Extra Cheesy Spinach Artichoke Pizza Recipe
Prep Time:
10 minutes
Cook Time:
22 minutes
Servings:
2 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 medium shallot, finely chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • ½ cup cream cheese
  • ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
  • 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
  • Salt and black pepper, to taste
  • 4 cups fresh spinach leaves
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, for dusting
  • 14 ounces prepared pizza dough
  • 1 (4 ½-ounce) ball fresh mozzarella, sliced
  • 1 (14-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts, to serve
Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 F.
  2. Melt the butter in a pan over medium heat.
  3. Add the shallot and garlic clove to the pan, and saute for 3–4 minutes.
  4. Add the heavy cream, cream cheese, blue cheese, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
  5. Stir to make a creamy, cheesy sauce.
  6. Add the spinach to the pan and allow it to wilt into the creamy sauce.
  7. Once the spinach has completely wilted, remove the sauce from the heat and set to one side.
  8. Dust a clean surface with the flour and add the pizza dough.
  9. Divide the dough into two evenly sized balls.
  10. Stretch or roll out each ball of dough to form a roughly circular pizza base.
  11. Transfer each of the pizza dough bases to a baking sheet or pizza pan.
  12. Divide the cheesy spinach sauce between the two pizza bases, spreading it out nearly to the edge of the dough.
  13. Top each pizza with half of the artichoke hearts and the mozzarella.
  14. Bake the pizzas in the oven for 12–14 minutes, until the base is golden and the cheese is melted. Top with pine nuts and serve straight away.