Turkey, Bacon and Pesto Pizza
This pizza recipe came about because of some extras in the fridge. Ground turkey, a few strips of bacon, some pesto, some cheese.. pizza was my first thought. This recipe combines some great tastes- the pesto matches well with the cheese and the turkey. We couldn’t get enough!
You could make this pizza with store bought items and it would be very quick. But it wouldn’t take long to use homemade items, either. My go-to pizza dough recipe (linked below) takes only 15-20 minutes to prepare, and I used homemade pesto, which took maybe 15 minutes total to prepare. Either way, it’s fairly quick and yummy!
Turkey, Bacon and Pesto Pizza
1/2 lb ground turkey
1 batch pizza dough (storebought or homemade)
1/2 cup pesto (storebought or homemade)
4-6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
1/4 cup chopped tomatoes (I used cherry tomatoes)
8 oz. shredded mozzarella cheese
salt, pepper and parmesan cheese to top
1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. In a medium skillet, cook the turkey until browned. Set aside.
2. On a nonstick pan, covered with olive oil, stretch out your pizza dough. Spread pesto over the dough. Layer with ground turkey, cooked bacon, chopped tomatoes, and shredded cheese. Top it all with salt, pepper and parmesan cheese.
3. Bake pizza for 12-15 minutes or until crust is browned and cooked through.
Some of the best recipes are created from what’s in the fridge… This pizza is no exception. It looks fantastic!
Sounds great. I love homemade pizza.
I love pizza! Especially because it’s a blank canvas that can be filled with whatever you want. You picked some awesome flavors and I can see why it was a big hit in your house!
I am LOVING this!!! Especially since we have our SECOND round of home cured bacon doing its thing in the fridge right now. Will be ready just in time for Thanksgiving too!!!
so i’m not sure where to leave you a comment in response to your comment..lol…hopefully you will see this! Yes…new moon nov 20th…me and diana are for sure going and we would love for you to join us!! I will probably be sporting a team edward shirt of some sort…lol….i’m such a dork : ) we really need to get together soon…it has been way too long!!! : (
SOLD! I love pizza. Wishing I could eat it by the dozens, so I’ll just settle for 4 slices instead (with bread sticks & dipping sauce on the side).
…and I love Christ & cupcakes too!
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