The Pizza Of The Gods- Greek Pesto Pizza

Sometimes when inspiration strikes it is a little 'Aha!' moment that makes you smile quietly to yourself and sometimes it hits you like a clap of thunder sent upon you straight from Thor himself. This pizza was one of them. It sprung from ingredients I already had and the knowledge that I had a little time before we had to eat. It turned into a little more of a focaccia bread, but I still think of it as a pizza. Other than picking off the mushrooms it was even devoured by my not-quite-two-year-old.

You know those people who freeze leftovers if there are large amounts but never end up using them because by the time they remember they are freezer burned? Yeah, I'm one of those people. A month or two ago I made a pesto sauce for some pasta and I had twice as much as I needed so I froze half, expecting to find it in 6 months time and have to toss it and the tupperware because I was too scared to open it. Much to my surprise I not only remembered it, but I came up with an ingenious use for it!

Pesto Sauce
(Unfortunately this is one of those recipes I do by taste so I don't really have proportions for you but just add ingredients until you get the consistency you prefer)
-Fresh basil leaves
-Olive oil
-Fresh garlic
-Parmesan cheese (the fresher the better)
-Roasted pine nuts

Put everything in the food processor and blend until creamy.

One thing in my kitchen I have learned to love and don't think I could live without at this point is my bread maker. They really are amazing inventions. All I have to do is throw the ingredients in, as haphazardly as I please, and come back when it has either turned it to dough or fully baked it. It's the perfect way to make pizza dough.

Pizza Dough
-1 2/3 cup warm water
-2 Tbs oil
-2 Tbs salt
-4 1/2 cups bread flour
-2 tsp yeast

Now for the assembly of one of the tastiest pizzas ever made!
-1 jar marinated artichoke hearts
-A handful of kalamata olives, sliced.
-3/4 cup sliced mushrooms
-The pesto sauce
-Feta cheese
-2/3 of the batch of pizza dough

Divide the pizza dough in two and form into circles and press into glass pie dishes. Spread the pesto sauce across the bottom of each pie. Spread the artichoke hearts in between the two pies, crushing them up with your fingers as much as you can to get it broken up as small as you can. Spread mushrooms and olives across them. Sprinkle feta cheese over the top. Bake in a preheated oven at 400 degrees for about 12-15 min. Cut, serve and enjoy the pizza of the Greek gods! :)