Greek Pizza Ring
If every meal could be cheese stuffed inside of some sort of dough, I'm relatively certainly life would be at least 32% more enjoyable. Alas, sometimes you have to find balance with vegetables and stuff.
Or you can stuff some vegetables in that dough with the cheese.
That's spinach, red peppers, onions, feta cheese, and mozzarella cozying up in there. They're very happy together. They'd be happier if some black olives and artichoke hearts had joined them, but I'll save the finger-pointing on that one for another day.
The point is, this was sooooooo good. So, so good.
Greek Pizza Ring
Dough for one pizza (either the tube stuff or from scratch)
1/2 cup pizza sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 red pepper, sliced
1 medium yellow onion, sliced
2 cups fresh spinach
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup feta cheese
Sliced mozzarella
1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Grill/sauté/whatever those vegetables. Start by putting the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat then add the red pepper. Toss in the onion, then the spinach, and finally the garlic. The vegetables are ready when the onions turn clear and the spinach is fully wilted.
2. Roll out the pizza dough into a circle. Be smarter than me and do it on a piece of parchment paper, mmkay?
3. Cut an "X" into the center of the dough.
4. Spread the pizza sauce around the "X" to create a circle of awesome. Then make the circle more awesome with the vegetables.
5. Add the cheese. Feta first and then the mozzarella.
6. Time to tuck everything in all cozy and tight. Start by pulling the outside edges up over the cheese.
7. Make the inside edges meet up with the outside edges.
8. Brush some olive oil over the top of the dough. If you want, sprinkle some garlic salt or sesame seeds or whatever there as well. Your call. Then slide the whole shebang to a baking sheet. This is the point where you'll be REAL glad you were smarter than me and put it on parchment paper. It's possible to move it without, but it's much easier with it.
9. Bake at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes. It's done when the top is golden brown.
10. Allow it to sit for a few minutes at room temperature before cutting. Trust me.
11. Be happy. That's all that's left.
Recipe
Reader Comments (2)
#WANT
That looks really good. I know you all are vegetarian but do you eat dairy? Do you eat fish? I'm very curious. I have recently discovered that I have a real allergy to dairy and not just lactose intolerance. I am curious to find a vegan cheese that is both yummy and has all the cheese characteristics that I love so dearly. Thank you in advance