Spinach Artichoke Pizza

Bev had a bag of spinach and a big jar of artichoke hearts and decided to make a pizza using a ball of pre-made store bought dough.  We looked up several recipes then she decided to make a warm spinach and artichoke dip for the sauce using a recipe from cooks.com.

Best Spinach And Artichoke Dip

1 pkg. frozen spinach thawed

1 jar marinated artichokes, chopped

8 oz. Philly cream cheese

8 oz. sour cream

3/4 c. shredded Parmesan cheese

8 oz. shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1/2 onion finely chopped

1 stick butter

Red pepper flakes to taste

Sauté onions in butter, adding ingredients while mixing and blending well after each addition. Add ingredients in this order: Spinach, Cream Cheese, Sour Cream, Parmesan Cheese, Artichoke Hearts, Crushed Red Pepper Flakes.

We used the grill and our normal process of mashing out the dough, brushing the top with oil, and flipping it onto the gas grill with burners on low.  The top side was brushed with oil and when the bottom was crispy, I flipped it and just cooked until it wasn’t sticky.

The crispy side was then topped with the dip, some warm grilled chicken pieces, shredded mozzarella cheese and it went back on the grill, with the burners under it on low and the others on high.

I cooked it until the bottom was crisp and by then the cheese was melted.

It was delicious but next time Bev said she would add some roasted red peppers or sun-dried tomatoes for color.  We really love pizzas cooked like this, but the way we do it, the toppings need to be warm and/or partially cooked as the top part of the grill isn’t hot enough to cook raw ingredients before the crust bottom gets done.

As it turned out, she made them again before I got this posted and below is the next version headed for the grill - she used the leftover spinach/artichoke dip and she got more color on this one.

While she was at it, she made a Greek one as well with tomato sauce and feta cheese.

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Larry

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