Baja California Pizza
By: Sheila
Published: Monday, February 22, 2010 - 6:03pm

Ingredients




Whole wheat pizza dough

15 ounces can black beans, drained and rinsed
2 tablespoons heaping  of salsa
2 green onions, chopped
3 large garlic cloves
1 1/2 large tomatoes, sliced
1 large avocado
15 ounces Feta cheese

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees 2 Roll out dough to the shape of your pan 3 Drizzle olive oil over the dough, poke holes in it with a fork 4 Bake crust for 7 minutes 5 Meanwhile in a food processor make black bean sauce by pureeing black beans,salsa, green onions and garlic 6 Spread the sauce generously over the pizza 7 Sprinkle the feta cheese over the pizza, followed by the tomato slices 8 Bake for 8-9 minutes 9 Remove and place avocado slices on top of pizza, bake for another 3-4 minutes

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Friday, February 12, 2010
Baja California Pizza
A few days ago I went to my good friend Sarah at the City Bakery to celebrate hot chocolate month and over dose on sugar. We were talking about our weekends and she told me about this incredible pizza she had late one night in Brooklyn. It's not very often that someone tells me about something he or she ate and I immediately want to make it, but something about this combination set off a motivation in me and I went and got all the necessary ingredients. I wasn't sure what to title this pizza, it definitely has a Mexican influence with the ingredients, but it uses feta cheese which is more Greek, so I decided (actually my boyfriend) decided to call it Baja California Pizza. This pizza was delicious and I definitely want to make it again soon with a few adjustments! I used one can of beans, but I think it could have had more black bean sauce so perhaps 11/2 - 2 cans with more garlic, green onions etc and maybe some hot sauce! Also, I think grilled chicken or toasted corn kernels would also taste great on this! My boyfriend came up with the idea of crumbling blue corn tortilla chips on it! My cooking genius is obviously rubbing off on him ;)  We ate this pizza with tomato soup which was a great combination, even dipping the pizza in the soup tasted lovely. Next time, I think I will prepare pea soup to accompany it.