Feta Salami Pizza With Pesto Tomato Sauce

I have said it before and I will keep saying it – I LOVE PIZZA! Next to burgers and right before tacos, it is one of the most versatile types of food. You can do some much with the base (hello cauliflower), the sauces, meats, cheeses, veggies. You can have sweet or savory pizza. I mean the possible combinations are only limited by your own creativity. My creativity brought me to this Feta Salami Pizza the other night and it was a win. The Pesto Tomato sauce was the real star – piled up with feta cheese crumbles, salami, and mushrooms.

Prep Time 15 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Servings 6

Ingredients

• 2 Pizza Dough (you can use store-bought or make your own with the recipe Step 1)
• 8 oz Salami, quartered
• 1 cup Mushroom chopped
• 2 cup Feta Cheese, crumbled

For the Tomato Pesto Sauce

• 1 15oz can Diced Tomatoes
• 1 cup Basil, rough chopped
• 1 cup Cashew Nuts, rough chopped
• 3 Garlic Cloves, minced
• ½ cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
• 1 tbsp Avocado Oil

• Baking Sheet x2
• Parchment Paper
• Knife
• Cutting Board
• Bowl
• Immersion Blender
• Oven

Prepare all of the ingredients. Preheat oven to 425deg.

Prepare pizza dough to first cook stage. (if using premade pizza dough, bake for 5 minutes in the oven before building pizza)

Homemade Pizza Dough (this makes one)

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• 1 tbsp Yeast instant
• ⅓ cup Avocado Oil
• 1½ cup Warm Water
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 2 tsp Salt
• 2 tbsp Avocado Oil for bowl

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt and yeast. Pour in water while stirring. Then add olive oil and continue to mix by hand. Mix until a sticky dough forms.

2. Brush the insides of a second bowl with avocado oil and transfer ball of dough. Cover with towel or plastic wrap and let rise at least 1 hour. Dough should approximately double in size.

3. Once risen, place dough on a baking sheet, lined with parchment paper. Stretch and press it out until you cover the baking sheet with ¼ inch thick crust.

4. Place in 425deg oven for 15 minutes.

5. Continue to pizza recipe directions.

In a bowl, add sauce ingredients and blitz with an immersion blender until smooth. Alternatively, if you don't have an immersion blender, add all sauce ingredients to a blender and blitz till smooth.

Spread pizza dough with half of the sauce, sprinkle with half of the feta cheese, half of the salami, and half of the mushrooms. Repeat with second pizza. Place in oven and cook for 20 minutes.

Let cool for 5 minutes before cutting each pizza into 8 pieces.