Saras Apple Ricotta Pizza Recipes

SARA'S APPLE & RICOTTA PIZZA

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine 2 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt. Add water and oil, and beat until smooth. Add enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface and knead until you have a smooth dough. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Press the dough into a deep pizza pan. Prick with a fork and bake at 200C for 10 minutes.
• Spread apple sauce over base.
• Beat ricotta cheese, and stir in sultanas. Spread this mixture over the sauce.
• Arrange apples over the cheese mixture, and sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Bake at 180C for 20 minutes.

RICOTTA PIZZA

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray a 9" x 13" baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• Mix eggs, seasoning and ricotta together and smooth into baking dish.
• Pour pizza sauce on top and spread evenly.
• Cover with mushrooms, cheese and any other ingredients you might wish to add.
• Bake for 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees until ricotta sets up.
• Enjoy!

SPINACH AND RICOTTA PIZZA

Steps:

• Position an oven rack on the 2nd-lowest level in the oven; place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500°.
• Coat a 12-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.
• Lightly dust pizza dough with flour; lay dough in prepared pan and gently stretch into a 12-inch round.
• Top the pizza: brush the dough with 1 tablespoons olive oil.
• Spread the pizza sauce evenly over dough, leaving a ¼-inch border.
• Sprinkle the Parmesan over the top; distribute the spinach evenly over the top and sprinkle garlic over the spinach.
• Cover the spinach with the mozzarella.
• Using a teaspoon, arrange little globs of ricotta evenly over the top.
• Drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoons olive oil.
• Place pizza in oven on the upper rack.
• Bake 10 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden brown.
• Using a pizza peel, lift pizza off the pan and place the crust directly on the baking stone; remove pizza pan from oven.
• Bake about 3 more minutes, until bottom of crust is golden brown.
• Using the peel, remove the pizza from the oven and transfer to a cutting board.
• Arrange tomato slices over the top; slice and serve.