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mediterranean pizza recipe

Mediterranean Pizza Recipe

This Mediterranean pizza recipe includes Tzatziki sauce instead of traditional pizza sauce. With seared chickpeas, red onion, sun-dried tomatoes, radicchio, and buffalo mozzarella, it's sure to be a crowd pleaser!
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Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4
Calories 605 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Pizza Dough
  • 2 cups whole wheat white flour
  • 1/2 cup white flour
  • 1 tsp Mediterranean sea salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil  extra virgin
  • 2 tsp active dry yeast
  • 1 cup hot water not boiling from tap is fine
Tzatziki Sauce
  • 2 cucumbers  peeled
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt whole fat
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/4 cup olive oil extra virgin
  • 3 tbsp fresh dill
  • 3 tbsp fresh Italian parsley
  • 1 clove garlic chopped
  • 2 tsp Mediterranean sea salt
  • 3 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 tsp brandy Ciroc (optional)
Pizza
  • 1 can chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 1 medium red onion thinly sliced
  • 1/3 ball buffalo mozzarella
  • 1/2 jar sun dried tomatoes drained
  • 1/4 cup Spanish green olives diced
  • 1/4 head raddichio
Pizza Salad
  • 2 tbsp olive oil  extra virgin
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 5 sprigs thyme leaves leaves minced, not the stem
  • 8 oz baby spinach
  • 1/4 cup feta crumbled
  • 2 tbsp pine nuts

Instructions
 

Make the dough. Click for "how to" directions in Pizza Dough with Baby Joe!

  • Combine in a food processor the following ingredients. Allow time to rise. This is important!
    2 cups whole wheat white flour, 1/2 cup white flour, 1 tsp Mediterranean sea salt, 2 tbsp olive oil , 2 tsp active dry yeast, 1 cup hot water not boiling

Make the Tzatziki Sauce.

  • Find the recipe and directions here!
    2 cucumbers , 1 lemon, 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup olive oil, 3 tbsp fresh dill, 3 tbsp fresh Italian parsley, 1 clove garlic, 2 tsp Mediterranean sea salt, 3 tsp ground black pepper, 1 tsp brandy

Make the Pizza

  • Preheat the oven to 525 degrees Farenheit.
  • Place your pizza stone in the oven.
  • Tear a large piece of parchment paper and place it on your wood pizza peel.
  • Saute chickpeas and red onion for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and place in a bowl.
    1 can chickpeas, 1 medium red onion
  • Roll out the dough to make a thin pizza crust. Place the crust on the parchment paper on top of the wooden pizza peel.
  • Spread your homemade tzatziki sauce over the pizza crust.
  • Sprinkle sautéed chickpeas and red onion over the pizza.
  • Use half a jar of sun dried tomatoes and dot over pizza.
    1/2 jar sun dried tomatoes
  • Dice ¼ cup of Spanish green olives. Spread over pizza.
    1/4 cup Spanish green olives
  • Place pieces of raddichio over the pizza sparingly.
    1/4 head raddichio
  • Dot with 1/3 ball of buffalo mozzarella.
    1/3 ball buffalo mozzarella
  • Once the oven is preheated, slide the pizza with parchment paper onto the pizza stone. Bake 6-10 minutes depending on how hot your oven gets. Watch closely, it will cook quickly!

Make the Salad

  • In a large bowl, make the salad.
  • Add olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and thyme. Whisk with fork.
    2 tbsp olive oil , 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar, 5 sprigs thyme leaves
  • Toss with baby spinach and feta.
    8 oz baby spinach, 1/4 cup feta
  • Sprinkle pine nuts on top.
    2 tbsp pine nuts
  • You can serve this on top of the pizza as pizza salad or on the side. Enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 4gCalories: 605kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 18gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 2142mgPotassium: 1488mgFiber: 11gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 6354IUVitamin C: 33mgCalcium: 609mgIron: 6mg
Keywords chickpeas, mediterranean, Pizza, radicchio, sun-dried tomatoes
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