Frankenstein Pesto Pizza
Yesterday I had a terrible time trying to make cute Halloween treats…”Third time’s a charm” does not always hold true! After I tossed the third mess in the garbage, I finally went to bed. Sometimes I’m glad there’s only 24 hours in a day:)
Thankfully, today I hit on an idea for an easy and fun edible Halloween craft…PIZZA!
I found five different Halloween pizzas (owl, vampire, spider, pumpkin, and cat) in Phyllis Hoffman’s “Celebrate~Halloween” magazine~October 2010. Love her publications!
I chose the owl right away, but like Dr. Frankenstein I conjured up my own monster pizza:)
My husband actually said that this (pesto pizza) was the BEST homemade (more like semi-homemade) pizza that I’ve ever made, and we’ve been married for a looong time(we are grandparents, after all), so that’s saying a lot! I must agree with him; The pesto/alfredo sauce blend turned out to be delicious!
As an added bonus, both of these pizzas were super simple to make!
OWL Pizza
Recipe for Owl (adapted):
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1 naan or other flatbread (mine is 8 1/2-inches x 11-inches, same as notebook paper)
1/2 cup shredded Italian six-cheese blend
2 slices onion (eyes)
12 slices pepperoni (wings and eyes)
2 black olives, sliced (eyes)
red bell pepper (beak)
green bell pepper (eyes)
yellow bell pepper (ears)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spread pizza sauce over naan, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle with cheese in the shape of an owl. Use 5 slices of pepperoni per wing, placing pepperoni on each side of body, slightly overlapping slices. For the eyes, place onion ring slices on face. Place a pepperoni slice on the center of each onion slice. Top each with half (open end) an olive, placing a small piece of green bell pepper in the center of each olive. Cut 1 triangle from the red bell pepper for the beak, and 2 triangles from the yellow bell pepper for the “ears”. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (on pizza stone or baking sheet), or until heated and cheese melts. For a crisper pizza, bake 12-15 minutes.
Recipe for Frankenstein
1/2 cup pesto (I used Classico traditional basil)
1/2 cup Alfredo sauce (I used Bertolli)
1/2 cup shredded Italian six-cheese blend
6-8 slices of pepperoni (hair and mouth)
2 onion slices (eyes)
6 olives (scars, eyes, nuts)
green bell pepper (nose, bolts)
red bell pepper (nose)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix pesto and alfredo sauce togeteher and spread over naan, leaving a border of at least 1/2-inch. Sprinkle cheese over the sauce. Cut a triangle out of each pepperoni slice and place across the top of head for the hair. Use leftover pieces of pepperoni (or extra pepperoni slices) to form the mouth. Cut ears (the bell pepper is naturally “ear” shaped, when sliced) from the green bell pepper, and cut two small pices for the bolts, at each bottom corner. Cut a piece of the red bell pepper in the shape of a nose and place in the center of the face. Slice two olives in half. Place one piece in each eye, and one piece at the end of each bolt. Slice a couple of olives into slivers and place them to look like scars.
Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes (on stoneware* or baking sheet), or until heated and cheese melts. For a crisper pizza, bake 12-15 minutes.
I know my munchkins will love these pizzas, and I think yours will too!
*FYI:: My stoneware is not dirty, just “seasoned”. It is virtually non-porous, is non-stick and washes off with water. I also bake all of my cookies on stoneware and I think it’s impossible for them to burn. No parchment or greasing is needed either:) Love all of my stoneawre!
Have fun and ENJOY!
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