Oh how my husband does love a good pizza! Our first date, our first valentine's day, countless anniversaries and birthdays were all spent at California Pizza Kitchen. We love scoping out a good pizza place wherever we move too. In Berkeley, it was Zachary's, in San Diego we loved Regents Pizza, and now in Maine, we're big fans of Flipside. But I've also been having great fun, and even success with making pizza at home more often.
I've been known to make my dough from scratch, but with an infant to juggle, I'm enjoying the option to buy that bit ready made. One of my recent concoctions ended up being so unlike anything I'd ever tasted before, I felt like it might be worth throwing it out there for you to consider testing out for yourself!
Spinach Salad Pizza
Ingredients:
Pizza dough or pre-made crust
4 bacon slices, chopped
5 ounces fresh spinach
2 cups sliced onion
1 tomato diced
4 ounces crumbled goat cheese
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon cornmeal
1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preparation:
1) Preheat Oven to 475 degrees.
2) Cook bacon in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until crisp.
3) While the bacon is cooking, sprinkle cornmeal on your pizza stone or cookie sheet and spread your dough out over it into your desired pizza shape [circle or rectangle or other?], crimping edges with fingers to form a rim.
4) Remove bacon from pan and set aside, reserving drippings.
5) Add spinach to drippings in pan, saute 2 minutes or until wilted. Place spinach in a colander or on a paper towel, pressing until barely moist [that one's for you, Emily ;)].
6) Add onion and 2 teaspoons sugar to pan, cooking 12 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and cool.
7) While onion is cooking, dice the tomato and toss with balsamic vinegar in a small bowl.
8) Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; cook two minutes, stirring frequently. Add three tablespoons four and pepper, stirring with a whisk; cook 30 seconds. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cook 5 minutes or until thick and bubbly, stirring constantly with a whisk. [this step borrowed from Cooking Light, April 2003, Spinach, Caramelized Onion, and Bacon Pizza recipe]
9) Spread milk mixture evenly over dough. Top with spinach, tomato, and onion, drizzle with extra balsamic vinegar if desired. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove pizza from oven, sprinkle with bacon, goat cheese, and lastly Parmesan on top. Bake an additional five minutes or until golden brown.
10) Eat up!
O snap, I remember that pizza! It made my week...
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