Spinach Alfredo Pizza

One of my favorite types of pizza is spinach alfredo. Even as a kid I loved it! When my family would go out to dinner at a pizza buffet restaurant I would always head for the spinach alfredo. It might sound weird at first, but it is so good! In just one bite you get the creamy, cheesy flavor of the alfredo sauce with baked spinach and even more more cheese on top of a softy and chewy crust. Yum!

To make this pizza you will need:

• PIZZA DOUGH (click here to get the recipe I use!)
• 2 Tbs BUTTER
• 1/4 cup HEAVY CREAM
• 1/2 cup PARMESAN CHEESE, grated
• 2-3 cups of FRESH SPINACH
• 1 & 1/2 cup MOZZARELLA CHEESE

Start off by preparing the dough. If you decide to use the recipe that I use, follow the directions at this link. Once the dough is ready, prepare the sauce. Now, you could just use a jar of store bought alfredo sauce but I like to make my own (It's really easy!). To do this I melt the butter in a small saucepan, then stir in the heavy cream, and lastly whisk in the parmesan cheese. Boom! Alfredo Sauce!

Next, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F, roll out your dough, and spread the sauce on top!

Then layer on the spinach! Don't be afraid to add a lot (the picture below is not what I would consider "a lot," I just forgot to take a picture after we added more). The spinach will shrink up a lot in the oven!

Lastly, sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top and pop it in the oven! Bake for 15-20 minutes depending on how thinly you rolled out the dough.

Mmmmm just look at that cheesy goodness!

Slice up the pizza and dig in!

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Spinach Alfredo Pizza

Ingredients:

• PIZZA DOUGH (click here to get the recipe I use!)
• 2 Tbs BUTTER
• 1/4 cup HEAVY CREAM
• 1/2 cup PARMESAN CHEESE, grated
• 2-3 cups of FRESH SPINACH
• 1 & 1/2 cup MOZZARELLA CHEESE

Directions:

1. Start off by preparing the dough. If you decide to use the recipe that I use, follow the direction at this link. 
2. Once the dough is ready, prepare the sauce. Now, you could just use a jar of store bought alfredo sauce but I like to make my own (It's really easy!). To do this I melt the butter in a small saucepan, stir in the heavy cream, and lastly whisk in the parmesan cheese. Boom! Alfredo Sauce!
3. Next, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F, roll out your dough, and spread the sauce on top!
4. Then layer on the spinach! Don't be afraid to add a lot. The spinach will shrink up a lot in the oven!
5. Lastly, sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top and pop it in the oven! Bake for 15-20 minutes depending on how thinly you rolled out the dough.
6. Slice up the pizza and dig in!

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Spinach, Artichoke, & Feta Pizza

After making the spinach & artichoke stuffed shells I had leftover spinach AND artichoke so I decided to throw them on a pizza! I also found some feta cheese that I had left over from the berry salad I made a few weeks ago so I decided to throw that on as well! I then decided to use an alfredo sauce rather than a marinara sauce, and voila, I had a wonderful pizza! 

For the sauce and the toppings we used the following quantities of ingredients:

• 2 Tbs BUTTER
• 1/4 cup HEAVY CREAM
• 1/2 cup GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE
• 1/2 cup FRESH SPINACH, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup ARTICHOKE HEARTS, roughly chopped
• 1/3 cup FETA CHEESE
• 1 & 1/2 cup MOZZARELLA CHEESE

I used Bobby Flay's pizza dough recipe that I have now made several times. It's extremely easy to make and perfect for preparing ahead of time, freezing, and then defrosting when you need it! The recipe will make enough dough for two pizza. 

After making the dough, I simply roll it out until it was about 1/4 inch thick. Then, I fold the outside edge of the dough inward about 1 inch to create the crust of the pizza. Now it is ready to top!

For the sauce, I made an alfredo sauce by melting the butter into the cream and then stirring in the parmesan cheese. 

Once all of the ingredients are well combined and the sauce is smooth, spread it onto the dough! Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.

Tip: Make sure to put the dough onto your baking sheet BEFORE adding the toppings...I forgot to do that this time and it got quite messy...

Next, I added the spinach!

Then I added the artichoke! (Only on half though, my husband wanted his pizza artichoke free!)

Next, I added half of the feta cheese...

Then the mozzarella, and then the rest of the feta on top!

Bake the pizza on the baking sheet for about 10-15 minutes and then remove the baking sheet from under the pizza. Cook the pizza for 5-10 minutes more on the oven rack in order to get the bottom of the pizza dough cooked through. (If you have an actual pizza pan with holes in the bottom you may not need to remove it from the cooking sheet.)

This is what ours looked like when we took it out of the oven! Yum!

Enjoy!

