This pizza is easy to make and absolutely delicious.
If you love pesto, ricotta cheese, and tomatoes, you will love this
pizza! Bon appetite!
Pizza Ingredients:
1 13.8-oz tube of refrigerated Pillsbury classic pizza crust (found
by crescent rolls/premade cookie dough) *
1/2 cup homemade pesto (see recipe below) **
1 cup fat-free Ricotta cheese
1/4 cup grated Parmesan or Romano cheese
1 (15-oz) can petite diced tomatoes (or 2 tomatoes, sliced or diced)
* Alternately, you can use 1 box Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix, 1 package
of refrigerated pizza dough, or any other ready-made pizza crust.
These are all roughly the same points value, but please note that
my Nutritional Info below is based on the refrigerated 13.8-oz tube
Pillsbury pizza crust.
** Alternately, you can use store-bought pesto, but it will increase
the points per slice by 1. (5 points per slice)
Homemade Pesto Ingredients:
1/3 cup vegetable broth
2.5 Tb reduced fat parmesan cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 c fresh basil or oregano, washed and drained
1/8 tsp salt
dash of black pepper
(Yields 1/2 cup of pesto)
Directions:
Homemade pesto must be made in advance. In a glass liquid measuring
cup, combine broth and garlic. Microwave on high for three minutes;
set aside. In a food processor, process basil or oregano until fine.
Add broth mixture, parmesan cheese, salt, and black pepper. Process
until finely blended. Refrigerating several hours.
Preheat oven to 400º. Spray or grease cookie sheet or pizza pan.
(I use a 13-inch "thin crust" pizza pan)
Unroll dough on greased cookie sheet or pizza pan. Press to desired
size, shape and thickness.
In a small bowl, combine Ricotta and Parmesan.
Spread pesto over the dough. Spread the Ricotta and Parmesan over the
pesto. (I laid down small dollups of the cheese all over the dough,
and then carefully spread it with the bottom of the spoon.) Layer the
tomatoes over the cheese.
Bake for 12-15 minutes.
Yields: 8 slices
Nutritional Info: (1/8 of pizza) 179
calories, 3.1 g. fat, .9 g. fiber (5 points per slice)
Original Source: allrecipes.com
(I altered some of the ingredients to fat-free or reduced-fat for a
more healthy alternative to this recipe)
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