Manchego and Chorizo Pizza
Kick up pizza night with a Manchego and Chorizo Pizza. The bold flavors of Manchego cheese and smoky chorizo make one creamy, spicy weeknight dinner or game-time appetizer.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 540kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6-8 ounces fresh spinach
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 pkg pizza dough
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 5 ounces Manchego cheese shredded
- 3-4 ounces Spanish chorizo sausage slices or use links and thinly slice or chop
- 2 medium tomatoes chopped
- ¼ red onion sliced thin
- ⅓ cup Parmesan cheese
- Cornmeal for dusting work surface
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500°F. Place the pizza stone in the oven and heat for 30 minutes.
- While pizza stone is heating, prepare spinach, roll dough, and layer pizza.
- Heat a large skillet and place spinach and a tablespoon of water into the pan. Stir until spinach wilts. Remove from the pan and place in a colander to cool slightly.
- When the spinach is cool, squeeze extra moisture from the spinach and pat dry with paper towels. Coarsely chop and season with a little salt.
- Sprinkle a flat surface with cornmeal and roll out pizza dough into a circle just slightly smaller than the size of your pizza stone.
- Sprinkle cornmeal on a cookie sheet, one that doesn't have sides, and place rolled out dough on it.
- Pour the olive oil on the dough and spread evenly with either a pastry brush or your fingers.
- Sprinkle the manchego cheese on the crust then top with spinach, tomatoes, red onion, and chorizo. Finish with a topping of grated Parmesan cheese.
- Remove the hot pizza stone carefully from the oven and place it on the stovetop. Sprinkle generously with cornmeal then carefully slide the constructed pizza from the cookie sheet to the stone.
- Bake 10-15 minutes or until the crust is brown and crispy.
- Slice & serve hot.
Notes
Reheating Pizza Leftovers
Oven or Toaster Oven (Recommended Method): Preheat your oven or toaster oven to 375°F. Place the pizza slice(s) on a baking sheet or directly on the oven rack for a crispier crust. Bake for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Microwave (Fastest, But Less Crispy): Place the pizza slice(s) on a microwave-safe plate. For a less soggy crust, insert a microwave-safe mug filled with a little water alongside the plate. Heat in 30-second intervals until the cheese is melted.Nutrition
Calories: 540kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 1165mg | Potassium: 401mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 4836IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 528mg | Iron: 4mg
