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MVP Pizza

mvp pizza baked swirled with marinara, vodka, and pesto sauces.

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Gourmet style pizza made with three swirled sauces: marinara, pesto, and vodka! When you can’t decide on one sauce use all three!

Ingredients

1 fresh pizza dough
1 jar marinara sauce (you’ll use about 1 cup)
1 jar vodka sauce (you’ll use about 1 cup)
1 jar pesto (you’ll use about 1/3 cup)
1 and 1/2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese
Olive oil
Garlic powder
Cornmeal

Optional garnishes: grated Parmesan, red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2. Lightly dust your pizza pan with some cornmeal, then stretch the pizza dough to fit the pan. Prick it in several areas with a fork to prevent large bubbles from forming. Lightly brush the entire dough with some olive oil, and give a light sprinkle of garlic powder. Bake for 7 minutes.

3. Cover the prebaked dough with Mozzarella cheese, leaving and edge for the crust. Create the swirl pattern with the sauces by starting with a dollop of pesto at the center, then alternating a swirled pattern of marinara sauce, vodka sauce, and more pesto. See photo above. I got 3 swirls of marinara, 2 of vodka sauce, and 2 of pesto sauce. You don’t want to go too heavy on the sauce or the pizza will be soggy.

4. Once your pizza is swirled bake for 15 – 20 minutes until fully cooked. 17 minutes winds up be perfect for my oven!

You can garnish with grated Parmesan cheese or crushed red pepper flakes for a kick of heat!