Homemade Scallop Pizza

A quick recipe for a gourmet dinner, this seafood pizza features the unique flavor of scallops. Make it for a party or a low-stress date night dinner.

Course Main Course, Snack

Cuisine American

Dish Type pizza

Seasonal Father's Day, Mother's Day, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day

Ingredient scallops

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings slices

Calories 160

Author Brenda Bullington & Steve dePetro

Equipment

Medium sauté pan
Pizza stone optional (substitute with a baking sheet)

Ingredients

olive oil
6 large sea scallops
pre-made pizza crust Boboli thin crust will work
1/3 cup pesto sauce use your favorite recipe or pre-made
1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil sliced into bite-sized pieces
1/4 cup pitted Kalamata olives
1 oz pine nuts
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese shredded

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Toast the pine nuts by placing them in a dry skillet. Toast, stirring frequently over medium-low heat, until they begin to turn golden. Remove from heat and set aside.
To prepare the scallops, remove the small side muscle, rinse with cold water and pat dry.
Coat the sauté pan with olive oil and heat on high. Lightly salt the scallops on both sides and place in the hot pan, cooking for 45 seconds to 1 minute per side. (Scallops should be undercooked.) Do not crowd the pan. The scallops should not be touching.
Remove from heat. Let the scallops rest for a few minutes before cutting each in half.
If you're using a pizza stone, put it in the preheated oven for 8-10 minutes to warm.*
Brush your crust with olive oil. Top with pesto, sun dried tomatoes and scallops.
Cook the pizza in the oven five minute.
Remove it from the oven to top with olives, pine nuts and Parmesan.
Return it to the oven for five minutes, until the cheese just starts to bubble.
Let the pizza rest for 5 minutes before serving.
Serve with a crisp white wine like Shannon Ridge Sauvignon Blanc.

Notes

*If you don't own a pizza stone, just use a regular baking sheet. Invert the baking sheet on a low rack of the oven before you start to preheat. Then slide the pizza onto the upside-down baking sheet to cook.

A note on the provided nutrition information

The nutrition information provided has been estimated by an online nutrition calculator and is not a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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