Pizza with Spinach-Artichoke Sauce
with quick lemony broccoli
This meal, which we originally featured back in 2014, is our pizza take on spinach-artichoke dip. We promise you won't miss the tomato sauce at all.
Smarts: Turn this sauce into a 'pesto' by adding in some walnuts or pine nuts and toss with pasta for another easy meal.
Ingredients
- Artichoke hearts - 1 cup
- Baby spinach - 2 oz
- Garlic - 1 clove , peeled
- Oil, olive - 2 Tbsp
- Salt - 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper - 1/4 tsp
- Pizza dough - 1 lb
- Flour, all-purpose - 1 Tbsp
- Sundried tomatoes - 5 , chopped
- Cheese, mozzarella - 6 oz , grated
- Red pepper flakes - for serving
- Broccoli - 1 1/2 lbs , chopped
- Lemons - 1/2 , juice of
Prep
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Pizza dough - Cover in flour and let rest for at least 30 minutes outside of fridge before rolling out. This is tip #1 to good pizza - resting dough gives gluten time to chill out, which makes the dough much more pliable.
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Make sauce (double if making Thursday's meal) - Place artichoke hearts, spinach, garlic, olive oil, salt, and pepper into a food processor. Pulse until thickened and season to taste with more salt and pepper as needed. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
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Broccoli / Sundried tomatoes / Mozzarella - Prep as directed and store separately. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
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Make
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Heat oven to 425F (218C) degrees and position top rack so it’s at the very top.
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Brush a sheet pan with some olive oil. Using hands, stretch out pizza dough to cover sheet pan - it should be pretty easy to do if you let the dough rest. Brush dough with a bit of olive oil.
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Bake dough on top rack for 3 minutes without toppings. This solo time in the oven gives the dough time to crisp up; if you put toppings on now, your crust may get soggy.
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Spread the spinach-artichoke sauce over dough (reserve half if doubled), cover in cheese, and sprinkle on sundried tomatoes.
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Bake pizza on the top rack for 8 to 11 minutes, until cheese is bubbly.
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While pizza is baking, place broccoli in a microwave-safe container. Cover with a wet paper towel and microwave for 2 ½ to 3 minutes, until broccoli is tender but still crunchy. Finish with lemon juice and season with some salt and pepper.
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Enjoy pizza hot out of the oven with red pepper flakes and broccoli on the side.
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