken Pesto

easy pizza dough chicken pesto
Here’s my pesto recipe which makes the best chicken pesto pizza ever and my fast, easy pizza dough recipe too. Bon Apetite!

Pizza dough:
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1 c. warm water
2 1/2 c. flour, white or wheat
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

Dissolve yeast in warm water and stir in remaining ingredients. Beat vigorously 20 strokes, or use a mixer. Let rest only 5 minutes.

Pesto sauce:
1 c. fresh basil leaves ( I would recommend planting basil in your garden, or keeping a plant in your kitchen. it is such a tasty addition to so many foods)
2 garlic cloves
coarse or rock salt, just a sprinkle
2 tbsp pine nuts (giant bags available at Costco)
1/2 c. olive oil
4 tbsp fresh grated parmesan cheese
2 tbsp pecorino cheese or more parmesan
Place basil, garlic, salt, and pine nuts in a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Add olive oil with motor running, the add cheese. Blend one more time until ingredients are mixed well.

Chicken Pesto Pizza:
Shredded chicken
Sliced mushrooms
Olives
Mozzerella cheese
Parmesan and Romano cheese
Pine nuts
…and whatever else sounds good on a pizza!

Roll out dough on parchment paper or pizza pan. Spoon on pesto sauce, generously.
Cover up the pesto with chicken, mushrooms, and olives, come on now, don’t be shy or skimp now…
Add shredded mozzarella, then about 1/3 as much parmesan and romano, once again don’t skimp.
Sprinkle with a handful of pine nuts.
Bake on a pizza stone with parchment paper at 425 for 15-20 minutes.
-If you don’t have a pizza stone just use a pizza pan or cookie sheet, but a pizza stone really makes the crust turn out yummy. I would recommend having a pizza stone in any kitchen. I cook frozen pizza on it as well, on those super busy or babysitter nights.
I transfer pizza & parchment to the hot stone in the oven by cookie sheet, and back out of the oven the same way.
Easy pizza dough, chicken pesto- the best of the best! Enjoy!

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