Spinach And Ricotta Pizza

10 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 15 ounces pizza dough, at room temperature (New York-Style Pizza Dough)
  • unbleached bread flour, for dusting
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup pizza sauce (New York-Style Pizza Sauce)
  • 1/2 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups lightly packed fresh spinach leaves, torn into large pieces
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
  • 2 cups coarsely shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/3 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
  • 1 ripe tomatoes, cored and thinly sliced

Directions

  1. 1
    Position an oven rack on the 2nd-lowest level in the oven; place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500°.
  2. 2
    Coat a 12-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.
  3. 3
    Lightly dust pizza dough with flour; lay dough in prepared pan and gently stretch into a 12-inch round.
  4. 4
    Top the pizza: brush the dough with 1 tablespoons olive oil.
  5. 5
    Spread the pizza sauce evenly over dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border.
  6. 6
    Sprinkle the Parmesan over the top; distribute the spinach evenly over the top and sprinkle garlic over the spinach.
  7. 7
    Cover the spinach with the mozzarella.
  8. 8
    Using a teaspoon, arrange little globs of ricotta evenly over the top.
  9. 9
    Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoons olive oil.
  10. 10
    Place pizza in oven on the upper rack.
  11. 11
    Bake 10 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden brown.
  12. 12
    Using a pizza peel, lift pizza off the pan and place the crust directly on the baking stone; remove pizza pan from oven.
  13. 13
    Bake about 3 more minutes, until bottom of crust is golden brown.
  14. 14
    Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board.
  15. 15
    Arrange tomato slices over the top; slice and serve.

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