Once a week in our house, a certain Bengali gentleman and I have pizza night. We try all sorts of different permutations and combinations, but this spinach pizza is particularly tasty. It's got two delicious kinds of cheeses for twice the delicious and some nice spinach to keep the green veggies in our diet, and decrease the guilty-pleasureness of pizza. I tend to like to make it spicy (no surprise there!), but you don't have to. You can also add some cherry tomatoes if you have them on hand. That's the great thing about homemade pizza, it can be whatever you want!
Okay, so here we go with the recipe:
Ingredients:
10 oz. Fresh or Frozen Spinach, chopped
1 white onion, chopped
3 tbsp. minced garlic
1 tsp. Red Chili Flakes (optional, add more or less depending on your taste)
1 C. shredded Mozzarella, or 1 ball of fresh Mozzarella
4 oz. goat cheese
Salt and Black Pepper
3 tbsp. Olive Oil
1 ball of pizza dough, store-bought or homemade (this is a particularly good recipe if you're going the homemade route)
1 carton cherry tomatoes (optional)
Cornmeal or parchment paper to keep dough from sticking to the pan
Directions:
1) Heat 1 tbsp. Olive Oil in a skillet. Add onion and saute until starting to turn golden. Add garlic and red pepper flakes (if using). Saute for another 2 minutes.
2) Add Spinach and saute until most of the water has evaporated.
3) Allow spinach to cool.
4) Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet with either parchment paper or cornmeal.
5) Stretch dough to cover cookie sheet. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
6) Spread spinach mixture over the dough, leaving about an inch of bare crust around the outside.
7) Spread mozzarella all over the top. Do the same with goat cheese. If adding tomatoes, put them (mostly cut-side up) on top/around the cheese. Sprinkle the whole thing with salt and pepper.
8) Bake for 10 minutes, or until the bottom of the crust starts to brown and the cheese is all melty.
9) DEVOUR.
Until our next dinner,
ceh.
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