Pink Pesto Pizza with Crab Meat and Shiitake Mushrooms

Ingredients:

• 1 jar Scarpetta Pink Pesto
• 1 10-ounce purchased fully baked thin pizza crust
• 8 ounces crab meat
• about 2 dozen shitake mushrooms cleaned and sliced, stems removed
• 1/2 cup Kalamata olives or other brine-cured black olives, halved, pitted
• 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• One large red bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Place crust on baking sheet.
3. Spread with Pink Pesto, leaving 1/2-inch plain border.
4. Top evenly with crab meat, artichokes, olives, and crushed red pepper.
5. Heat oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and sauté until just tender, about 5 minutes.
6. Arrange pepper slices on pizza. Sprinkle cheese over.
7. Bake pizza until crust is brown and crisp on bottom and topping is heated through, about 15 minutes.