Gourmet Pizza

Can I just tell y'all that I absolutely love pizza with pesto and goat cheese? Like buckets of goat cheese. Oh and artichokes. As Rachael Ray says "YUM-O!". You just can't get this from a normal pizza place. Plus the one here in town that sells something slightly similar wants $20. No thanks! That is why this recipe is just perfect. You can make this yumminess at home and not pay a premium for your sophisticated taste buds. 

Gourmet Pizza

Ingredients

Homemade Pizza Dough

14 oz can of quartered artichoke hearts, drained

Baby spinach

7 oz pesto with basil sauce (I used Buitoni)

Goat cheese crumbles or slice goat cheese log

1 1/2 cups Mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions

Preheat oven to 475.

Drizzle olive oil on a large baking sheet and use fingers to coat thoroughly. Remove HALF the pizza dough from the bowl. Stretch pizza dough into a large rectangle, pressing with fingers to finish forming. Dough will be very thin.

Spread about 3/4 of the container of pesto on the dough. Cover with spinach leaves. I normally use enough to put one layer on the pizza - maybe 2-3 cups?  

Drain the artichoke hearts and use a paper towel to get excess moisture from the artichokes. Evenly sprinkle over the spinach. Top with mozzarella and then goat cheese.

Bake for 15-20 minutes. 

Enjoy!