Greek-style pizza - country living
1 pizza
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Pizza Dough | ||
| 1 | teaspoon | Olive oil |
| 1 | Small onion, finely chopped | |
| 2 | Cloves garlic, finely chopped | |
| 1 | pack | (10-oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained |
| 4 | ounces | Feta cheese, crumbled |
| ⅓ | cup | Pk unseasoned bread crumbs |
| 1 | Large egg | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Chopped fresh dill |
| 1 | teaspoon | Chopped fresh mint leaves |
| ½ | teaspoon | Anchovy paste (opt.) |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ground black pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Cornmeal |
| 4 | Greek olives, pitted and coarsely chopped | |
| ½ | teaspoon | Sesame seeds |
Directions
1. Prepare Basic Pizza Dough. Set aside to rise.
2. Meanwhile, prepare spinach filling: In small skillet, heat oil. Add onion and garlic; saute 1 minute. Transfer onion mixture to large bowl; stir in spinach, feta, bread crumbs, egg, dill, mint, anchovy paste, if desired, and pepper.
3. Heat oven to 450'F. Lightly dust large baking sheet with cornmeal.
On baking sheet, shape two-thirds of pizza dough into 10-inch round; roll edge to make border. Fill pizza round with spinach mixture inside border. Top with chopped olives.
4. Divide remaining one-third dough into 6 pieces. With rolling pin, roll out each piece to a 10-by ¼-inch strip. Twist strips and place 3 evenly spaced in one direction across top of spinach mixture in pizza round. Place remaining 3 twisted strips in opposite direction to form lattice effect; press ends of all strips firmly into pizza-round border to secure. Brush dough strips and border with water; sprinkle with sesame seeds.
5. Bake pizza on lower oven rack 10 to 12 minutes or until crust is lightly browned. Serve immediately.
MAKES ONE 10-INCH PIZZA
Country Living/October/90 Scanned & fixed by DP & GG