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Pesto and Grilled Vegetables Bread Pizza

Toasted bread roundels spread with pesto, topped with grilled vegetables and mozzarella cheese and gratinated. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Pesto and Grilled Vegetables Bread Pizza

Main IngredientsPesto sauce, Yellow squash
CuisineFusion
CourseSnacks and Starters
Prep Time21-25 minutes
Cook time16-20 minutes
Serve4
TasteMild
Level of CookingEasy
OthersVeg

Ingredients list for Pesto and Grilled Vegetables Bread Pizza

  • Pesto sauce for spreading
  • ½ medium Yellow squash cut into roundels
  • ½ cup Capsicum mixed, cut into triangles
  • 8 White bread slices
  • 1-2 Fresh thyme sprigs
  • to taste Salt
  • to taste Crushed black peppercorns
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • Butter for spreading and greasing
  • as required Mozzarella cheese grated

Method

  1. Take squash, zucchini, capsicums, torn thyme sprigs, salt, crushed peppercorns and olive oil in a bowl and mix well. Set aside to marinate for 10-15 minutes.
  2. Preheat oven to 180° C.
  3. Cut each bread slice into roundels with a medium sized cookie cutter.
  4. Spread some butter on each bread roundel and place them on a baking tray. Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and bake for 5-7 minutes or till golden and crisp.
  5. Heat an electric griller and grease with some butter. Place the marinated vegetables and grill till evenly golden. Transfer in a bowl.
  6. Spread some pesto on each toasted bread roundel and place one grilled zucchini roundel, one grilled squash roundel and grilled capsicum triangles on top. Put some mozzarella cheese on top.
  7. Place the baking tray back in the preheated oven and bake for 5 minutes or till the cheese melts.
  8. Serve hot.
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