Ham & Asparagus Pizza
Celebrate delicious asparagus on a pizza! Loaded with flavor, this easy Ham & Asparagus Pizza features a pesto sauce on the bottom, plenty of ooey gooey cheese, and a touch of red onion to complement the flavors of the ham and asparagus. Love pizza? Do it differently and make this Ooni Pizza recipe today!
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This pizza is all kinds of good! Ham and asparagus go hand-in-hand and on this pizza they rock! I cook my pizza in an Ooni Pizza oven outside, and it gets all that lovely smokey crispy crust flavor that we all know and love. I make this Ham & Asparagus Pizza with a pesto sauce to highlight the herbal flavor of the asparagus. I think red sauce would just overpower the asparagus flavor. A sprinkle of Parmesan on top before serving adds a salty nutty flavor that puts this pizza over the top!
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This is an easy pizza recipe and while I’ve given you the ingredients to make one pizza, it’s easy to double or triple to feed a crowd.
The best part is that you can get your Ooni Pizza Oven heating up while you prep the pizza, then just slide it in and a few minutes later, it’s ready to eat!
What You’ll About Ham & Asparagus Pizza
- Cooking pizza in your Ooni Pizza Oven is quick, easy, and won’t heat up your kitchen!
- Prep the ingredients ahead of time to make the process even easier.
- Fresh asparagus and ham go so well together, and this is one mighty fine tasting pizza!
Ooni Pizza Oven
What’s an Ooni Pizza Oven? It used to be that pizza ovens were big and clunky, and had to be built into outdoor kitchens. Ooni Pizza Ovens are smaller, more compact, and cook one pizza at a time. They have a live flame in the back of the oven so that you get a nice smoky flavor.
The deck of the oven is a square pizza stone and once heated, it’ll cook the base of your pizza in no time. I love the Ooni Koda 12 – it is gas fueled so it gets super hot super fast, and it’s large enough to hold a good sized pizza. This model will get up to 950-F which is hot enough to cook a pizza in 60 seconds. And boy are they good! You will also need the Ooni pizza peel.
Ingredients
- Pizza dough – Enough pizza dough to make a 12-inch pizza.
- Flour – For rolling the dough.
- Cornmeal – For the pizza paddle.
- Pesto – Prepared pesto sauce.
- Olive oil
- Mozzarella cheese – Shredded.
- Ham – Diced ham. This is a great leftover ham recipe.
- Asparagus – Fresh asparagus; properly cleaned and chopped into 1/4-inch pieces.
- Red onion – Thinly sliced; as much or as little as you like.
How To Make Ham & Asparagus Pizza in an Ooni Pizza Oven
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Start by preheating your Ooni pizza oven according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Make sure the stone is fully heated before cooking for the best crust texture.
Lightly flour a work surface and roll or stretch the pizza dough into your desired shape and thickness.
Dust a pizza peel with cornmeal to help prevent sticking, then carefully transfer the dough to the peel.
In a small bowl, stir together the pesto sauce and olive oil until combined.
Brush the pesto mixture evenly over the surface of the pizza dough, leaving a small border around the edge for the crust.
Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the sauce.
Top with the diced ham, chopped asparagus, and thinly sliced red onion, distributing the toppings evenly across the pizza.
Carefully slide the pizza onto the hot pizza stone in the Ooni oven.
Cook for about 45 seconds, then use the pizza peel to rotate the pizza 180 degrees to ensure even cooking.
Continue cooking for another 15 to 20 seconds, or until the crust is golden brown, the bottom is cooked through, and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Remove the pizza from the oven and transfer it to a cutting board. Sprinkle the hot pizza with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two, then slice into wedges. Serve immediately and enjoy.
Chef Jenn’s Tips
- Make sure the pizza will slide around easily on the pizza paddle or you’ll never get it off and into the pizza oven. Cornmeal works wonders for this. Sprinkle some on the top of the paddle before laying down your pizza. Add more as needed to keep your pizza dough loose and easy to slide.
- Don’t add too much to the top of your pizza or it won’t cook properly. Ooni ovens like lightly topped pizzas versus fully-loaded ones.
- Turn the pizza as needed, with the pizza peel, for even cooking.
Make It A Meal
Pizzas can be the whole meal, or part of the meal. When I want more than just pizza, I’ll pair it with a tasty Caesar Salad, or this Pesto Orzo Salad would go nicely with it, too. For an extra fabulous meal, serve these eggless chocolate chip cookies for dessert!
Storage
Leftover pizza? Is there such a thing? If you have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days.
Ham & Asparagus Pizza
Ingredients
- 8 ounces pizza dough
- 1 tablespoon all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons pesto sauce
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
- 4 ounces asparagus chopped into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup diced ham
- 1/4 cup sliced red onion
- 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Heat your Ooni Pizza oven as per the manufacturer's instructions.
- Roll out the pizza dough on a floured surface. Sprinkle the pizza peel with cornmeal and transfer the rolled dough to the pizza paddle.
- Mix the pesto sauce with the olive oil and brush it over the top of the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese over the top of the pizza then add the diced ham, chopped asparagus, and thinly sliced red onion.
- Transfer the pizza to the pizza oven and cook for 45 seconds and then use the pizza paddle to turn the pizza 180-F and cook for another 15-20 seconds or until the pizza is hot, bubbly on top, and cooked on the bottom.
- Remove the pizza to a cutting board and cut the pizza into 8 slices.
- Sprinkle the top of the pizza with Parmesan cheese, and enjoy!
Notes
Chef Jenn’s Tips
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- Make sure the pizza will slide around easily on the pizza paddle or you’ll never get it off and into the pizza oven. Cornmeal works wonders for this. Sprinkle some on the top of the paddle before laying down your pizza. Add more as needed to keep your pizza dough loose and easy to slide.
- Don’t add too much to the top of your pizza or it won’t cook properly. Ooni ovens like lightly topped pizzas versus fully-loaded ones.
- Turn the pizza as needed, with the pizza peel, for even cooking.
Nutrition
A Note on Nutritional Information
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