Most of us can eat pizza anywhere, any day, anytime, and never get tired of it. Whether it be out to eat at your favorite pizza joint or making it from scratch at home, pizza is an absolute no-brainer, every day of the week. Next time you want something a little different, try this Artichoke, Hearts of Palm and Olive Flatbread Pizza.
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
1 (0.25 oz.) pkg. instant yeast
1 tsp. granulated sugar or honey
1 cup warm water + more if needed
3 cups whole wheat pastry flour + more for dusting
1 tsp. coarse salt
2 Tbsp. olive oil
Pizza
¼ cup pesto
2 oz. thinly sliced prosciutto
½ cup marinated artichoke hearts, quartered
½ cup pitted Greek olives
½ cup sliced hearts of palm
8 oz. fontina, shredded
Handful of fresh baby spinach
Directions
In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together yeast, sugar/honey and ½ cup warm water. Allow to sit 10 minutes, until mixture starts to foam. Using the dough attachment on the stand mixer, mix in flour, salt and remaining cup of water on medium speed until a ball of dough forms. Add more flour or water, if necessary. Place a damp cloth over the dough and allow to rise 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place a pizza stone in the oven to preheat.
Dust a cutting board with a little flour. Transfer dough to the cutting board and work to form a flat layer, about ¼ inch thick. Remove pizza stone from the oven and transfer pizza crust to the stone. Brush with olive oil.
Spoon and spread pesto sauce on the pizza dough. Layer with artichoke hearts, olives and hearts of palm. Sprinkle with fontina. Bake 8-10 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly and crust is lightly browned. Allow to slightly cool and top with spinach leaves.
Slice and serve.
Notes
*If you don’t have a pizza stone, skip the step of preheating the pizza stone. Grease a baking sheet and proceed to step 3.
