Deepdishflorentinepizza Recipes

FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• For the alfredo sauce.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
• Add the minced garlic and saute for a minute.
• Add in flour and stir until it is evenly incorporated with the butter making a loose paste.
• Add in the half and half cream. Bring to a simmer over low heat, whisking constantly until thickened. Do not allow the sauce to boil.
• Simmer for minute or so over low heat stirring continuously until sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a wooden spoon.
• Mix in the mozzarella and parmesan cheeses stirring constantly to melt them evenly. Be sure to reserve the remaining mozzarella for the topping.
• Season with white pepper to taste.
• For the spinach topping.
• Squeeze as much of the water from the spinach as possible.
• Puree the pesto sauce and spinach together in a food processor until the pesto and spinach are combined. Scrape the sides and bottom of the food processor with a rubber spatula to ensure all the pesto is incorporated. The final product should be a paste that will hold a shape.
• Place the prepared pizza dough on a lightly oiled baking sheet or pizza stone.
• Spread the alfredo sauce evenly over the pizza dough.
• Spread the spinach/pesto mixture over the alfredo sauce.
• Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is bubbly.

FABULOUS FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• Put the pizza dough ingredients in to a breadmaker (in the order specified by your breadmachine), and process on pizza dough cycle.
• When cycle completes, remove the dough from the machine and put it in a bowl sprayed with cooking spray; cover it and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, roll out the dough and put it on a greased 15 inch pizza stone sprinkled with some corn meal.
• Bake in 375F oven for about 5 minutes. Because the toppings on this pizza will generate some moisture, pre-baking the crust for a few minutes will prevent the pizza from becoming soggy. There's nothing worse than a soggy pizza! After pre-baking the crust, remove the pizza from the oven, and raise the temperature to 430°F If your pesto and toppings aren't ready yet, cover the crust with a cloth and set aside while preparing the toppings.
• While pizza dough is processing, make the pesto. You will have more pesto than you will need for the pizza. But, it is better to have a little too much, than to come up short! Just save the extra in the fridge and use for something else. In a food processor or blender, blend the basil, garlic and pine nuts.
• Slowly add the oil and continue to blend.
• Add the parmesan cheese and blend until creamy.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Set the pesto aside.
• Prepare the pizza toppings. Slice the mushrooms, chop the spinach fairly fine, julienne cut the sundried tomatoes; shred the 2 cheeses and mix the cheeses together.
• Prepare the pizza! Spread the pesto on the pizza dough. Depending on your preference, you will probably want between 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup of pesto. Spread it right out to the edges.
• Add the toppings; first the spinach, then the mushrooms, then the sun-dried tomatoes, and finally the cheeses.
• Bake in a 430F oven for about 15 minutes.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Cut chicken into 1-inch pieces.
• Heat garlic oil in large skillet to medium. Add chicken and cook 10 minutes or until done.
• Stir in seasoning and remove from heat.
• Combine ricotta and mozzarella; spread on prebaked pizza crust.
• Spread spinach over cheese mixture; top with chicken and tomatoes.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake pizza 10-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees, place pizza crust on a baking sheet or baking stone and set aside.
• In a saucepan, whisk together alfredo sauce mix and milk until blended, stirring constantly, cook over medium high heat until thickened (about 1-2 minutes).
• Spread alfredo sauce evenly over pizza crust, top evenly with spinach and chicken, then mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
• Sprinkle with red pepper flakes and bake 10-12 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

DEEP-DISH FLORENTINE PIZZA

Steps:

• For crust:
• Grease a 14-inch deep dish pizza pan. (or 2 9-inch square baking pans).
• Sprinkle with 4 teaspoons cornmeal.
• Dissolve yeast in warm water & sugar in mixing bowl.
• Add 1/2 cup cornmeal, oil, salt and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup white flour.
• Mix well.
• Stir in enough additional flour to make a soft dough.
• Knead for about 5 minutes.
• Shape to form ball; place in greased bowl, turning once to coat surface. Cover, let rise in warm place about 45 minutes until double.
• Punch dough down.
• Cover.
• Let rest 10 minutes.
• Roll out or stretch dough to fit pan and come up sides forming a 1 inch rim. Let rise from 5 minutes - 20 minutes depending on how you chewy you want the crust.
• For topping:
• While dough is rising, thaw spinach in microwave.
• Squeeze moisture from spinach.
• Remove meat from casing if necessary.
• Brown in a 12-inch skillet with onion & garlic.
• Drain the fat off.
• Add spinach, cook about 10 minutes more.
• Spread cheese evenly over crust.
• Arrange meat mixture over cheese.
• Top with mushrooms.
• Combine pizza sauce & water.
• Spread over toppings.
• Bake at 450 degrees for about 15 - 18 minutes.
• Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over pizza.
• Bake an additional 5 - 10 minutes.
• Let rest 5 - 10 minutes before cutting.