Red Curry Pizza

You know what I forgot to do last week?  Say <strong>happy first official day of spring!!!</strong>

I’m usually a fall girl. It’s my favorite season and I love it, but MAN am I excited for spring this year. I had some serious winter blues. I’m ready for the lighter and longer days, the spring blooms, I’m excited that light meals sound amazing to me (because all winter I just wanted to bake sweets and eat bread and pasta all day long!), I want to be outside and enjoy the gorgeous days. I’m stoked! I’ll be celebrating by lounging on my freshly-cleaned patio tonight 🙂

Okay, let’s talk about food! This pizza! Ohmygosh, guys, it’s great. Sorry that the pictures are a bit wonky. It was a late dinner this weekend so I whipped out this camera light that Preston got me for Christmas that I still don’t entirely know how to use properly. I love that it doesn’t tint all my after-dark pictures a nasty yellow color like usual, but I still need to make that poor little light some kind of diffuser, it’s way too bright. Adding it to my spring-cleaning list 🙂

Back in December, Preston and I went on a quick trip to Truckee with his family and wound up ordering pizza one night. I stole a couple bites of saucy crust from Preston’s red curry pizza, and loved that idea.

I’ve been meaning to remake it since then and I finally did. Holy cow did it turn out well.  It is super flavorful, I think any veggies would go well on top.  Plus it was GREAT cold.  Always a must for a pizza, eh?

yields 6 servings
1 store-bought pizza dough (I found white whole wheat dough at my Safeway! new favorite for sure!)
1 T red curry paste
2 T light coconut milk
1 t Thai seasoning mix*
1 red bell pepper
3 leeks, thinly sliced
1 1/2 C broccoli

*I used a tube of pre-ground fresh lemongrass, ginger, garlic, and red chiles that I bought in the herb section of the grocery store.  If you can’t find something like that, you can just add a small amount of each of those (or whichever ones you keep in your house), freshly grated.  It’s just to make the red curry taste a little more flavorful and strong than the store-bought paste.

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.  Roll out pizza dough.  Mix together curry paste, coconut milk, and Thai mix; spread the mixture over the pizza dough as your sauce.

I had Preston get the sauce and crust ready as I sautéed veggies.  Saute leeks and bell pepper until soft.  Steam broccoli for about 3-5 minutes until tender.

Top the pizza with your veggies and bake until the crust is cooked through and the veggies turn golden brown on top.

Nutrition facts per serving:  Calories: 382; Calories from Fat: 68; Total Fat: 7.5g; Saturated Fat: 1.3g; Sodium: 788mg; Total Carbohydrates: 73.7g; Dietary Fiber: 7.2g; Sugars: 3.1g; Protein: 12.3g