Deep Dish Spinach Pizza
Ingredients
- 16 oz.s loaf frozen bread dough, thawed or use pizza dough
- 2 10-oz. packages frozen chopped spinach
- 1/4 c. chopped onion
- 1 T. butter
- 1 beaten egg
- 15 oz.s carton ricotta cheese
- 2/3 c. grated Parmesan (preferably fresh)
- 1 8 oz. can pizza sauce
- 1 1/2 c. shredded mozzarella
Instructions
Let dough rise according to package directions; punch down. Grease a 13x9 baking pan, roll dough into 14x10 rectangle and pat into pan going up 1 inch on sides. Prick bottom and sides of dough - bake 425 degrees about 10 min., cool. Meanwhile, cook spinach, drain well. Saute onion in butter; combine egg, ricotta, Parmesan, spinach and onion - spread over crust. Pour pizza sauce over all, sprinkle mozzarella on top and bake at 375 degrees about 15-20 minutes. (actually, I never saute the onion - I just add it raw) The whole thing can be frozen if you leave off the mozzarella - you bake it frozen at 375 degrees for 60-65 minutes, then top with mozzarella and bake about 10 minutes more or until cheese melts. Let stand 5 minutes before cutting.
