Kale Pesto & Chicken Artichoke Pizza with Pesto
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So this is my sad garden from my back door. It's hard to see, but it's raining, and I didn't want to get soaked. So it's really hard to see my eight full-size kale plants...I have been lazy using them and decided I needed to start doing something with them before they die.
So, I thought, why not try making a pesto out of kale...I know I was scared, too. But I found adding balsamic vinegar to the recipe seemed to balance out the flavor.
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Kale Pesto
3 cups Kale, chopped
3/4 cup Pecans
1/2 cup Olive Oil
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
Juice of one Lemon
2 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar
5 cloves of Garlic
3/4 tsp Pink Salt
1/2 tsp ground Black Pepper
Ideally, you would place all of these ingredients in a food processor, and it would come out perfect. My food processor broke in my move, and I have yet to find one I like as much as my old one. If you do this in a blender, like I did, add the olive oil and nuts and blend them first. Add the rest of the ingredients, and as long as you have patience, it will come out just as good.
Once I had the kale pesto made, I had to figure out something to do with it...I thought I had pizza dough in the fridge...let's try making a pizza with part of it.
Chicken Artichoke Pizza with Pesto
1 lb. Pizza Crust(not going to lie, I went to Whole Foods and bought mine this time)
1/2 cup Kale Pesto
2 Baked Chicken Skinless Thighs (remove the meat and discard the bones), chopped
1/2 cup Marinated Artichoke Hearts, chopped
1/3 cup Cremini Mushrooms, sliced or chopped
1/3 cup Olives, sliced
1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
1 1/2 cups Mozzarella Cheese, grated
Preheat your oven to 375. Start out by greasing and sprinkling cornmeal in the bottom of a cast-iron pan.
Next, roll out your dough on a floured surface. Press it into the pan. I folded over the edges because I wanted a thicker crust. Make yours however you want.
Add the pesto and smooth it out evenly.
Next, add all of the chicken and vegetables. Sometimes I use leftover rotisserie chicken in this.
Next, I add my Parmesan cheese. It doesn't brown as well as mozzarella, so I always put it on under the other cheese.
Add the mozzarella cheese and bake for 20 minutes or until it reaches your desired brownness. Enjoy!
I think of dieting, then I eat pizza.
--Lara Stone
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