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Pesto Pizza With Crabmeat And Artichoke Hearts

Courses: Pizzas
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Purchased fully-baked thin pizza crust - (10 oz)
2/3 cup 157mlPurchased pesto
8 oz 227gCrabmeat
1   Marinated artichoke hearts - (6 1/2 oz) - drained, sliced
1/2 cup 118mlKalamata olives - halved, pitted
  = (or other brine-cured black olives)
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlDried crushed red pepper - (to 1/4 tspn)
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1 tablespoon 15mlRed bell pepper - thinly sliced (large)
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozGrated mozzarella cheese

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place crust on baking sheet. Spread with pesto, leaving 1/2-inch plain border. Top evenly with crabmeat, artichokes, olives, and crushed red pepper.

Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and saute until just tender, about 5 minutes; arrange pepper slices on pizza. Sprinkle cheese over.

Bake pizza until crust is brown and crisp on bottom and topping is heated through, about 15 minutes. Transfer pizza to work surface; cut into wedges.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, April 2001

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