Deep Dish Veggie Pizza
An easy version of deep-dish pizza that is loaded with veggies. You can add pepperoni, smoked turkey or ham between the spinach and ricotta layers, if you like. From a better homes and garden cooking contest.
Steps
Preheat oven to 425f.
Lightly coat a 12-inch heavy oven-proof pan or cast-iron skillet with nonstick cooking spray.
Unroll 1 package of pizza dough and shape into a circle.
Press dough into prepared skillet.
Shape onto bottom and halfway up sides.
Bake 5 minutes , remove from oven.
In a large skillet sautee onion and garlic in 2 tablespoons of oil about 5 minutes , or until tender.
Add spinach , 1 / 4 teaspoon salt , and 1 / 4 teaspoon pepper.
Cook and stir until spinach is heated through.
Remove from heat and set aside.
In a small bowl combine ricotta cheese , 1 / 4 cup of pizza cheese , parsley , 1 / 4 teaspoon salt , and the red pepper flakes.
Spread the spinach mixture evenly over the bottom of partially baked crust.
Spread the ricotta mixture over the spinach layer.
Top with the sliced tomatoes and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
Sprinkle with 3 / 4 cup of the pizza cheese.
Unroll remaining pizza dough and form into a 12 to 13 inch circle.
Place dough on .
Ingredients
prepared pizza crust, red onions, garlic, olive oil, frozen chopped spinach, salt, pepper, ricotta cheese, pizza cheese, fresh flat-leaf parsley, crushed red pepper flakes, roma tomatoes