Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Homemade Pizza

Now I promised that I was going to turn those left over ingredients from the Mediterranean meal into a new dish and here it is, Pizza. Now usually when I make pizza I like to also make the dough as well. Pizza dough, although quite easy, can take time and time is something that we all do not have when trying to make a quick week night meal. So for this recipe I used the help of pre-made pizza dough from a local pizza place. So here we go...

Ingredients:

8-10 oz of pizza dough (I used wheat)
flour for dusting
1 tablespoon of olive oil
2 garlic cloves
The left overs of the following:
spinach
cilantro
artichoke hearts
sun dried tomatoes
feta cheese

Materials:

Pizza pan or cookie sheet
Rolling pin

1) First, chop all the ingredients. Mince the garlic, chop the spinach, cilantro, artichokes and sundried tomatoes. 
2) Next roll out the dough. Do this to fit your pan. I did not have a pizza pan so I used a cookie sheet. Now sometimes pizza dough will want to shrink back after you roll it out. The trick to prevent this is to use a fork to poke around the edges and presto it stays.
3) Now its time to assemble the pizza. Place the dough on the cookie sheet and spread the olive oil evenly. Next scaddar the garlic followed by the spinach, cilantro, artichokes, tomatoes and lastly the cheese. Drizzle a little more olive oil over the ingredients and place in a 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.

This pizza is not only easy but delicious and a great way to use your left overs from the Mediterranean meal the night before.

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