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Spinach, Artichoke, & Feta Pizza

Ingredients:

• 2 Tbs BUTTER
• 1/4 cup HEAVY CREAM
• 1/2 cup GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE
• 1/2 cup FRESH SPINACH, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup ARTICHOKE HEARTS, roughly chopped
• 1/3 cup FETA CHEESE
• 1 & 1/2 cup MOZZARELLA CHEESE

Directions:

1. I used Bobby Flay's pizza dough recipe that I have now made several times. It's extremely easy to make and perfect for preparing ahead of time, freezing, and then defrosting when you need it! The recipe will make enough dough for two pizza. 
2. After making the dough, I simply roll it out until it was about 1/4 inch thick. Then, I fold the outside edge of the dough inward about 1 inch to create the crust of the pizza. Now it is ready to top!
3. For the sauce, I made an alfredo sauce by melting the butter into the cream and then stirring in the parmesan cheese. 
4. Once all of the ingredients are well combined and the sauce is smooth, spread it onto the dough! 
5. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.
6. Tip: Make sure to put the dough onto your baking sheet BEFORE adding the toppings...I forgot to do that and it got quite messy...
7. Next, I added the spinach! Then the artichoke! And then half of the feta cheese. Then the mozzarella, and then the rest of the feta on top!
8. Bake the pizza on the baking sheet for about 10-15 minutes and then remove the baking sheet from under the pizza. Cook the pizza for 5-10 minutes more on the oven rack in order to get the bottom of the pizza dough cooked through. (If you have an actual pizza pan with holes in the bottom you may not need to remove it from the cooking sheet.)

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Pizza (Dough and all!)

I love pizza! Who doesn't love pizza?? This recipe for pizza dough is super easy, super cheap, and super good! I think it tastes just as good as pizza ordered from a restaurant! 

This pizza dough is super easy to make and it is delicious! To make enough for 2 crusts you will need:

• 3 & 1/2 to 4 cups FLOUR
• 1 tsp SUGAR
• 1 envelope INSTANT DRY YEAST
• 2 tsp SALT
• 1 & 1/2 cup HOT WATER
• 2 Tbs + 2 tsp OLIVE OIL

Using the bread hook on a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, yeast, and salt. Then, while the mixer is running, add the hot water and 2 tablespoons oil to the dry mixture until the dough forms into a ball. If the dough is too sticky, add a little bit of flour. If the dough is too dry, add water 1 tablespoon at a time. 

Next, turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it into a ball. Then place the dough into a bowl that has been greased with 2 teaspoons of oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for about 1 hour (until the dough doubles in size) in a warm area.

Once the dough is finished rising, separate the dough into two balls and allow them to rest for 10 minutes. You can either roll them out and cook them right away or wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them for later!



Once you are ready to cook the pizza set the oven to 400 degrees F. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and then put your chosen toppings on! We made a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza! To make the stuffed crust we used string cheese that we had cut in half long-wise. We folded the cheese into the crust of the dough by pressing the outside of the dough over the cheese. 

We baked the pizza on a cookie sheet for about 10 minutes to start. Once the crust was cooked enough to hold its shape without the cookie sheet we removed the sheet and placed the pizza directly on the rack for the remainder of the time so that the crust would get crispier. 

Here is what ours looked like when it came out of the oven!

We only made one pizza the first night (Bobby Flay’s recipe makes two crusts), so we froze the second crust for a few days. When we were ready to cook the second pizza we pulled the dough out of the freezer and let it sit at room temperature for several hours until it was soft enough to be rolled out. Even after being frozen it cooked up the same as the freshly made dough!

The picture of the pizza seen below is not stuffed crust which is why the crust looks so different...

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Pizza Dough

Ingredients:

• 3 & 1/2 to 4 cups FLOUR
• 1 tsp SUGAR
• 1 envelope INSTANT DRY YEAST
• 2 tsp SALT
• 1 & 1/2 cup HOT WATER
• 2 Tbs + 2 tsp OLIVE OIL

Directions:

1. Using the bread hook on a stand mixer, combine the flour, sugar, yeast, and salt. 
2. While the mixer is running, add the hot water and 2 tablespoons oil to the dry mixture until the dough forms into a ball. If the dough is too sticky, add a little bit of flour. If the dough is too dry, add water 1 tablespoon at a time. 
3. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead it into a ball. 
4. Then place the dough into a bowl that has been greased with 2 teaspoons of oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for about 1 hour (until the dough doubles in size) in a warm area.
5. Once the dough is finished rising, separate the dough into two balls and allow them to rest for 10 minutes. You can either roll them out and cook them right away or wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them for later!
6. Once you are ready to cook the pizza set the oven to 400 degrees F. 
7. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and then put your chosen toppings on! We made a stuffed crust pepperoni pizza! To make the stuffed crust we used string cheese that we had cut in half long-wise. We folded the cheese into the crust of the dough by pressing the outside of the dough over the cheese. 
8. We baked the pizza on a cookie sheet for about 10 minutes to start. Once the crust was cooked enough to hold its shape without the cookie sheet we removed the sheet and placed the pizza directly on the rack for another 10 minutes so that the crust would get crispier. 

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Here is the website where I found Bobby Flay’s pizza crust: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/pizza-dough-recipe/index.html