Crispy thin crust loaded with a basil pesto, garlicky wilted kale, and spinach. Then topped off with fried eggs and goat cheese. The amount of greens make for one healthy pizza!
Prep Time25minutes
Cook Time20minutes
Total Time45minutes
Servings1, 9x13 Inch Pizza or 1, 12 Inch Pizza
Ingredients
Best Yeast Pizza Dough
For the Pesto:
2Cupsfresh Basil Leaves
2TablespoonsPine Nuts
1/4CupGrated Parmesan Cheese
Juice from 1/2 Lemon
2Garlic Clovesgrated
1/2Cupor more Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste
For the Pizza:
1/2CupBasil Pesto
1TablespoonOlive Oil
1/2Cupdiced Yellow Onion
1Garlic Clovegrated
3CupsFresh Kalestems removed
3CupsFresh Baby Spinachlong stems removed
1TablespoonFresh Lemon Juice
1/8TeaspoonGround Nutmeg
Salt and Pepperto taste
1CupShredded Mozzarella
1TablespoonToasted Pine Nuts
1/4CupCrumbled Goat Cheese
3Fried Eggs
Instructions
Follow the directions to make the no-knead whole wheat pizza dough found here or the best yeast pizza dough found here. Make dough ahead of time.
Preheat oven to 500 degrees F with a baking sheet inside.
While the oven preheats, make the pesto.
Add basil, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, and garlic to a food processor. Pulse until very finely minced.
Add in the salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
While the food processor is going, stream in the olive oil until a smooth creamy, not too thick, pesto is formed. Add more or less olive oil as needed. Once combined, add salt and pepper to taste and then pulse once to combine.
Add olive oil to a large skillet. Heat over a medium/low flame. Add in the diced onion. Cook for 5 minutes until almost translucent. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute.
Add all the spinach and kale to the pan. Once the bottom layer starts to wilt, mix to combine. Cook for about 5 minutes until all the greens are slightly wilted. Remove from heat. Add the salt, pepper, nutmeg, and lemon juice. mix to evenly combine.
Roll out the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface into either a 12 inch circle or a 9x13 inch rectangle.
Remove hot pan from the oven, carefully.
Transfer the dough to the pan.
Top with almost all of the pesto, reserving a tablespoon or two for the garnish. Top with the wilted greens and onion mixture, then the cheese. Bake for 10 minutes.
While the pizza cooks, toast the pine nuts and fry the eggs. You can add the eggs to the pizza while it bakes. I never have luck getting them exactly how I want them so I cooked them separate.
When the pizza is finished baking, remove it from the oven. Top the pizza with the fried eggs, crumbled goat cheese, toasted pine nuts, and remaining pesto sauce.