Greek Pepperoni Pizza and Philomena

Welcome to Pizza and a Movie! Today’s pizza has Greek-inspired ingredients with the addition of pepperoni to make a Greek Pepperoni Pizza. We have sun dried tomato pesto, mozzarella, pepperoni, green olives and feta cheese. A combination that is super savory with a delicious zing from the sun dried tomato pesto and the feta. Let’s get right to it!

Preheat the oven the 450 degrees F. This is going to be a pan pizza, so you can lightly oil a quarter sheet pan and let the prepared pizza dough relax and warm up a little on the oiled pan.

While the oven is preheating and the dough is shaking off its chill from the fridge, grate about 1 and a quarter cups of mozzarella cheese. If you are using olives with pits, go ahead and remove the pits and slice the olives into quarters. I am using sun dried tomato pesto leftover from another recipe. See the recipe card below for the recipe. If you want to see pictures of making the the sun dried tomato pesto, visit: Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta.

Press the dough out to the corners of the pan. Let it rest in between pressing if the dough shrinks back too much. Then give it another go. It’s ok if the dough doesn’t quite reach the edges.

Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

Spread the sun dried tomato pesto evenly on the dough, leaving 1/2 to 1-inch around the edge for the crust. Then top the sun dried tomato pesto with the grated mozzarella.

Top the cheese with the pepperoni. Then, evenly sprinkle on the olives and the feta.

Now we are ready for the oven. Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes, until the crust is puffed and golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly. When the pizza comes out of the oven, let it sit for a few minutes, then use a spatula to ease the pizza out of the pan and on to a wire rack.

When you’re ready to slice it up, slide it off the wire rack and slice it how you like it!

Movie Night: Philomena

We have our Greek Pepperoni Pizza ready so let’s get to the movie! Philomena is a film from 2013, starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. I have seen the thumbnail for this movie to rent for years, but I always skipped it. I am so glad I finally decided to watch it. Based on true events, Philomena follows the story of a woman who, as an unwed teen, had to give up her son in 1950s England. The movie picks up her story decades later, when a sacked journalist tries to reinvigorate his career with a human interest story.

This deep and emotional story is performed beautifully by both Dench and Coogan. Judi is hard to beat and her portrayal of Philomena is beautiful, emotional and relatable. Ultimately a tragic story about forgiveness, Philomena took interesting turns and pulled at the heartstrings. Such a great movie, I am so happy I finally gave it a watch. You should too! Philomena is available to stream on Netflix, Paramount +, and Showtime with a subscription; and available to rent on Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, among many other watching options.

Thank you so much for joining me today for Pizza and a Movie. I hope you give this pizza a try, it is a really delicious combination. If you want to try other combinations with sun dried tomato pesto, try Sun Dried Tomato, Asparagus and Burrata Pizza, or the Super Tomato Pizza. Take care and be well, xo Kelly

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Greek Pepperoni Pizza

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Dinner, Main Course – American/Italian

By Kelly Djalali – Serves: 2-4

Prep Time: 20 Minutes – Cooking Time: 15 Minutes – Total Time: ~35 Minutes

Greek Pepperoni Pizza is a super savory pepperoni and olive combination with delicious zing from sun dried tomato pesto and feta.

Ingredients

• Sun Dried Tomato Pesto
• 2 7-to 8-oz. Jars of Julienned Sun Dried Tomatoes in Oil
• 1/4 cup Ground Parmesan Cheese
• 1/4 cup Pine Nuts
• Olive Oil
• Greek Pepperoni Pizza
• 1 Prepared Pizza Dough
• Olive Oil
• 1.25 cups Grated Mozzarella Cheese
• Pepperoni
• Green Olives, quartered
• Feta Cheese, crumbled

Instructions

Sun Dried Tomato Pesto

1

Pour the entire jar contents of the sun dried tomatoes into the bowl of a food processor. To that, add 1/4 cup of pine nuts and 1/4 cup of ground Parmesan cheese.

2

Process the sun dried tomatoes, cheese and pine nuts until the mixture resembles a thick paste. Then drizzle in olive oil with the processor running until a smoother, looser consistency is reached. Transfer the sun dried tomato pesto to a jar or airtight container.

Greek Pepperoni Pizza

3

Preheat the oven the 450 degrees F.

4

Lightly oil a quarter sheet pan and let the prepared pizza dough relax and warm up a little on the oiled pan.

5

Press the dough out to the corners of the pan. Let it rest in between pressing if the dough shrinks back too much. Then give it another go. It's ok if the dough doesn't quite reach the edges.

6

Spread the sun dried tomato pesto evenly on the dough, leaving 1/2 to 1-inch around the edge for the crust. Then top the sun dried tomato pesto with the grated mozzarella.

7

Top the cheese with the pepperoni. Then, evenly sprinkle on the olives and the feta.

8

Bake the pizza for about 15 minutes, until the crust is puffed and golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly. When the pizza comes out of the oven, let it sit for a few minutes, then use a spatula to ease the pizza out of the pan and on to a wire rack.

9

When you're ready to slice it up, slide it off the wire rack and slice it how you like it!

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