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Pistachio Pesto Pizza with Crème Fraîche and Roasted Garlic is the ideal pizza for anyone who loves pistachios. Plus, you’ll be left with some extra pesto to spread all over your favorite bread so you can keep the pistachio goodness around for a while.
Calling all pistachio lovers… All you lovers of the green nuts, all you pistachio-obsessed folks who literally can’t get enough of that salty, savory flavor!
This is the only pizza recipe you need to make for the rest of your lives.
I know that’s a bold statement to make, but that’s just how strongly I feel about the pistachio pesto that’s slathered all over this crispy pizza crust.
This recipe is one that I had to figure out how to make at home after I indulged in the entire thing in Charleston, SC this June. I 100% ate the entire pizza. There was no regret. I didn’t care that I didn’t share. I had to have every bite because good lord it was so damn delicious.
There’s one secret to making the perfect pesto…
You want me to say pistachios here, but that’s not what I’m gonna say.
It’s a food processor. You might be rolling your eyes and thinking “well DUH” but it’s so so sooooo necessary. I have actually tried to make it without one. I ended up slicing my hand open, with basil leaves all over the floor, tears in my eyes, wondering why the hell I didn’t just buy the dang food processor when I was at the store 2 hours earlier.
Of course, there are good and bad food processors out there. There are also GREAT ones. Enter the KitchenAid® 9-Cup Food Processor with ExactSlice™ System. When I say GREAT, I really mean fantastic/amazing/knock-your-socks-off GREAT. I have been using this food processor for EVERYTHING since I got it and I am constantly finding new uses for it. It holds a crazy amount of food in it (I mean, 9 CUPS), but it also comes with this little mini bowl insert so you can make smaller things (read: pistachio pesto) without battling with a giant blade and bowl.
It slices, chops, and purees. I think it could probably help me launch pistachio pesto into space if I wanted to (and no, I don’t mean all over my ceiling because it won’t start without the lid firmly locked in place – no messy disasters here!).
Just whip up this pesto, slather it on pizza with roasted garlic (because all the YES), and melt on some crème fraîche. You seriously won’t believe the difference that lil’ bit o’ dairy makes.
Not to mention how easy it all is with this freakin’ amazing food processor.
KitchenAid® seriously knows their stuff, you guys. So get on it and enter the giveaway below the recipe!
Disclosure: I received free product from KitchenAid® as part of this giveaway and post. As always, all opinions and recipe are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Cake ‘n Knife!
Pistachio Pesto Pizza with Crème Fraîche and Roasted Garlic
ingredients
- 1 lb pizza dough
- 1 head of garlic top cut off
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/3 cup creme fraiche
- 1/2 cup pistachios shelled
- 1/2 cup basil
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup olive oil
instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Peel off the outside papery layers of the head of garlic, leaving the rest of the head in tact. Cut off the top and drizzle with 1 tsp olive oil. Wrap in foil and bake for 40 minutes until tender. Bake in additional 10 minute increments as needed if the garlic isn’t tender after 40 minutes. Squeeze out the roasted garlic cloves when it’s cool enough to handle. Set aside.
- In the bowl of the KitchenAid® food processor (using the mini bowl attachment), pulse together pistachios, basil, garlic cloves, parmesan, scallions and lemon zest. Set the food processor to high and slowly drizzle in 1 cup olive oil through the opening in the top. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Roll out pizza dough on a lightly floured flat surface into desired shape (rectangle or circle). Place on greased sheet pan or warmed pizza stone and bake 12 to 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Add the roasted garlic cloves on the baked crust and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
- Spread the pizza with a layer of pistachio pesto (yes, you will have pesto leftover!) and dollop creme fraiche around the pizza. Bake an additional 5 minutes, or until the creme fraiche is melted.
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately.
notes
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I would probably make some fresh salsa. I don’t really like the chunky kind. I think the kind you get at the restaurant is better 🙂
The first thing I would make is sauerkraut with shredded cabbage.
The first thing that I will make with the food processor, if I win, is a batch of Chocolate Chip Blondies.
salsa! we’ve reached tomato overload!
Spaghetti sauce
The first thing I will make WHEN I win the food processor is spicy hummus.
I would make basil pesto with the food processor to add to delicious and fast pasta!
I would love to make some roasted tomato sauce with the new food processor. Lots of tomatoes in my garden and I am getting overwhelmed!
I would like to make my own nut butters or hummus.
I believe the link for KitchenAid in the Rafflecopter is wrong.
I would use it to crush up some gram crackers so make some yummy cheesecake!
my very own hummus!!
I think I will make some of my fabulous spaghetti sauce.
id make humus and some some cashew butter i like
I will make pesto first
I would make spaghetti sauce!
i would make veggies empandas
I would make hummus first.
I’d love to use it to make peanut butter and experiment with different flavors.
I would make salsa with my food processor if I won.
I would make guacamole and pesto!
I’d try this cauliflower mac n cheese recipe I saw online!
Oooo cauliflower mac n cheese?! I’m gonna have to invite myself over if you win!
I am going to make my healthy salsa with this food processor!
I would shred everything for coleslaw, since I don’t have the greatest knife skills
I would make pouches of fruit and veggies for my girls to take to school for lunch and snack.
The first thing I would make is garlic aoli and homemade mayonnaise.
I’d use up all the Jalapenos in the garden and make a delicious salsa.
The first thing I’d make is my favorite Italian soup that requires much chopping.
I’d learn how to make a good salsa.
I would make fresh salsa from my garden.
Ooooh I would make hummus!!
I would make homemade black bean veggie burgers.
I would make some hummus
I would make my mom’s famous salsa first. Thanks for the chance!
I’d make gazpacho!
I would first use the food processor to help me make French Macarons! But your pizza looks absolutely delicious and would definitely use it to make the pesto as well!
I would make coleslaw.
I would make guacamole first if I were to win
I would probably make some sort of pesto. Or chop up onions and bell peppers for a meatloaf.
I would make hummus.
I would make some good salsa first with this if I am the lucky winner
I would use the food processor to make homemade breadcrumbs to use in a watermelon soup.
I would make a tasty cheese queso using some fresh jalapeno peppers from my garden for some heat.
I would make some pie dough with fresh apples for French Apple Tart
I would love to make some salsa!
Fresh pico de gallo using cilantro, onions and tomatoes and jalapenos from the garden….my husband eats it on anything and everything lol.
I’d make some fresh salsa.
If my tomatillo plants are doing as well as they seem to be, I should be all set to make some tomatillo salsa to break in a new food processor!
I’d probably make a crumble for a homemade cheesecake, or a chutney is something i’ve always wanted to try before.
I WOULD MAKE SOME SALSA.
I would make a sauce for my veggie lasagna