Deep-dish Veggie Pizza

⏱ 45 mins 🍽 8 serving(s) 🏷 Spinach

This deep-dish pizza offers a satisfying vegetarian meal with layers of flavour. A pre-baked crust holds a savoury mix of sautéed spinach, onions, and garlic, followed by a herbed ricotta cheese layer. Sliced tomatoes and a blend of pizza cheeses complete the filling before a second dough layer is added. After baking until golden, it's finished with more cheese and allowed to rest before serving. The recipe yields eight portions.

Deep-dish Veggie Pizza

Ingredients

  • 2 (13 7/8 ounce) packages prepared pizza crust
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced red onions
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well-drained
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 cup ricotta cheese
  • 1 1/4 cups shredded pizza cheese (4-cheese blend)
  • 2 tablespoons snipped fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 4 roma tomatoes, thinly sliced

Method

  1. Heat your oven to 425°F.
  2. Use nonstick spray to lightly grease a 12-inch heavy ovenproof pan or cast iron skillet.
  3. Take one package of pizza dough and unroll it, then shape it into a circle.
  4. Fit the dough into the greased skillet, pressing it over the base and partially up the sides.
  5. Bake this for 5 minutes, then take it out of the oven.
  6. Cook the sliced red onions and minced garlic in 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet for about 5 minutes until tender.
  7. Stir in the thawed spinach, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
  8. Continue to cook and stir until the spinach is hot.
  9. Take the skillet off the heat and set the mixture aside.
  10. Mix the ricotta cheese with 1/4 cup of the pizza cheese, the parsley, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the red pepper flakes in a small bowl.
  11. Evenly distribute the cooked spinach mixture across the base of the part-baked crust.
  12. Spread the prepared ricotta mixture over the spinach layer.
  13. Arrange the thinly sliced Roma tomatoes on top and drizzle them with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
  14. Scatter 3/4 cup of the pizza cheese over the tomatoes.
  15. Unroll the second package of pizza dough and form it into a circle measuring 12 to 13 inches.
  16. Lay this dough circle over the assembled layers in the skillet.
  17. Brush the top of the dough with the last of the olive oil.
  18. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the top crust turns a golden colour.
  19. Sprinkle the remaining pizza cheese over the top.
  20. Return it to the oven for 2 to 3 minutes to melt the cheese.
  21. Allow the pizza to stand for 10 minutes before you slice it.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium200700 mg

Recipe details

CategorySpinach
AuthorMs B.