Pizza Rustica with Wild Nettles

Name: Pizza Rustica with Wild Nettles
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 946 milliliters wild nettle leaves or baby spinach; 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 57 grams 1/2 cup shredded fontina cheese; 1 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves; 1 head garlic; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 4 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps grated Pecorino Romano cheese; 4 servings Pizza Dough; 57 grams 1/2 cup shredded provolone cheese; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 4 servings Semolina flour; 57 grams 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

The recipe Pizza Rustica with Wild Nettles could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 475 calories, 17g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe serves 4. It works well as a budget friendly main course. Head to the store and pick up pizza dough, pecorino romano cheese, olive oil, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Peel outer skins from garlic bulb, leaving cloves attached.

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Clove

Garlic

Cut off top quarter of bulb.

Place bulb, cut-side up, on a piece of aluminum foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil, and seal foil tightly over garlic.

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Garlic

Cooking Oil

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Aluminum Foil

Bake at 425 for 45 minutes or until soft.

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Oven

Remove from oven; cool. Scoop out garlic pulp, mash, and stir until smooth.

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Garlic

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Oven

Preheat oven to 450 with a pizza stone on the bottom rack.

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Pizza Stone

Oven

Blanch nettle leaves in salted boiling water 1 minute, drain, and plunge into ice water.

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Stinging Nettle

Water

Remove nettle leaves from water, wringing out excess, and set aside. (If using spinach, place in a microwave-safe bowl, and heat at high 3 minutes. Set aside.)

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Stinging Nettle

Spinach

Water

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Bowl

Sprinkle surface with semolina flour, and roll Pizza Dough into a 12-inch circle.

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Semolina Flour

Pizza Dough

Roll

Spread dough with mashed garlic (garlic won't cover entire surface); sprinkle with crushed red pepper and black pepper.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Black Pepper

Garlic

Spread

Dough

Sprinkle with Pecorino Romano and thyme.

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Pecorino Romano

Thyme

Roughly chop nettles, and spread over thyme.

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Stinging Nettle

Spread

Thyme

Sprinkle mozzarella, provolone, and fontina evenly on pizza. Carefully slide pizza onto the preheated stone; bake 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned and crispy. Slice, and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil to taste.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Mozzarella

Provolone

Fontina Cheese

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Oven

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Servings:

946milliliters

wild nettle leaves or baby spinach 0teaspoons

freshly ground black pepper 57grams

1/2 cup shredded fontina cheese 1Tbsp

fresh thyme leaves 1head

garlic 1Tbsp

olive oil 4servings

Extra-virgin olive oil 2Tbsps

grated Pecorino Romano cheese 4servings

Pizza Dough 57grams

1/2 cup shredded provolone cheese 0teaspoons

crushed red pepper flakes 4servings

Semolina flour 57grams

1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recommended wine: Chianti, Trebbiano, Verdicchio

Chianti, Trebbiano, and Verdicchio are great choices for Italian. Italians know food and they know wine. Trebbiano and Verdicchio are Italian white wines that pair well with fish and white meat, while Chianti is a great Italian red for heavier, bolder dishes. You could try Il Molino di Grace Solosangiovese Chianti Classico. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 22 dollars per bottle.