Cremini mushroom and pesto pizza

This was another delicious recipe I found on Pinterest! Of course what made it so wonderful was the amazing homemade pesto that one of my fellow unschooling moms made for us right after we had River. It was good on pasta but it was freaking awesome on this pizza!!! So yes, homemade pesto, organic cremini mushrooms and onions, organic provolone and parmesan, and homemade pizza crust (thanks to my bread machine) how could this pizza not be good?!?

Here is the pizza crust recipe I used.

1 1/2 cups water, 80-90 degrees F

1 tsp sugar

2 tsp sea salt

2 Tbs extra virgin olive oil

3 1/4 cups bread flour

3/4 cup whole wheat flour

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

Put all the ingredients in a bread machine in the order listed, set the machine to the dough setting (2 lbs.), and let it do its magic!

This made enough dough for two pizzas. I split it in half and used one for the pizza tonight and wrapped the other in plastic wrap then put it in a freezer bag and put it in the deep freeze for pizza another night. I'm working on freezer meals so I think I'm going to make another batch tomorrow and freeze all of it too. 

Here is the recipe my friend said she used for the pesto http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/fresh_basil_pesto/. She used chinese basil and walnuts. I'm definitely going to make a huge batch of this soon to freeze for my freezer meal plan. If I'm using store bought pesto I always buy the refrigerated Buitoni brand, it's the best I have found. 

For the toppings I spread out about 3/4 cup pesto on my unbaked pizza crust. I sautéed about 1 cup of sliced cremini mushrooms and 1/2 of a thinly sliced red onion in 1 Tbs of butter until they were slightly browned. I spread the mushroom and onion mixture over the pizza (I left it off one section of the pizza so my picky kids would eat it). I topped that with 8 oz. of shredded provolone and about 1/4 cup of parmesan. I baked it at 500 degrees for about 20 minutes until my crust was done and the cheese was a delicious shade of brown :) 

This is the original pizza recipe that I had pinned http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/06/23/portobello-pesto-pizza/. Her picture is a lot better than mine. I was too ready to dig into it to stand around taking pictures!

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