Cilantro Pesto and Shrimp Pizza

stike · July 2009

With the rain, our herbs have taken off. Making dill pickles with all the dill, for example.

The cilantro is chest high. Last week my wife grabbed a bunch and made a pesto with it. Same as with basil, essentially, and it was fantastic. She made enough to fill a small container, and last week, and again this week we made a pizza with it, topped with shrimp.

The olive oil and thin crust work to create these incredible bubbles, which i let go for a while then slit with a knife to deflate. We end up with very thin crust, great crunch, and some great areas of browning (formerly the bubbles).

Good stuff. I recommend it.

I think she just substitutes cilantro for basil, but she may tweak it too. I don't have her "recipe", since she does it on the fly.

Mainegg · July 2009

that looks some good!

bitslammer · July 2009

Looking at the forum too much this AM...it's going to be a big lunch, I'm already hungry.

fishlessman · July 2009

looks really good, surprised you didnt add some duck to that

Weekend Warrior · July 2009

or bacon. Bacon and shrimp. yum yum

That's a great looking pie stike.

stike · July 2009

i gave it all away...

hahaha
i really need to do some more. i have found that the trick is to just put it out and call it prosciutto.

otherwise folks say "duck prosciutto? where did you get that?" and then the explanation just does not go well after that... hahaha

fishlessman · July 2009

ive found with some people you just have to tell them to leave the kitchen because they dont want to see what your doing next. my sisterinlaw (weightwatcher)freaked seeing sugar added to a brisket, most wont eat the creme fraiche after asking how i made it, they were fine until they saw the canning jar. whats the problem leaving dairy products out for a day or two on the fireplace mantel :laugh: demoulas said next thu they should have some duck in, hope they remember to order it before it gets too warm out

fishlessman · July 2009

maybe even some horesradish, stike, what were you thinking, you should have made a cilantro shrimp lejon pizza with duck proscuitto

:laugh:

stike · July 2009

thanks, boss.
wonder where i could get some bacon?
hahaha

Little Steven · July 2009

stike,

Very nice!

Steve

PWise · July 2009

Looking good stike!

Cheers!
pw

Aron · July 2009

That looks incredible. Two questions before I give it a try:

Did you use cheese? I don't see any. I guess with cilantro pesto it's probably great with some grated parmesan if that's not already in the pesto.

Did you precook the shrimp or did you use fresh uncooked shrimp and the heat while cooking the pizza was enough? I'm thinking of substituting with scallops, which I like even better, but some thing--not sure whether to precook first (safer) or if this would end up drying them out too much.

Gunnar · July 2009

Good looking pie.....

stike · July 2009

thanks.

my wife made it though....
i just cooked it while hunting slugs in the garden

stike · July 2009

fresh parm, yeah.
what's great is the bubble raise up, the oil runs off, and the parm and crust brown.

stike · July 2009

thanks. cilantro gave it a great twist on the pesto

stike · July 2009

thanks....

stike · July 2009

was good. had it twice in one week!

stike · July 2009

not sure. i don't think so. shrimp was small. if you do the scallops whole, and they are large, you might want to par cook them. make sure they are dry, or they will exude a ton of water

stike · July 2009

go cook something...
that's the cure for me

Mainegg · July 2009

no there is a point where you just need to shut your mouth and nod and smile. some how I think that might be hard for you :unsure:

stike · July 2009

hahahaha

why, i oughtta...

Cory430 · July 2009

Stike,
Sweet Gawd! that looks good. Thanks for the idea; I'll be giving it a try.

stike · July 2009

thanks

Cilantro Pesto and Shrimp Pizza

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