FABULOUS FLORENTINE PIZZA
This pizza has tons of flavor. The recipe will make 1 15-inch pizza. The baking time assumes you will be using a pizza stone. If you are using an aluminum pizza pan (or a smaller pizza stone), you will have to compensate. The pizza dough calls for the use of a bread machine, but feel free to make your dough the traditional way as well. Also, although this looks like a long recipe, it comes together quite quickly...especially if you prepare the pesto and toppings while the pizza dough is in the bread machine. Prep time includes rising time as well as cooking time. If you make this completely from scratch, you will have a nice gormet-quality pizza. Alternately, you can take some shortcuts, and throw this pizza together in no time. Use a purchases pizza shell, some pesto from a jar, and even some well drained frozen spinach, and you can have this pizza ready in minutes!
Provided by MsBindy
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 3h
Yield 8 slices
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Put the pizza dough ingredients in to a breadmaker (in the order specified by your breadmachine), and process on pizza dough cycle.
- When cycle completes, remove the dough from the machine and put it in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray; cover it and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, roll out the dough and put it on a greased 15 inch pizza stone sprinkled with some corn meal.
- Bake in 375F oven for about 5 minutes. Because the toppings on this pizza will generate some moisture, pre-baking the crust for a few minutes will prevent the pizza from becoming soggy. There's nothing worse than a soggy pizza! After pre-baking the crust, remove the pizza from the oven, and raise the temperature to 430°F If your pesto and toppings aren't ready yet, cover the crust with a cloth and set aside while preparing the toppings.
- While pizza dough is processing, make the pesto. You will have more pesto than you will need for the pizza. But, it is better to have a little too much, than to come up short! Just save the extra in the fridge and use for something else. In a food processor or blender, blend the basil, garlic and pine nuts.
- Slowly add the oil and continue to blend.
- Add the parmesan cheese and blend until creamy.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Set the pesto aside.
- Prepare the pizza toppings. Slice the mushrooms, chop the spinach fairly fine, julienne cut the sundried tomatoes; shred the 2 cheeses and mix the cheeses together.
- Prepare the pizza! Spread the pesto on the pizza dough. Depending on your preference, you will probably want between 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup of pesto. Spread it right out to the edges.
- Add the toppings; first the spinach, then the mushrooms, then the sun-dried tomatoes, and finally the cheeses.
- Bake in a 430F oven for about 15 minutes.
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Abdulaziz Aldahmani
[email protected]I'm not a big fan of spinach, but I'm willing to try this recipe because it looks so good.
Nelly Vlataki
[email protected]This recipe looks delicious, but I'm not sure if I have the time to make it.
Lady Syd
[email protected]I'm not sure if I have all the ingredients for this recipe, but I'll try to make it work.
Jeremy Cantu
[email protected]I'm allergic to nuts, so I'll have to omit the pine nuts from this recipe.
Shahriar Khan Rana
[email protected]This recipe is a bit pricey, but I think it's worth it for a special occasion.
Kevin Sem
[email protected]I've never made pizza from scratch before, but this recipe seems easy enough to follow.
Sammie Raye
[email protected]I'm not a big fan of spinach, but I'm willing to try this recipe because it looks so good.
Ahmad Ali Tipu
[email protected]This recipe looks a bit complicated, but I'm sure it's worth it.
ali habib
[email protected]Can't wait to make this for my family. They're going to love it!
Mohammed Hafiz
[email protected]I'm definitely going to try this recipe. It looks delicious!
Romeo Tetteh
[email protected]This recipe is amazing! I've made it several times and it's always a hit.
Hr Robi
[email protected]I'm not sure what I did wrong, but my pizza turned out really dry. Maybe I didn't add enough sauce.
Gabriel Quintana
[email protected]The pizza was good, but I found the crust to be a bit too thick. Next time I'll try rolling it out thinner.
Delwar Ahmed
[email protected]I made this pizza for a party and it was a huge success! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe.
Raja Mudasar
[email protected]This was my first time making pizza from scratch and it was surprisingly easy! The recipe was clear and concise, and the pizza turned out delicious.
Cedric Chika
[email protected]I'm not a huge fan of spinach, but I loved this pizza! The spinach was cooked perfectly and didn't overpower the other flavors.
Jenisha Sampi
[email protected]Followed the recipe exactly and it turned out great! The pizza was cheesy, flavorful, and the crust was cooked to perfection.
Namunne Enkhmandakh
[email protected]This Florentine pizza was a hit! The combination of flavors was incredible, and the crust was perfectly crispy. I'll definitely be making this again.