I’ve been waiting all year to get some beets in our CSA share so I could make this pizza. I first stumbled upon this pizza last summer on accident. I was making a pesto-based pizza for dinner (in an on going effort to use all of our basil), and I noticed some beets in the fridge from that week’s share. On a whim, I sliced them thinly and threw them on the pizza. My life was changed forever. I’ve always been a big beet fan, why had I never thought of beet pizza before?
This week’s pizza used my standard pizza dough and a mixture of basil and parsley pesto. I’m also trying to find ways to use all of the parsley we’ve been receiving. It was topped with shredded mozzarella, beet greens, and sliced baby beets.
It went into the oven for about 10 minutes at 475 F.
Since this pizza became a staple in our house last summer, we knew what to expect. I enjoyed the earthly flavor of the beets paired with the freshness of the pesto. The husband thought it was “pretty good” but that it would have been better with some Parmesan in addition to the mozzarella.
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Great idea! I’ve used beet greens and chard on pizza, but never the beets themselves. By the way, Jon and I are thinking of stealing your weekly pizza idea when we move. (Our pizza stone is in storage right now.) I love projects, and a project that helps me eat more pizza is a great idea. I hope you don’t mind that we might be posting weekly pizzas as well.
I don’t mind at all! Weekly pizzas make the week so much better.
I love beet greens. What an interesting idea to put both the greens and the beets. I doubt I’d ever get my husband to eat them on pizza.
Have you ever read the picture book “The Princess and the Pizza”. I highly recomend it. The author is Mary Jane Auch I believe. Time for a trip to the library!
I don’t think I’ve read that – I’ll have to see if our library has it.
You can’t help it that you like beets….you are Ukrainian and its genitic. Borsht and beet leaf holipsi from fresh beets is the best thing about summer. BTW….still waiting for your amazon list.
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I still need to make some holipsi this summer. Maybe I’ll get some more beet greens this week.