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Chicken and pesto pizzas recipe

Chicken and pesto pizzas recipe

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These simple pizzas come together in just 30 minutes for a fast midweek meal. Swapping a traditional tomato sauce for a pesto base puts a new spin on a classic pizza, and you can use up leftover cooked chicken from a roast for the topping. See method

  • Serves 4
  • Takes 30 mins
  • 663 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 2 cooked chicken drumsticks
  • 2 x 280g ready-rolled round pizza dough bases
  • ½ x 130g tub fresh pesto
  • 140g tub chargrilled artichokes, drained
  • 12 cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 20g wild rocket
  • 20g Parmesan shavings (optional)

Perfect with:

  • Birra Moretti Premium Lager Beer Can 10x330ml
    A well-balanced lager, perfect with Italian cuisine
  • Birra Moretti Zero Alcohol Free Beer 4 x 330ml
    A non-alcoholic beer with hoppy and citrus notes

Perfect with:

  • Birra Moretti Premium Lager Beer Can 10x330ml
    A well-balanced lager, perfect with Italian cuisine
  • Birra Moretti Zero Alcohol Free Beer 4 x 330ml
    A non-alcoholic beer with hoppy and citrus notes

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    2785kj
    663kcal     33%

  • Fat

    25g 36%

  • Saturates

    5g 26%

  • Sugars

    8g 9%

  • Salt

    3.7g 62%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 86.5g Protein 21.1g Fibre 4.9g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Remove the meat from the drumsticks, discarding the skin and bones. Unroll the pizza bases on 2 baking trays. Spread the pesto over the bases, then arrange the chicken, artichokes and cherry tomatoes on top.
  2. Bake for 20-25 mins until the edges of the dough are golden. Scatter over the rocket and Parmesan, if using, and cut into slices to serve.

See more Italian recipes

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Drinkaware

Birra Moretti L'Autentica and Birra Moretti Sale Di Mare are brewed in the UK. Birra Moretti Zero is brewed in the Netherlands. Birra Moretti Zero contains ≤ 0.05% ABV.

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