Asparagus and Pancetta Pesto Pizza is fancy for your face. Check out that edamame!
This pizza. What is going on here? Other than a pound of shaved asparagus, adorable shelled edamame, and porky pancetta? Pesto sauce. Your mind wants to melt. Let it. Have you ever had asparagus on a pizza? Or edamame? What about pancetta? What is pancetta anyway? I can answer that, it’s fancy bacon. Kind of like prosciutto. Kind of like bacon. It’s bacon.
For the last two weeks, I’ve had an influx of pesto sauce in my house and needed a gateway for getting it into my mouth (#firstworldproblems). Being as it is spring, I was in the mood for a spring-inspired pizza. So I whipped out the ol’ Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix and shaved up some asparagi. It all comes together like a little prayer. You have the fresh parmesan-y pesto with the asparagus ribbons, snappy little edamamers and the salty, oh-so-fatty pancetta. It’s like a bloomin’ circus in your mouth.
Remember when I made that Spring Salad with Shaved Asparagus and Lemon-Parsley Dressing? Similar idea. Asparagus is so fun when it’s all ribbon-ed up.
I’m guest posting over at Girl Versus Dough today! Stephanie is welcoming her first child into the world and will be taking a short blogging hiatus to snuggle with her new munchkin. Head on over there to get my Asparagus and Pancetta Pesto Pizza Recipe!
P.S. If you love a good pesto sauce, check out my 4 Ways to Make Pesto without Basil post over at Oh My Veggies!
francesca
Tuesday 13th of May 2014
Let it [melt]. I did. This looks glorious. because: pancetta! Plus all those veggies means you can eat a whole one, no?
Julia
Tuesday 13th of May 2014
Absolutely! You need to get all them vitamins in your system, and in order to do so, you need to eat all the veggies...with the pizza on the bottom...of course!
Joanne
Monday 12th of May 2014
So much green on this pizza!!! I love it. And I'm sure putting pancetta on the.boy's half would convince him to love it as well. Win/win.
Angie (@angiesrecipess)
Saturday 10th of May 2014
Love the asparagus topping! The pizza looks awesome.
Julia
Saturday 10th of May 2014
Woop woop! Thanks Angie!
Rebecca @ it's a nourishing thing
Friday 9th of May 2014
This is definitely my kind of pizza.. I'm in for anything loaded up with pesto, veggies and cured meat of any kind. Look awesome.
Julia
Saturday 10th of May 2014
Pizza partaaaaaay! So happy you like it, Rebecca!
Allison @ Clean Wellness
Friday 9th of May 2014
Putting edamame on pizza is a game changer -and I don't use that phrase lightly! Also, asparagus on a pizza? My mind is officially blown. You go girl!
PS. Definitely going to check out your pesto recipes. I love a good pesto!
Julia
Saturday 10th of May 2014
Yaaay! Let me know if you try any of the pestos! I seriously couldn't choose a favorite if my life depended on it. Thanks for your kind compliments!