Kale Pesto Pizza | Pizza without Tomato Sauce
Kale Pesto Pizza: A classic and delicious pizza recipe made using homemade kale pesto and toppings of your choice. Perfect for a weeknight meal. Adding kale pesto instead of the marinara sauce gives your pizza a vibrant green color and unique flavor.
Servings: 8
Calories: 206kcal
Equipment
- Baking pan
Ingredients
For kale pesto
- 3 cups Kale chopped roughly
- ½ cup Nuts pecan, walnuts, cashews, or almonds - any one or combine your favorite
- ¼ cup Parmesan
- 3 Garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- ¼ cup Olive oil
For kale pizza (add your favorite pizza toppings)
- Homemade pizza dough or Store-bought
- Kale pesto
- 1 to 2 cups Mozzarella cheese add as needed
- 1 Onion sliced lengthwise
- ½ Tomato chopped optional
- 1 teaspoon Olive oil more for garnish
- 2 tablespoon Parmesan for garnish
Instructions
Homemade kale pesto
- In a blender or food processor, add Kale, nuts, parmesan, garlic cloves, lemon juice, salt, and pepper, and turn on the blender. Slowly drizzle olive oil and blend until you get the desired consistency of pesto, scraping down the sides as needed.3 cups Kale, ½ cup Nuts, ¼ cup Parmesan, 3 Garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon Lemon juice, Salt, Pepper, ¼ cup Olive oil
- Taste check and adjust salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
Kale Pizza
- Heat tablespoon of oil in a pan. Add the sliced onions and saute till it becomes caramelized and golden brown.1 teaspoon Olive oil, 1 Onion
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease the baking pan with olive oil or line it with parchment paper.
- Roll the pizza dough into 12-inch pizza or 2 smaller 9-inch pizza dough to the desired thickness.Homemade pizza dough
- Spread the kale pesto onto the rolled pizza dough, add mozzarella cheese, sauteed onion, and tomatoes.Kale pesto, 1 to 2 cups Mozzarella cheese, ½ Tomato chopped
- Drizzle about a tablespoon of olive oil and add some grated Parmesan.2 tablespoon Parmesan
- Bake for about 12 minutes or until the crust becomes golden and the cheese turns bubbly.
- Let the pizza rest for 4-5 minutes before serving. You can top it with pepper flakes if desired.
- Serve with a glass of wine, and enjoy.
Notes
- For the pesto, add nuts of your choice. Traditionally, pine nuts are used in pesto, but cashews, pecans, and almonds are good replacements.
- You can rub 1 cup of chopped Kale with 1 tablespoon olive oil and add it on top of the pizza before baking.
- Instead of tomatoes, mushrooms can also be added.
Nutrition
Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 201mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 2705IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 199mg | Iron: 1mg