I was in the mood for a bit of kitchen experimentation this afternoon. I came up with many different pizza recipes, some more successful than others, but this Lemon, Walnut and Blue Cheese Pizza was the hands down winner. It packs a big flavor punch, and the smell of fresh lemon is lovely in the kitchen.
Lemon, Walnut and Blue Cheese Pizza
Author: Robin Gagnon
Serves: 4-6
Ingredients
- 1 lb. pizza dough
- Zest of one lemon
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 tbs. olive oil
- ¼ tsp dried thyme
- 1 large garlic clove (crushed & minced)
- generous pinch of kosher or sea salt
- handful (roughly ¼ cup) shelled walnuts
- ¼ to ⅓ cup crumbed blue cheese
- Freshly ground black pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425º
- Stretch out dough & put on lightly oiled sheet pan.
- Put zest, juice, oil, garlic, salt and thyme in sauce pan on med-high heat.
- Reduce the liquid until glossy and spreadable.
- Spread evenly over the dough.
- Chop the walnuts.
- Spread the nuts and blue cheese over the dough.
- *optional grind black pepper over top
- Bake until nice and crisp (approx. 25 minutes)
While this pizza is tasty hot, it is best at room temperature, so works well on buffet table.
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Angela says
That sounds so good–I would not have thought of adding the lemon. Will definitely give this a try.
Curt says
Very unusual, but I’ll bet it’s really good. Definitely an interesting mix of flavors.
Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says
I’m not a fan of blue cheese but it looks delicious.
Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says
Oh YUM!!!
Anne-Marie @ This Mama Cooks! says
Kind of a crazy combo, but if you say it works, I believe you. Like the idea of lemon with blue cheese very much!
Karen (Back Road Journal) says
This would be great to serve at a pizza party. It could be served almost like a cheese course.