Roasted Garlic Pesto and Maine Lobster Pizza

Directions

  1. Cook and pick your Maine Lobster.
  2. Place shell on pizza stone or pan and spread on the garlic pesto (recipe below).
  3. Place pepper rings around the shell and top with the chevre cheese and Maine lobster meat. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella.
  4. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 2 Bay Winds® Lobster, Maine, 1/2 lb
  • 4 tbsp cheese, chevre
  • 1/2 Peak Fresh Produce® Pepper(s), Red Bell, diced
  • 1 pizza shell, 12-inch, uncooked
  • 3/4 cup Roasted Garlic Pesto
  • 4 oz Roma® Cheese, Mozzarella, cut in half moon

Roasted Garlic Pesto

Directions

  1. Slice off the top of the garlic bulb, rub with oil and wrap it in foil. Roast in 350 degree oven for 45 minutes to an hour. Remove and set aside.
  2. Place pine nuts and half of the Parmesan in a food processor and pulse 4 or 5 times.
  3. Remove the garlic from the foil and squeeze the pulp out of the cloves into the food processor.  Add the basil leaves and pulse 3 or 4 more times. Add the remaining Parmesan and the rest of the oil and pulse 4 times or until smooth.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups basil, leaves, fresh, firmly packed, chopped
  • 1 garlic, bulb(s), large
  • 1/2 cup Piancone® Oil, Olive
  • 4 oz pine nuts
  • West Creek® Salt, to taste