Creamy Spinach Pizza With Ricotta

The sauce and spinach measurements in the recipe section are for 1 pizza. However, should you want to use it for 2, then just double the amounts.

How to Make Creamy Spinach Pizza in 4 Simple Steps

Step 1- Prepare the pizza dough: use this simple homemade pizza dough for beginners. it yields 3 medium-sized pizzas. This will take about 6 hours.

Step 2- Prepare the spinach: Wash the baby spinach and add it to a pan with about 1/4 cup of water. Cover and blanch for 2-3 minutes or until wilted. Squeeze out any excess water from the spinach and set aside.

Step 3- Mix up the ricotta pizza base sauce: Whisk the double cream, ricotta, salt, and freshly ground black pepper until smooth and there are no lumps (make sure you taste it for seasoning). Put it in the fridge until you are ready to use it.

Step 4- Bring it together: Roll out the pizza base, and evenly spread the ‘ricotta sauce’. Top it with half of the grated mozzarella, then the spinach, and finish with the leftover grated mozzarella and finally the fresh mozzarella. Bake in the middle oven rack for about 12 minutes at 250°C / 482°F (rotating halfway through).

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lunch/Dinner – Italian

By Angela – Serves: 1

Prep Time: 7 hours – Cooking Time: 10-12 minutes – Total Time: 7 hours 12 minutes

Pizza with a delicious ricotta, cream, and Parmigiano base. Topped with blanched spinach and mozzarella, and finished with thick slivers of Parmigiano Reggiano.

Ingredients

• 1 portion of pizza dough simple homemade pizza dough for beginners
• 70g blanched baby spinach
• 53g fresh ricotta
• 19ml double cream
• 20g grated parmigiano reggiano
• pinch of salt
• freshly grated black pepper
• 55g grated mozzarella
• 65g fresh mozzarella

Instructions

1

Prepare the pizza dough: use this simple homemade pizza dough for beginners. it yields 3 medium-sized pizzas, but the topping measurements above are for 1 pizza. This will take about 6 hours.

2

Prepare the spinach: Wash the baby spinach and add it to a pan with about 1/4 cup of water. Cover and blanch for 2-3 minutes or until wilted. Squeeze out any excess water from the spinach and set aside.

3

Mix up the ricotta pizza base sauce: Whisk the double cream, ricotta, salt, and freshly ground black pepper until smooth and there are no lumps (make sure you taste it for seasoning). Put it in the fridge until you are ready to use it.

4

Bring it together: Roll out the pizza base, and evenly spread the 'ricotta sauce'. Top it with half of the grated mozzarella, then the spinach, and finish with the leftover grated mozzarella and finally the fresh mozzarella. Bake in the middle oven rack for about 12 minutes at 250°C / 482°F (rotating halfway through).