Nettle Pizza

Name: Nettle Pizza
Ingredients: 2 qts. (4 oz.) lightly packed stinging nettle leaves or baby spinach leaves; 2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. red chile flakes; 1 pound pizza dough (such as Trader Joe's); 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese; Salt (optional)

8 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

2 qts. (4 oz.) lightly packed stinging nettle leaves or baby spinach leaves
2 large garlic cloves, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. red chile flakes
1 pound pizza dough (such as Trader Joe's)
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Salt (optional)

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 450° with rack on bottom. Wearing long gloves, rinse nettles well. Drain.
2

Sizzle garlic a few seconds in 1 tbsp. oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add nettles and saute until wilted, 2 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. If nettles are wet, drain in a colander, pat dry, and return to pan. Gently mix nettles with 1 tbsp. more oil, the pepper, and chile flakes.
3

Roll dough on a floured board into a 9- by 14-in. rectangle. Ease dough onto an oiled baking sheet, fixing the shape if necessary. Using fingers, roll edges of dough over to make a 1/2-in. rim.
4

Scatter cheese, then nettles, over dough. Bake until crust is crisp, 15 minutes. Drizzle with remaining 1 tbsp. oil and cut into squares. Season with salt if you like.