Spanish Pizza Recipes

Steps:

• Brush pizza pan with melted butter or oil.
• Make crust: Combine yeast, sugar and 1 /14 cups flour in large bowl.
• Add warm water and oil.
• Beat with electric beaters for 3 minutes.
• Stir in as much remaining flour as you can.
• Knead dough on lightly-floured surface until smooth in elastic.
• Place in a greased bowl; cover and leave in warm place to rise for 45 minutes or until doubled.
• Make topping: Rinse spinach; do not pat dry. Cut into shreds.
• Place into saucepan. Cover and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Drain and cool. Squeeze out excess moisture.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Heat oil in medium saucepan, add garlic and onion. Cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
• Add tomatoes and pepper; simmer gently for 5 minutes. Drain.
• Punch down dough and knead on lightly-floured surface for 2-3 minutes.
• Roll or pat dough onto prepared pan.
• Spread dough with spinach. Top with tomato mixture; sprinkle with olives.
• Bake 25-30 minutes.
• Cut into small squares. Serve warm or cold.

Steps:

• Place oven rack in lower third of oven.
• Heat oven to 450F.
• In medium bowl, stir together flour, yeast and garlic salt.
• In measuring cup, combine water, olive oil and honey; stir to dissolve honey.
• Stir water mixture into flour mixture until ball forms.
• On floured surface (use about 1/4 cup flour), knead dough 3 to 4 minutes or until resilient and no longer sticky, working in flour from counter as necessary to prevent sticking.
• Cover dough with inverted mixing bowl; let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, lightly grease 14-inch pizza pan; dust with cornmeal.
• On lightly floured surface, roll dough into 15-inch round (dough will shrink slightly when lifted).
• Place on pizza pan.
• Spread with sauce; top with bell pepper and onion.
• Bake 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle with cheese; top with chorizo and green olives.
• Bake an additional 4 to 6 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown around edges.
• Chorizo is a highly seasoned pork sausage; for this recipe, use the smoked links.
• Chorizo can be found in the meat department of the grocery store.
• If you can't find it, substitute any spicy or garlicky smoked sausage.