Pizza Santa Fe Style Recipe

Pizza Santa Fe Style Recipe

Ingredients:

1 (12-inch) pizza crust, ready to bake

For the Sauce:

1/2 cup olive oil
1 1/2 cup cilantro leaves, lightly packed
1 seeded and halved jalapeno chile
1/2 cup parsley leaves, lightly packed
2 cloves garlic
1 scallion, sliced into pieces
salt & freshly ground pepper to taste
1 tbsp. lemon juice

For the Topping:

5 tomatillos or substitute with green tomatoes, (husked, rinsed and sliced)
4 small plum tomatoes, (drained on the paper towels and sliced)
2 Anaheim or mild green chiles, (roasted, peeled, seeded and cut into strips)
1 thinly sliced small red onion
1 tbsp. fresh oregano (chopped) or 1/2 teaspoon dried
2 cups jack cheese, grated
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions:

In blender or food processor, mix together all the ingredients for the sauce and puree it until it smoothens. Add in some pepper & salt for taste. Oven should now be preheated around 450′ F.

In a baking sheet, place the crust onto it and then evenly brush with sauce on the top. Layer out the chiles strips starting at the crust’ center. Then, arrange the tomatillo slices, onions and tomatoes then sprinkle the pepper, oregano and salt.

Layer the top of pizza with the grated jack cheese and then bake in the oven for about 5-10 mins. or just until the edges have turned crisp. Serve while hot.