MY FAVOURITE DISH

Hello everyone!
Last week my cousin visited me from Italy with her boyfriend and he promised me to make me a delicious vegetarian pizza with spinach, just like the real Italians make it. It really was delightful, but when I asked him to give me the recipe, he was really protective about it. Apparently he likes to keep his famous recipes for his Italian family (even my cousin can’t know it!), but he did advise me to show you guys this authentic Italian recipe. I also tried it out afterwards, and it really was aslmost as good. I really love the combination of the egg and the spinach, definitely on a pizza. I’m really glad that I discovered this recipe and I’m happy to share it with you, so enjoy!

Ingredients:
Pizza base:
– 5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing
– 200g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
– 7g fast-action dried yeast
– pinch of salt
– 140ml warm water
Pizza topping:
– 300g frozen spinach, defrosted
– 2 mozzarella balls, drained and cut into small cubes
– 2 really fresh eggs
– 60g freshly-grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Prepare 2 baking trays by pouring a tablespoon of oil on each and spreading it out with your fingers or a pastry brush. Brush the inside of a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of oil and set aside.

To prepare the dough, place the flour, yeast and salt in a large clean bowl, make a well in the centre and pour in the water plus 2 tablespoons of the oil. Mix with a wooden spoon to create a wet dough.

Turn the dough onto a clean, well-floured surface and work it with your hands for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Shape into a large ball and place in the oiled bowl. Brush the top of the dough with a little oil and cover with cling film. Leave to rest at room temperature for 20 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas mark 6.

Squeeze the spinach for the topping between your hands to remove any excess water. Set aside.

Turn the rested dough onto a well-floured surface and divide it in half. Roll each piece into a ball, then push outwards from the centre to create 2 circles about 25cm in diameter. Place them on the oiled baking trays.

Brush the top of each pizza base with 2 tablespoons of oil, then scatter with the mozzarella and spinach, leaving an empty 5cm circle in the centre.

Bake in the middle of the oven for 8 minutes.

Remove the trays from the oven and crack an egg into the centre of each pizza. Continue baking for a further 8 minutes, scattering the Parmesan over the top 2 minutes before the end of the cooking time.

… and that’s it. Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy your real, Italian-approved pizza. ;))

If you still can’t get enough of pizza, you can also take a look on their site for other ideas:https://www.ginodacampo.com/recipe/pizza-mozzarella-spinach-egg-parmesan/