Thursday, August 21, 2008

Homemade Pizza

My Homemade Pizza

  • 1 pkg. pizza dough (found in bakery section of most grocery stores)
  • 1 ball fresh mozzarella
  • 8 oz. bag shredded mozzarella 
  • 6 oz. container crumbled Feta cheese
  • 1 tomato
  • 1 cup (loosely piled) spinach
  • 2 T corn meal
  • 2 T melted butter
  • 1 t. chopped/minced garlic
  • salt (to taste)
  • pepper (to taste)
  1. Leave pizza dough out on counter for 2 to 3 hours. Make sure to cut bag open for dough to "breathe."
  2. Once ready to begin, preheat oven to 400 F.
  3. Knead dough (making sure all rings are off of fingers!). Stretch dough out uniformly into a disk. Continue stretching. Occasionally place disk over fist and let drape. Continue this process until desired size.
  4. Coat pizza stone or non-stick pizza/baking tray with cornmeal. This will prevent sticking. Place dough onto coated pizza stone or non-stick pizza/baking tray.
5.  Melt butter with garlic. Brush onto pizza dough.
6.  Sprinkle salt and pepper (to taste) over dough.
7.  Layer dough with 7 oz. of shredded mozzarella.
8.  Place spinach on top of mozzarella.
9.  Add 2 to 3 oz. of Feta cheese to top of spinach.
10.  Slice tomato and add slices to top of pizza.
11.  Slice fresh mozzarella and add slices to top of pizza.
12.  Sprinkle remaining shredded mozzarella over top of pizza.
13.  Bake in 400 F oven for 20-25 minutes or until crust is desired color/texture.
14.  Slice with pizza slicer and enjoy!

11 comments:

ROXY said...

Yummy!! Is this the recipe that you made for Dave and I? If so, I remember loving it!! I will have to try this soon!

Lady Blogger said...

Yes, this is very similar to what I made when you two came over for dinner. I hadn't discovered the joy of spinach yet so we had just cheese and tomato. The second pizza I made that night was cheese and shrimp. That one was really tasty!

Anna said...

Looks delish!!!

Hey, I tagged you for a couple memes on my blog. Play along if you like!

Lady Blogger said...

Uh, pardon my ignorance, but what does that mean?

Lady Blogger said...

Duh, I should have looked at your blog first! I was just there and understand what to do now! :)

Anna said...

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. I haven't been on the computer much for non-work-related stuff.

I don't usually do the tag things, but I'd never really been tagged before. Thought I'd give it a try. It's interesting to see other people's responses.

I printed out this recipe. We were going to have a family pizza night where we all make pizzas together, so this recipe came at the right time! :D

Lady Blogger said...

Oh good, I'm glad! Please let me know how it came out! :) Anna, I really miss you!

Anna said...

I haven't made the pizza yet, but I'm sure we'll do it soon. Everything was so busy over the weekend with getting The Girl ready to start school, but she's already reminded me about pizza night. So probably this weekend.

Lady Blogger said...

Did The Girl start school yet? I've been meaning to ask you...... You're going to have to let me know how things are going with her seeing as she and I are both in the same grade this year!

Anna said...

She started school on Tues. She seems to like it so far. She especially likes that she has a locker and that she doesn't have to wear a "baby jumper" as she calls it. They still have uniforms, but it's just red or blue polos and khaki pants. She's brought home good marks from the teacher already on the few papers they've done. I'll keep you posted for sure.

Lady Blogger said...

Sounds great! :)