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Traditional Italian White Pizza With Stracchino and Pesto
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📋Traditional Italian White Pizza With Pesto

White pizza is a pizza without tomato sauce, my favourite originates just around the corner in the Italian Riviera: Pizza with Stracchino and Pesto #yourguardianchef #pizzarecipes #pizza #italianrecipes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword pizza with pesto, vegetarian pizza, white pizza
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 3 people
Calories 921kcal
Author Laura Tobin

Equipment

Ingredients

Pizza Dough

  • 3 cup Caputo flour 00 if you can find Manitoba, Type 55, All purpose, Plain, Type 0
  • 1 cup fresh water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 package yeast 2 tsp
  • 0.5 teaspoon caster sugar to activate the yeast

For the topping

For the pesto

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Make the pizza dough

  • Pour the ingredients into the machine and set the program for fresh dough, number 13 on the Kenwood. NB: when using the bread machine the ingredients should be placed in the exact order as listed above, liquids first.
  • For best result, let the dough rest in the fridge overnight, well floured and wrapped in a plastic bag, otherwise, it will crawl all over the fridge.

Make the pesto

  • Add all the ingredients for the pesto in a blender. 
  • The pesto should be mixed gradually with pulsing movements. If mixed continuously the heat created by the blades will oxidize the basil turning the pesto into a dark colour.

Prepare the pizza

  • Once the dough is ready, cut it into 4 equal sizes and lay them down on a well-floured baking sheet.
  • When the dough is rolled flat, it needs to rest for at least 10 minutes before it rises. In the meantime, put the pizza stone in the cold oven and set the oven at 430 F - 220 C.
  • Once the oven reaches the temperature of 430 F -220C, take the pizza stone out of the oven and lay the dough on top.
  • Top it with the stracchino cheese
  • Drizzle with the pesto
  • Cook it in the hot oven for 10 minutes 

Nutrition

Calories: 921kcal | Carbohydrates: 100g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 88mg | Sodium: 1139mg | Potassium: 307mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 1900IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 198mg | Iron: 6.8mg