Soft  crust pizza brushed with herbed garlic, layered with spinach, mozzarella, Parmesan, and mushrooms. Truly the best pizza you will ever have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have You know how at times I tend to over exaggerate about  how delicious something is.. well this is not one of those times! I was craving pizza today and decided to pull out my pizza pan. Now, pizza is a kind of food that you can be very creative when making. With all the topping possibilities how can you not? I used spinach, mushrooms and a special herbed garlic mixture that I brushed over the crust. Seriously, this is the best pizza you will ever have in your life!

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

Of course, great pizza starts with great dough. The secret to a great pizza crust is kneading it for at least 3-5 minutes , giving it enough time to rise ( I know it’s hard, believe me..) and baking the crust first! Here we have my dough or crust if that’s what you want to call it. As you can see the dough looks very soft and stretchy. We are going to bake the crust for 5 minutes before adding the toppings in order to give it time to bake.

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have The secret to this pizza is brushing the crust with a wonderful herbed garlic mixture. It gives the crust a beautiful taste. This is a technique that is used by many restaurants yet we home cooks are not aware of. I guess they just want us coming back for more huh..

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

4.60 from 10 votes

The Best Spinach Garlic Pizza You Will Ever Have

By: Layla
This recipe is for one 12-14 inch pizza depending on the thickness of the crust. Please note: if you have an italian seasons blend you can use that instead of the other dry seasons.
Prep1 hour
Cook20 minutes
Total1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 8 slices 12-14 in

Ingredients 

  • Dough1/2 cup warm water +1 tbsp
  • 1 to 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • ½ package yeast, 1 tsp
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp olive oil, or corn, vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp semolina, or corn flour, or all purpose flour
  • Toppings
  • 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup spinach cut in half's, about half a bunch
  • 1/2 cup marinara sauce
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tsp dry parsley
  • 1 tsp dry rosemary
  • 1 tsp dry
  • 1 tsp dry basil
  • 1 tsp dry oregano
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp dry thyme
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Instructions 

  • Making the Dough
  • In a small bowl mix the sugar, yeast, and 1 tablespoon water. Set aside for 4-5 minutes.
  • In a large bowl shift the flour, flour and salt together.
  • Pour 1/2 cup water over flour mixture, add the yeast mixture. knead dough for 4-5 minutes until it's no longer sticky.
  • Baking The Pizza
  • brush the dough with oil and cover in a warm place for 30-40 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 500 degrees (highest),
  • Grease the pizza pan with 1 tablespoon oil. sprinkle 2 tablespoon semolina or corn flour,
  • After the dough has doubled, pouch down and knead for 1 minute. Form a ball and place on the pizza pan and let the dough relax for 5 minutes.
  • Now stretch the dough into a crust shape with a 1 inch crust.
  • Place the crust in the oven as low as possible for 5 minutes.
  • While the crust is baking, chop the garlic into small pieces, saute in a small pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil for 1 minute ( be careful not to go over the minutes because the garlic will burn) add all the spices and remove from heat immediately
  • Remove the crust from the oven, brush a layer of the garlic mixture over the whole crust, spread 1/2 cup of marinara sauce evenly over the pizza leaving 1 inch around the edges for the crust, place the spinach leaves over the marinara sauce, add the mozzarella and Parmesan cheese, top with mushrooms.
  • Bake at 500 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until the edges begin to brown.
  • Remove from heat, cut and serve warm.
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29 Comments

  1. For the herbs, is it really 5 tsp? If I use Italian Seasoning mix would I use 5 tsp? Thank you

  2. Would someone please post the name of the missing seasoning and the amount of mushrooms to use? Thanks.

  3. I know this post is three years old, but you are absolutely right. This is the best spinach I’ve ever had. I must admit, I made my own crust from my own recipe, but I followed everything else. Thanks so much! This will be a regular in my household!

    1. Thanks for pointing that out Sherri! It’s one tsp, I’ve updated it.

  4. you left mushrooms and some seasoning out of the ingredient list. am going to try this weekend! thanks.

  5. What’s the missing herb between Rosemary and basil?

  6. Yummy! That looks so good. I like to cook my pizzas on a stone to get the crust evenly baked and crispy. That’s what makes the perfect pizza.

  7. Congratulations! This post will be featured over at Diana Rambles tomorrow and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest. Please grab a featured button off my sidebar or via the link under the features. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!

      1. What is the missing item in the seasoning list and how many mushrooms?

  8. This looks so good! We like to make our own pizza pretty regularly. I’ll have to give this dough a try.

  9. This looks delicious. I’ll have to try the herbed garlic crust! Thank you for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you next week.

    1. Cynthia- Thank you for stopping by! I’m glad you liked the herb garlic crust! 😀

  10. I am sure this will taste just how it looks: AMAZING!
    Pinning to my “Recipes to Try”

    Cheers,
    Stephanie

    1. Thank you for pinning Stephanie- Let me know if you end up trying it! 🙂

  11. Ok, I have never heard of cooking the crust for 5 minutes before adding the topping. Still trying to find the perfect pizza crust, can’t wait to try your tip! Thanks for sharing : )

    1. I only bake the crust first if it’s a thick crust pizza because the if I don’t the cheese usually dries up before the crust is done baking!

  12. I love mushrooms on a pizza! The herbs on the crust look wonderful!

  13. This is one really delicious looking pizza! Look at the cheesy topping and golden brown crust…my mouth is watering.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours!
    Angie

  14. This pizza looks truly scrumptious! Thanks for the garlic mixture tip, I’ll be trying it in the near future! Merry Christmas! x

    1. You are welcome Consuelo! glad the garlic mixture was helpful to you 🙂

  15. I love how you left a nice, thick edge of crust. And you cannot go wrong with mushrooms either. Merry Christmas!

  16. I love greens on the pizza, never tried with spinach tough. I believe it is a great idea!

    1. Spinach works great on pizza, it’s one of those places where you can incorporate and the kids won’t notice. Always trying to find ways to sneak in the greens for them!