Grilled Vegetables
Grilled Vegetable Pizza with Feta and Spinach
This is a very healthy recipe. Vegetables including spinach are combined with garlic and feta to make this a wholesome and delicious vegetable pizza recipe. Spinach is high in vitamin A and vitamin C and vitamin K. Grilled vegetable recipes often use a combination of flavors, colors and textures and this recipe does the same.
Vinegar is used in this recipe to enhance the taste of the vegetables and to complement the slightly sharp flavor of the feta cheese. This vegetable pizza is very easy to make and will definitely be a hit with your family or guests. If you want to, you can use zucchini instead of eggplant in the recipe.
This Vegetable Pizza Recipe Features Spinach and Feta Cheese
Ingredients -
3 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
1 garlic Clove, crushed
1 large Eggplant, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices
1/2 teaspoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1/4 teaspoon Salt
Vegetable Cooking Spray
2 - 10 ounce ready made pizza dough
2 teaspoons Olive Oil
6 to 8 sliced thin Plum Tomatoes
1 cup crumbled Feta Cheese
2 cup Mozzarella Cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Oregano
2 cups thinly sliced Spinach Leaves
2 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
Parmesan cheese to taste
Crushed Red Pepper to taste
Preparation:
Combine vinegar and garlic in small bowl. Brush over both sides of eggplant slices. Sprinkle both sides of eggplant with pepper and salt. Place eggplant on grill rack coated with cooking spray. Grill 2 minutes per side or until tender. Remove from grill; cut into bit sized pieces and set aside.
Place 1 pizza crust on grill rack coated with cooking spray; grill 3 minutes or until puffy and golden. Turn crust, grill-mark side up; brush with 1 teaspoon oil. Arrange half of eggplant pieces over crust, overlapping slightly. Top with half of tomatoes, cheeses, and oregano.
Combine spinach and 2 tablespoons vinegar in a small bowl. Top pizza with half of spinach mixture. Repeat with remaining crust and toppings.
Cover and grill 3 to 4 minutes or until thoroughly heated; remove from heat. Let stand a few minutes then slice with a pizza cutter and serve still hot. Garnish with some Parmesan cheese and crushed red pepper.
(Serves 4)
Spinach is a plant, of the genus Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves. Can be served both cooked and warm or cold in salads very high in vitamins.
Feta Cheese - fet·a
Pronounced: (fet'è), n.
Description: a soft creamy, white, brine-cured greek cheese made from goat's milk or sheep's milk usually. Feta's flavor is a distinctive salty flavor the cheese itself is semi-firm, somewhat crumbly snow-white cheese with bumpy, sharp Mediterranean flavor cheese is packed in brine often. Feta is sometimes referred to as a "pickled" cheese.
Spinach
Pronounced: (spin'ich), n.
Spinach is a plant, of the genus Spinacia oleracea, cultivated for its edible, crinkly or flat leaves. Can be served both cooked and warm or cold in salads very high in vitamins.