Chicken Pesto Pizza Recipe

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Then I layered slices of my favorite organic pepper jack cheese, followed by the chicken and a sprinkling of more grated pepper jack. I want that cheese to just nicely hug the chicken from all sides like a cozy blanket.
Don’t mean to sound like a broken record, but I sure do hope you grabbed a pizza stone from amazon already. You really need to have a hot pizza stone to cook a crispy pizza crust at home. Not only that, but make sure to preheat that pizza stone together with your oven as high as it is allowed for a good 45 minutes or more. Mine only goes up to 500°F but really perfect temperature for thin and crispy crust.
nce summer rolls around you can actually grill the pizza dough right next to the chicken on your grill,  then add all your goodies on top and let the cheese melt.
I totally get that using pepper jack cheese is not your traditional choice, but it adds so much flavor, and it melts so amazingly that it is definitely worth breaking the pizza laws for 😉

I might be in trouble with the Napolitana pizza police for this one, but the dough is on point tough! That should count for something right ?!

Ingredients

• 1 batch rustic pizza dough (formed into 6 dough balls)
• 1 pound best grilled chicken sliced
• 1 1/2 pounds pepper jack cheese shredded or thinly sliced
• 2 basil sprigs for garnish
• Red pepper flakes for serving
• Walnut Pesto
• 2 bunches basil (leaves only)
• 1/3 c walnuts chopped
• 1/2 c extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large lemon juiced
• 2 cloves garlic grated

Instructions

1. Prepare your pizza dough according to the recipe directions.
2. ...................................

for full instruction please see : ciaoflorentina.com

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