Carmelized Daikon and Bacon Pizza
"When we got daikon in our CSA bag, I wanted to make something a little different with it. I made pesto from the leaves, carmelized thin daikon slices, and came up with something tastier than I'd anticipated!"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
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1 pizza
- Serves:
- 2-4
ingredients
- 1 pizza dough (I use Jamie Oliver's recipe)
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Pesto
- 2 cups loose packed daikon greens (add other types of greens if you don't have that much)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄3 cup olive oil
- 1⁄4 cup peanuts (or other nuts of you prefer)
- 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese
- sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
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Toppings
- 2 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 medium daikon radish, thinly sliced
- 1⁄2 medium onion, sliced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄3 cup fresh spinach, roughly chopped or 1/3 cup frozen spinach
- 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese or 1/2 cup Italian cheese blend
- sea salt
- fresh ground black pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 F, and put pizza stone in to warm.
- Put daikon greens, garlic cloves, lemon juice, olive oil, peanuts, parmesan, and salt and pepper in food processor. Blend until smooth, and set aside.
- Chop bacon and fry in medium pan until crispy. Remove the bacon, and reserve the grease in the pan. Set bacon aside.
- Add sliced daikon and onion to the pan. Stir to coat with bacon grease. Add 1 teaspoons sugar and 1 teaspoons salt. Turn down the burner temperature to medium-low. Cook, stirring occasionally for at least 20 minutes, or until daikon is browned.
- Roll out dough on hot stone. Brush with a little olive oil, and poke with a fork. Put it back in the oven for 5-8 minutes.
- Remove the stone from the oven, and turn up the oven to 400°F Brush the pizza crust with the daikon pesto. Add carmelized daikon and onions, bacon, spinach, and cheese to pizza.
- Bake for 15 minutes. After you remove the pizza from the oven, sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Let it rest for 5 minutes before cutting. Enjoy!
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