Mix the pizza sauce and basil pesto together. 4. —Trisha Kruse, Eagle, Idaho The perfect pesto to be used as a base sauce on homemade pizza. Spread bell pepper slices and Italian sausage evenly over the sauce on each pizza, and finish by cover each pizza … More Delicious Pizza Recipes: Italian Pizza Bianca; Pesto Pizza with Fresh Tomatoes and Mozzarella Because of the potatoes this pizza is best baked at a lower temperature than traditional pizza, I bake mine at 400F / 200C for approximately 20 minutes and then the last 5 minutes raise the temperature to 435F / 225C. Makes enough pesto for 4 x 10 inch pizzas. Pesto Pizza Sauce Recipe. This pesto contains fresh tomatoes and less olive oil than a regular pesto, making it perfect to be used as a base sauce on your pizza. It makes two, and we love that we each get our own Italian style pizza! I like to complete the meal with a salad and fresh fruit. Ingredients. With prepared pesto and pizza crusts, this recipe comes together in a flash. Spread mixture evenly over all three pizza crusts, leaving a small area near the outside of each crust uncovered in sauce.