Spinach and Garlic Alfredo Pizza
- 1 cup Butter
- 2 cups Grated Parmesan Or Romano Cheese (or A Blend)
- 2 whole Eggs
- 3/4 cups Heavy Cream
- 1 clove Garlic, Minced
- 1 teaspoon Dried Parsley Flakes (or 1 Tablespoon Fresh Parsley Minced)
- Freshly Ground Black Pepper, To Taste
- 1 piece (about 5 Ounces Or The Size Of A Large Plum) Of Your Favourite Pizza Dough
- Cornmeal Or Semolina For The Peel
- 1/2 cups To 1/3 Cup Of The Garlic Alfredo Sauce
- 1- 1/2 cup Shredded Part Skim Mozzarella, Divided
- 2 cups Frozen Spinach, Thawed And Squeezed Mostly Dry
- 2 slices Peeled Onion, Cut Into Half Moons
- 6 whole Anchovy Filets (the Packed In Oil Variety)
- For the garlic Alfredo sauce: Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl.
- Whisk in all additional ingredients and refrigerate, tightly covered, until ready to use.
- Leftovers should be used within 3 days.
- For the pizza: With a pizza stone situated in the bottom third oven the oven, preheat the oven as high as you can get it.
- We use a 500 degrees F setting on our oven.
- Lightly flour your work surface.
- Form your pizza dough into a ball by gently stretching the top of the dough underneath itself.
- Place the dough on the floured work surface and pat it out gently with your hands into a disc shape until you cannot make it any wider.
- Flour a rolling pin and gently roll the pizza dough out.
- This works best if you look at the pizza dough as a clock.
- Start rolling from the center of the circle toward 12 oclock, rotate your pin and roll from the center to 3 oclock, then from the center to 6 oclock, and so forth, ending back at 12 oclock.
- Do this until you have a circle that is about 10-inches in diameter.
- Sprinkle a pizza peel generously with semolina flour or cornmeal.
- Carefully transfer the dough to the peel.
- Shake gently to be sure no part of the dough sticks.
- This is crucial.
- You will be shaking the peel gently after each addition of toppings to make sure the dough can still move freely.
- If at any point the dough sticks, gently lift the offending area and throw a bunch of semolina or cornmeal under it.
- Spread the garlic Alfredo sauce over the dough to within a 1/2-inch of the edges.
- Shake the dough to make sure its not stuck.
- Sprinkle most of the grated cheese, reserving about 1/4 cup, over the garlic Alfredo sauce.
- Pull off peanut-in-the-shell sized hunks of spinach and dot them over the cheese.
- If using the onions and anchovies, pull the onions into individual pieces and distribute them and the anchovies evenly over the top.
- Toss the reserved 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese over the top.
- Gently shake the pizza to make sure its not stuck.
- Open your oven, position your peel over the back edge of the pizza stone.
- Flick your wrist to get the dough moving, pulling the peel back as you transfer the dough to the stone.
- Shut the oven and let the pizza bake on the stone for 8-10 minutes, or until the crust is the desired colour and the cheese is melted and bubbly with golden brown or charred areas.
- Slip the peel back under the pizza and give a little jerk to move it safely onto the peel.
- Transfer the cooked pizza onto a cutting board and let it rest 3-5 minutes before slicing.
butter, romano cheese, eggs, heavy cream, clove garlic, parsley, freshly ground black pepper, favourite pizza dough, cornmeal, mozzarella, frozen spinach, onion, anchovy filets
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/spinach-and-garlic-alfredo-pizza/ (may not work)