Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Pizza

Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Pizza

Our family gathers every September for the annual feast of San Gennaro; a festival in little Italy New York. This year, no different than any other, we gathered and immediately started eating fresh hot zeppoli’s, homemade sausage sandwhiches (from our favorite stand John’s) when a new addition caught our eye. A white pizza with ricotta and fresh spinach. It was immediately a family favorite and we all turned to my mom and said…”You can make this.” So! Not being able to patiently wait for next September, here’s our version! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 package of pre-made pizza dough

1-2 Ounces of fresh baby spinach

1 15 oz. can of ricotta

1 cup of shredded mozzarella

¼ cup of grated Parmesan cheese

2 tsp. of granulated garlic

½ tsp of salt

¼ tsp of ground pepper

¼ tsp of dried oregano

¼ tsp of dried thyme

2 tsp. EVOO

2 tsp. cornmeal

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Using approximately 2 tsp. of EVOO, grease a large cookie sheet.

Recipe:

Sprinkle cookie sheet with 2 tsp. of cornmeal. Stretch pizza dough to fit your cookie sheet. Sprinkle dough with salt, pepper, granulated garlic, dried oregano and dried thyme. Using a teaspoon put dollops of the ricotta on the dough. Top the ricotta with fresh spinach, top the spinach with Parmesan cheese and finally add the mozzarella. Sprinkle top of pizza with 3 tsp. of EVOO. Bake in oven 12-14 minutes, until golden brown and bubbly. Once finished, let cool (if you can) for 10 minutes before cutting into square pieces.

Enjoy!