Wednesday, August 5, 2009

White Pizza with Spinach


This is a great healthy alternative to the local pizza shop.

White Pizza with Spinach

Ingrediants:

1 bag raw wheat pizza dough from the grocery store
1 tomato, sliced
1/2 cup thawed, chopped spinach
1/2 bag part-skin mozzarella
1 cup shredded Parmesan
1 cup fat-free ricotta cheese
1 small jar of minced garlic
EVOO

Process:
  1. Take dough out, remove it from bag and place on a plate on the counter for 20-30 min to allow it to rise.
  2. Grease a large baking sheet with EVOO.
  3. Work risen dough to a large flat rectangle on the baking sheet, working it as thin as possible without holes.
  4. Lightly oil the dough with EVOO.
  5. Scoop 1/2 Tsp of minced garlic out of jar and spread on top.
  6. Pour the liquid from the jar all over the dough, to the amount of a couple Tsp.
  7. Place in a 425 degree oven for 7-10 minutes.
  8. Remove from oven.
  9. Spread mozzarella then permesan cheese evenly on top of dough.
  10. Place tomato sparsely on top.
  11. Fill the gaps with small scoops of spinach.
  12. Place about 10 small scoops evenly on top of everything.
  13. Put back in the over on a rack near the middle for about 10 minutes.
  14. Remove from over when all cheese is melted and edges are lightly browned.
  15. Remove from baking pan and plate immediately after removing from over to keep bottom from continuing to cook.
  16. Slice, Serve and enjoy!!

Notes:
  • I found this wheat dough to be much easier to work with. Much less sticky, and produce fewer holes.
  • I found many recipes call for making a garlic sauce that uses milk or cream. I wanted to skip this for the sake of calories, and simplicity. I was going to just spread the minced garlic but when I saw all the liquid in the jar I figured it would be a great way to have the perfect amount of garlix flavor. It was strong but not jarring... PERFECT!
  • Some recipes put the tomato under the cheese, but I was afraid this would let the liquid from the tomato absord into the dough making it soggy. Not ideal..... it turned out just as I had hoped this way!

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