Tuscan Kale Pesto Pizza with Shrimp Scampi

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Tuscan Kale Pesto Pizza with Shrimp Scamp

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Instructions

Kale Pesto
1. Place the entire salad, including the hazelnuts, raisins and shaved pecorino, in a food processor. Break the salad down into a fine paste and then with the food processor still running stream in the extra virgin olive oil until the paste loosens into a pesto. Use immediately or store the pesto in an airtight container up to 2 days before using.

Shrimp Scampi​
2. In a 12-inch skillet heat the butter and olive oil over medium-high heat. Season the shrimp with salt and add to the hot pan when the butter has melted along with the minced garlic. Cook for 3 minutes until a few shrimp just start to turn pink. Add the white wine and Calabrian chile paste and bring to a boil. Continue to boil until the shrimp are cooked through and the wine has reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the lemon juice and zest. Season with more salt to taste if needed.

Flatbread
3.  Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line two 1/2 sheet trays with foil. Place the flatbreads on the sheet tray with the bottom side facing up. Brush each flatbread with 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil. Toast the bottom of the flatbreads in the oven for 8 minutes, until it just begins to brown and feels crispy. Remove from the oven and let cool 5 minutes.

4. Turn the flatbreads over and spread 1/4 cup of the kale pesto over each top. Sprinkle 1/3 cup of shredded fontina over each flatbread. Place back in the oven for 5 minutes until the cheese has melted and the top edges have browned slightly. Remove from the oven and top the flatbreads with 6-8 pieces of the shrimp and spoon over some of the scampi sauce. Cut the flatbreads into smaller pieces and serve immediately.

Ingredient Note

The kale pesto can be easily substituted with a store bought pesto. If you make the pesto out of the Tuscan kale salad you might have some extra pesto which can added to pasta, on sandwiches or used as a vegetable dip!

You can also use larger pieces of naan and make 3 flatbreads instead of 6 smaller ones.

Ingredients

Kale Pesto
1 Tuscan kale salad with lemon anchovy dressing (recipe below)
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

Shrimp Scampi
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 pounds 21/25 raw shrimp, peeled and deveined with tails removed
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
1/4 cup minced garlic (about 1 small head of garlic)
1/2 cup white wine
1 1/2 teaspoons Calabrian chile paste or 2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1 lemon)
1 tablespoon lemon zest (about 2 lemons)

Flatbread
6 (9 1/2 x 5-inch) plain naan flatbreads
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups shredded fontina cheese (about 8 ounces)

serving size

6 Flatbreads, 2.5 cups pesto

Hands on time

45 Minutes

Total time

50 Minutes

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