Italian Spinach Pizza

Italian Spinach Pizza Recipe
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Recipe Rating:
 13 Ratings
Categories: Italian, Other Appetizers, Pork
Collections: The Great Tailgate!
Serves: 8-10
Prep Time:
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Ingredients

1 lb frozen bread dough - thawed
2 bx frozen chopped spinach
1 pkg sliced provolone cheese
1 1/2 c mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 lb hot italian sausage - bulk
1/4 tsp garlic powder, italian seasoning, black pepper
1/2 tsp onionpowder, salt
1/4 c grated parmesan cheese
2 md plum tomatoes - optional
olive oil
basil & grated parmesan on top
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beauty1960
Member Since Oct 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dawne's Notes:

Every Sunday, when we had company, my mother would whip this pizza together within minutes. My sisters and I would sit and watch, sometimes not so patiently, for it to come out of the oven. She would make a slightly different version of it every time but it always started with spinach. Such wonderful memories and tasty recipes past down for all of us.

Comments from the Test Kitchen: Kitchen Crew

Perfect for a hearty appetizer or a main dish! The hot Italian sausage adds a zip without being too hot... Simply yummy.

 

Directions

1
Cut dough in half then roll out into a rectangle. Place on cookie sheet rubbed with olive oil until ready to fill. Pre-heat oven to 400.
2
In a large skillet brown sausage. When sausage is cooked put a Tble Olive oil in pan and saute drained spinach. Add seasoning except for Basil If you want Tomatoes in your recipe add them now.
3
Divide Provolone cheese side by side on lower half of dough (long way). Divide spinach mixture between the dough on top of provolone. Spinkle with grated cheese and mozzarella. Fold other half of dough over filling and press to seal edges.
4
Rub top of dough with Olive oil and sprinkle with Basil and grated paresan cheese. Bake until dough is golden brown, about 30-40 min. Let sit 5-10 minutes before slicing. Cut in 2 inch slices short way. Enjoy.
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Gaplars
Grace Larson Gaplars
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 16, 2011
I take some of these recipes from Just a Pinch up to NJ to visit my daughter and try them out up there. I know they will love this one, it sounds as good as the Antipasto Squarees by Gail Herbest.
beauty1960
Dawne Gibbs beauty1960
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 17, 2011
I am so thrilled that the kitchen crew enjoyed my recipe and it earned me my first blue ribbon. Grace I hope you and your daughter love it as much as my family does.
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Helene Mulvihill WeBakeinTX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 18, 2011
Way to go on your ribbon Dawne :-) This looks delicious!
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Susan Larson STL
 
 
 
 
Mar 18, 2011
This is more like a stuffed bread than a pizza, but can't wait to try it. Looks like it will be a great appetizer sliced into small slices.
artemis2854
Judith Hannemann artemis2854
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 21, 2011
This looks so delicious, but I have to say I find the directions a little confusing. For instance, what do you do with the other half of the bread dough, or do you just repeat the process on the remaining half of the bread dough. I don't quite understand what you mean about the placement of the provolone cheese & sausage. I'm trying to visualize this but can't. If someone has a picture, that would be very helpful. Thanks.
hervin02
Heather Ervin hervin02
 
 
 
 
Mar 21, 2011
I'm with you, Judith: confused! At step 3, I don't understand the placement - "lower half" and "long way"?? I did get that "Fold other half of dough" is referring to the half of the dough loaf that you'd cut off in step one. Step-by-step pics would indeed be helpful here. Otherwise, I'd say the recipe sounds wonderful!
slaing
Sheri Laing slaing
 
 
 
Mar 21, 2011
Oh my Gosh, this looks so good. My mouth is watering just looking at the picture. I will be trying this one for sure! Yummo!
conchik
Connie "Kiyu"... conchik
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 21, 2011
Congratulations, Dawn! I just love Italian food.
beauty1960
Dawne Gibbs beauty1960
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 21, 2011
Hi Judith and Heather. I'm sorry, I guess the directions can be a little confusing. By dividing the dough in half your are making 2 seperate loaves and dividing the ingredients between the 2. The other half of the dough your working with is folded over the filling and sealed. So it's like a very large calzone. My mother always called it spinach pizza so that's what my family continues to refer to it as. I hope this makes it a bit clearer. Next time I make it I will take step by step pictures so that everyone is able to follow along with ease. Hope you all find it as yummy as my family does.

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