Christmas Tree Pizza Recipe
Tired of the same old Christmas food? Had more cookies than you can even fathom? I've got a great, simple Christmas recipe that should do just the trick to break up the routine of sweets and heavy food.
Christmas Tree pizzas are a perfect way to get in the holiday spirit and to get the whole family involved in making dinner for a change. They're also a fun and festive option for a casual holiday dinner party. Choose from one of MyPunchbowl's holiday invitations or use our pizza party invitation!
To start you'll need pizza dough (storebought will do just fine) and whatever ingredients you and your family prefer to eat on pizza. Roll your dough out on a lightly floured sufrace, and then use a knife to trim away the excess dough so that the remaining shape is a Christmas tree. Decorate your pizza with all of your favorite Christmas-colored decorations, bake, and voila!
A great decoration scheme idea for your Christmas pizza: if you like white pizzas, buy a thick, creamy cheese like raw mozzarella or ricotta and apply liberally over a coating of olive oil to the Christmas tree pizza dough base, then paint on a pesto glaze and decorate with tomatoes, peppers, anything you like! The green of the pesto will be perfect to evoke a Christmas feel without overpowering the pizza.
If you're more of a red pizza person, skip the white pizza and go straight to a liberal application of red sauce, shredded mozzarella and whatever vegetables strike your fancy. A favorite pizza of ours a few years ago featured finely-diced peppers and chopped tomoatoes in the place of ornaments, and a piece of orange cheddar as the star on the top of the tree.
The best thing about these pizzas is that they allow you and your family to get creative during the holiday season, and they're a delicious way to skip the heavy meat and potatoes dishes that usually precede Christmas. If you don't celebrate Christmas, not to worry! You can always keep your pizza dough in the shape of a circle and decorate it as a big, delicious holiday ornament or cut it into a box shape and decorate it as a holiday gift. Either way, it's sure to be delicious and to get your family in the holiday spirit. Bon appetit!
Enjoy Planning.
Penelope