Greek Pizza
photo by patti k.
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
1 pizza
- Serves:
- 4-8
ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 (1/4 ounce) package instant yeast
- 1 1 tablespoon molasses or 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt or 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 1⁄2 cups bread flour or 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup alfredo sauce (enough to cover pizza)
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (my personal favorite) or 2 cups sliced mozzarella cheese, to cover pizza (my personal favorite)
- 4 large white button mushrooms, sliced
- 2 roma tomatoes, seeded and sliced
- 3 slices onions, cut in half and divided into rings, thin slices
- 10 -15 pitted kalamata olives
- 1⁄4 cup frozen spinach, defrosted and drained
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup crumbled feta cheese with garlic and herbs
- 1⁄8 - 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, shredded
directions
- Place water in a large bowl.
- Add oil, instant yeast, salt and sweetener of choice.
- Let sit 5 minutes to let yeast bloom and then add 1 1/2 cups bread or all purpose flour, stirring to combine.
- Add 1 cup whole wheat flour, and stir to combine.
- Use remaining whole wheat flour to flour board and knead until soft and pliable.
- Cover with bowl and let rise 30 minutes to one hour, until doubled in size.
- Heat oven to 425 degrees F and prepare the pizza in the meantime.
- Oil pizza pan and roll out dough.
- Layer alfredo sauce, herbs, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, olives, spinach, parmesan and finally feta cheese.
- Cook 10-15 minutes on top shelf, and move to bottom rack of oven to brown bottom of pizza crust if neccesary.
- Enjoy!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Shannon Holmes
Petersburg, Virginia
I am a vegetarian and I love to cook. I have been trying to incorporate whole wheat into my baked goods and have been eating much healthier foods. I really don't have a favorite cookbook, I mainly try different recipes out on the internet.