This weekend, if you happen to’re watching the Tremendous Bowl, and also you’re fortunate, your host (and possibly that’s you) will bust out spinach-artichoke dip, that warm-and-cheesy MVP of celebration spreads that’s been round for many years for a motive: it’s ridiculously scrumptious.
However right here’s a Subsequent Degree suggestion — not only for Tremendous Bowl hosts, but in addition for weeknight dinner makers, or for people who find themselves cooking for younger eaters who will eat any vegetable, even spinach, if it’s driving alongside carbs and cheese: Flip that dip into pizza.
I did this for the primary time six or seven years in the past once I occurred to unpack a jar of artichokes and pizza dough from the Dealer Joe’s bag on the similar time and instantly had a imaginative and prescient. We love this pizza in our home as a result of it’s an all-in-one quantity — the vegetable is baked proper into that cheese (if you wish to kick up the inexperienced quotient, you possibly can add one other 1/2 cup of thawed, drained spinach) — and since it’s pantry-driven, simple, and nostalgic.
Artichoke Dip Pizza
Serves 4
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 (16-ounce) pizza dough (store-bought is ok), at room temperature for not less than half-hour and as much as 3 hours (this makes it simpler to work with)
1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 (14-ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped roughly
1⁄2 cup thawed frozen spinach, squeezed utterly dry
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 cup part-skim shredded mozzarella
1⁄2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (about 11⁄2 ounces)
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Chopped recent flat-leaf parsley, for garnish (elective)
Preheat the oven to 475°F. Prepare an oven rack within the center place.
Brush an 18 × 13-inch sheet pan with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Drop the dough within the middle of the sheet pan and, utilizing your fingers, press and stretch out the dough to the perimeters and into the corners of the pan. (Should you choose a thicker, chewier crust, kind the dough right into a spherical form, as proven.) Combine collectively the garlic powder and the remaining tablespoon olive oil and brush the perimeter of the dough.
In a medium bowl, combine collectively the artichoke hearts, spinach, mayonnaise, mozzarella, Parmesan, and Worcestershire. Unfold the combination over the crust in a skinny layer, leaving a 1-inch border.
Bake on the oven’s center rack till the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden, about quarter-hour. (Control it.) Let relaxation 5 minutes so it’s simpler to chop. Prime with parsley, if utilizing.
P.S. Dealer Joe’s meal hacks and the simplest celebration appetizer.
(Picture by Christine Han for The Weekday Vegetarians.)