Ooni Fire Roasted Red Pepper Pesto Pizza | Recipe & Ooni Koda 16 How To Video
Put the garden on the pizza. A sea of green with roasted pepper pesto in between. Garden fresh deliciousness levels on this one are out of this world. Sometimes it all comes together in to a few moments of pizza bliss.
This Garden Party pizza is packed with a bright and rich Roasted Pepper Pesto (roasted right in my Ooni Pizza Oven!), zucchini (courgette, summer squash) sliced paper thin, shallots, fresh mozz, coarsely grated Parm, finished with a generous amount of fresh basil and chives. This was one delicious pizza! I hope you give it a try!
May this post find you making, eating, or at least dreaming about pizza! Love seeing all your creations out there. Keep sharing! Stay healthy, keep it eating pizza. That garden fresh life. One Love 🍕🌎❤️!
For this bake in the Ooni Koda 16 I’m using the recipe in my homemade sourdough pizza dough recipe and how to. If you enjoyed please subscribe to the Santa Barbara Baker YouTube Channel and share with your pizza friends and fam. Thank you and much love to all that have!
Fire Roasted Red Pepper Pesto Pizza | Recipe and Ooni Pizza Oven How to Video
Ingredients
Fire Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
- 1 Fresh Red Pepper
- 1/4 cup Walnuts Lightly toasted.
- 1 clove Garlic Chopped.
- Juice of 1 Small Lemon
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil (approximate) Add till desired consistency.
- Sea Salt To taste.
Pizza
- Fire Roasted Red Pepper Pesto From above.
- 1 Zucchini, Courgette, or Summer Squash Sliced into thin coins on a mandoline. Salted and drained in colander for about 30 minutes.
- 1 Shallot Sliced thin.
- 100 g Fresh Mozzarella (approximate) Cubed.
- Parmesan or other hard grating cheese Coarsely grated.
- Fresh Basil Handful of fresh leaves to finish.
- Fresh Chives 2-3 minced.
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 dough ball Pizza Dough A naturally fermented (sourdough) recipe & guide.
Instructions
Fire Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
- Roast pepper till charred. This can done while your Ooni pizza oven preheats as shown in this video. Place in a bowl, cover, let rest for a few minutes till cool enough to handle. Peel and rough chop.
- Add lightly toasted walnuts, garlic, and roasted red pepper, and lemon juice to the bowl of a small food processor (This can also be done in a mortar and pestle). Pulse till a mostly fine consistency. Add olive oil and lightly blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Pizza
- Watch the video for the full how to!
- Preheat your Ooni Pizza Oven for at least 30 minutes, I like to heat the center of the oven deck to around 850f before loading this style of pizza.
- Sprinkle stretched pizza dough with Parmesan cheese. Top with fresh mozzarella.
- Top with sliced shallots and dollops of fire roasted red pepper pesto.
- Cover to just before the crust with thinly sliced and drained zucchini, courgette, or summer squash. Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
- Let the crust set on a wire rack for a least 20 seconds. Top with basil leaves and minced chives. Drizzle with olive oil. Slice into 6 slices, serve immediately. I serve my pizza on this 14" Wooden Pizza Peel.
Notes
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