Get the most out of your summer produce by making this summer tomato pesto pizza. Fresh herbs and sweet heirloom tomatoes make this pizza so good it will be worth turning on your oven. Still not convinced? Try cooking it on your grill!
I recommend using my no-rise white whole wheat pizza dough for this recipe but if you are in a hurry store-bought dough will work as well. This is the perfect meal to use all of the basil and tomatoes that are abundant in your garden and in the grocery store in late summer.
I created this recipe because I have been wanting to try out Miyoko’s Pourable Plant Milk. It worked perfectly! I was intimidated to work with liquid cheese, but all I did was pour a thin layer, and then the cheese gets bubbly and brown when in the oven.
I also created pesto by hand instead of using a food processor. It is a nice alternative if you do not own a food processor or if you want a rougher texture.
Summer Tomato Pesto Pizza
Equipment
- Mixing bowl if making pizza dough
- Measuring cups if making pizza dough
- Measuring spoons if making pizza dough
- cutting board
- Chef's Knife
- serrated knife
- large cast iron skillet you can also use pizza pan
Ingredients
- white whole wheat pizza dough recipe or store-bought dough
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- ¾ cup Miyoko’s pourable liquid pizza mozzarella
- 1 large heirloom tomato sliced in ¼” rounds
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- flaky salt to taste
Pesto Ingredients
- 1 bunch fresh basil leaves finely chopped
- ⅛ cup fresh parsley leaves finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp walnuts chopped
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 pinch red pepper flakes
- juice from one small lemon
- ¼ cup olive oil
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 500°F and place a large cast iron skillet in the oven while preheating.
- Follow the white whole wheat pizza crust recipe to prepare the crust if using.
- Put all of the pesto ingredients into small mixing bowl and combine.
- Roll out pizza into a 16” inch circle.
- Carefully remove the skillet from the oven and drizzle in 1 Tbsp of olive oil and use a silicon brush to coat the pan.
- Lower the pizza crust into the pan and spread pesto over the dough.
- Pour a light even layer of Miyoko’s liquid vegan pizza mozzarella over the pesto.
- Top with sliced tomatoes and bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until the crust is browned and toppings are cooked through.
- Remove pizza from oven and top with red pepper flakes, and flaky salt.
Did you make this recipe?
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