I don't know what it is with the oven and me, I just love to use the oven. Before starting the new adventure of baking eggless cakes and muffins, I started simply with cooking store bought frozen French fries and pizzas. We prefer making them at home because we can control the amount of cheese and increase the quantity of veggies. I've not yet tried to make the dough myself. Recently I have also found a simple recipe to make home made pizza dough using whole wheat flour. Can't wait to try that!
But before that a simple one to make at home with store bought ingredients. I saw this recipe in Parents Magazine a couple of months back. I wanted to try this for a long time now, but got a chance only today. You need just 4 ingredients to make this beautiful looking and tasty pie. Refrigerated pizza dough, sauce, any cheese of your choice (I used the part skim pizza blend cheese) and fresh baby spinach. This can also be considered a healthy pizza, because it requires only half a cup of cheese and has spinach. Not bad for a pizza, which has a bad reputation as greasy food. The process is also very easy, but a little messy at the end. The next time I bake it I would add some pepper powder/chilly flakes too. It was very bland for our taste. Other than that, this recipe is definitely a keeper. Kids will also enjoy doing this. Find the recipe here.
Ingredients:
1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza dough
½ cup pizza sauce
½ cup shredded Italian-mix cheese, divided
1 cup fresh baby spinach leaves
Stage 1:
Preheat the oven to 400F/200C for 15 minutes. Unroll the dough.
Stage 2:
Spread the pizza sauce and sprinkle half of the cheese.
Stage 3:
Top with the spinach leaves. (I used more than 1 cup, so rolling was a bit difficult)
Stage 4:
Roll the dough starting with the short end.
Stage 5:
Cut into 8 pieces and place it in a greased pie tin and sprinkle with remaining cheese.
Stage 6:
Bake it for 22-25 min and indulge!
Gopi says
Hi Madhuram, first time to ur blog. it is suberb. I love ur pizza recipe...will try it soon!!
Madhuram says
@Siri: It's healthy one too, with just half a cup of cheese and lot of spinach. But you might want to add something to spice it up. It was a little bland. Try adding some red chili flakes.
Siri says
this is one sensational Pizza Madhu, just loved it.. and I am sure will make it soon. 😆
Siri 😀
Arundathi says
That looks delicious. I just tried home made pizza for the first time last evening and enjoyed doing it. I doubt we can find prepared pizza dough here in Chennai, but this recipe is a keeper. Thanks very much for sharing.
Madhuram says
Gary, thank you very much for trying the pizza. I really appreciate it. Just use half a cup of sauce and 1 cup of spinach that should work out fine.
Gary says
As a pizza lover I wanted to try your new twist, or should I say twirl, idea. My first attempt nearly worked. I used a little too much sauce and that made the rolling and sectioning a little messy, and required a little more bake time. But the result was still tasty. I still have ingredients for another try, but I will cut back on the sauce (my favorite part too) next time. THANKS!
Madhuram says
Thank you very much Nandita. Your appreciation means so much to me.
nandita says
Madhuram,
absolutely love this version of pizza, I'm going to be trying it very soon! Love your blog too, as we are in the process of giving up eggs and I love baking 🙂 SO your recipes will be a great resource.
Madhuram says
Thanks for visiting. Ya you should definitely try it.
Suganya says
This is an interesting idea. Would love to try this someday. Thanks.
Madhuram says
Thank you for visitng Priya.
Madhuram says
Roma, welcome back. First pre heat the oven for 15 minutes at 400 F (or 200 C), then prepare the pizza as per the instructions and bake it for 22-25 minutes. Sometimes I also set the mode to broil for 1-2 minutes to get a charred topping. But be cautious while broiling, because it will turn black very quickly. Also leave the oven open while broiling.
I'm also new to baking Roma. As mentioned earlier I also started with pizzas only. Best wishes for your new experiment.
I did not give the quantity of the ingredients and other details because it was from a magazine and I did not want to get myself into any copyright issues. You can find those details in the link given. Thank you.
Priya says
ooh..this looks so nice.. and wat an interesting shape...
Roma says
I will definitely try this one.
The most innovative and tempting Pizza I've seen in a long time. Great job Madhuram!
One doubt, can you please tell me at what temperature I should bake the pizza (I am fairly new to baking).
Thanks,
Roma
Madhuram says
Hi Uma,
Thanks for dropping by and leaving an encouraging comment.