Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza With Fresh Arugula And Parmesan

Name: Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza With Fresh Arugula And Parmesan
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 142 grams baby arugula (several cups worth, or one whole clamshell container of it); 158 milliliters sauce (try homemade basil pesto or arugula pesto, store bought pesto or red sauce would also work); 1 lemon, sliced in half; 227 grams low-moisture mozzarella cheese, grated; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 4 servings Parmesan, a block of it for shaving (you wont use much); 1 batch of no-work whole wheat pizza dough; 4 servings Red pepper flakes and freshly ground black pepper; 4 servings Finely chopped preserved lemon or a sprinkling of lemon salt, both optional

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Whole Wheat Pesto Pizza With Fresh Arugulan And Parmesan a try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 35g of protein, 30g of fat, and a total of 695 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have parmesan, pepper flakes and pepper, low-moisture mozzarella cheese, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine.

Instructions

Prepare the pizza dough 6 to 18 hours in advance and let it rest. Feel free to substitute white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour for the whole wheat flour and/or whole wheat pastry flour for the all-purpose flour.Preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Grease a 12-inch cast iron skillet with olive oil. Lightly dust your hands with flour and fold the dough over a few times, then divide the dough in half.

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Whole Wheat Flour

Dough

Olive Oil

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Frying Pan

Oven

Place one half of the dough in the skillet and gently spread it out over the surface of the pan and up the sides. Try not to break the dough, but spread it out as evenly and thinly as possible.

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Spread

Dough

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Frying Pan

Brush on some olive oil.Top the dough with half of your sauce, spread evenly.

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Olive Oil

Sauce

Dough

Sprinkle chopped preserved lemon or lemon salt around the edges, if using. Top with half of your grated mozzarella.

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Lemon

Mozzarella

Salt

Bake for 10 minutes or so, until the cheese is bubbling on top.

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Cheese

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Oven

Remove from the oven and transfer to a cutting board using a big spatula. Give it a few minutes to rest, then top with arugula, fresh parmesan shavings, and big sprinkle of lemon juice. Slice and serve with red pepper flakes and black pepper on the side.

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Red Pepper Flakes