Quick, easy and delicious, this spinach artichoke pizza channels the famous dip, in pizza form! Use your favourite homemade pizza dough or start with easy store-bought.
If you are a lover of the dip of the same name, you’ll love this spinach artichoke pizza. Though not nearly as rich as the dip, the flavours are all there, with a lovely crisp pizza crust to go with it.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Pizza dough – You can use your favourite homemade pizza dough or pick up a store-bought one to make this really easily.
Cheese – I used mozzarella and Parmesan, together with the ricotta cheese. Of course, cheeses like Gruyere or a few dollops of cream cheese would also be worth exploring, I think :)
Spinach – fresh baby spinach is what I used here, though you could use frozen spinach that is thawed and squeezed dry.
Artichokes – canned artichokes are the easiest option.
Recipe Tips
My skillet is 10 inches in diameter across the top. Note that the recipe calls for 1 lb. of pizza dough. Whether homemade or store-bought, you don’t want much more than that in a 10-inch skillet. If your skillet is larger (12-inch), you can obviously use a bit more. I noticed that the store-bought dough at most grocery stores here is about 650g., which although I am metric-challenged, is more like a pound and a half. So if you have to buy a bigger dough ball, simply remove part of it and freeze it for a little pizza later.
Get the Recipe: Cast Iron Skillet Spinach Artichoke Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 lb. pizza dough, homemade or store-bought
Toppings:
- 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
- 2/3 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 cloves garlic , finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt , (plus a bit more, to taste, if desired)
- Freshly ground pepper
- 13 oz. canned artichoke hearts, drained and quartered, if whole
- 1-1 1/2 cups baby spinach
- Parmesan, for garnish
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Instructions
- Place 10-inch cast iron skillet in to cold oven and preheat oven to 500 F. with the skillet in the oven. Leave in the oven 5-10 minutes after the oven has preheated.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta, mozzarella, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper. Set aside. Prepare the artichokes and set aside. On a well-floured surface, press/stretch your pizza dough out in to a roughly 10-inch circle and have ready.
- Carefully remove skillet from oven and brush with a bit of olive oil. Carefully fit the pizza dough in to skillet, pushing it up the sides slightly. Do be careful here! Skillet is hot!! Place skillet with dough only in oven and bake 2-3 minutes, or until it sets slightly.
- Remove from oven and top with cheese mixture, spreading to cover evenly (except raised sides). Top with artichokes. Return to oven and bake for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, toss spinach with a bit of olive oil and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Remove skillet from oven, top with spinach and return to the oven for a final 7-10 minutes, or until topping is bubbling and crust is crisp.
- Top with shredded Parmesan cheese. Let cool a few minutes before serving, to allow it to set a bit.
Notes
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Hi! I’m Jennifer, a home cook schooled by trial and error and almost 40 years of getting dinner on the table! I love to share my favourite recipes, both old and new, together with lots of tips and tricks to hopefully help make your home cooking enjoyable, stress free, rewarding and of course, delicious!
LOVE THIS PIZZA. WE ADD MUSHROOMS AND BASIL WE USE PIZZA DOUGH FROM PUBLIX LET IT SET OUT FOR AN HOUR OR 2
So glad you are enjoying it :) Thanks so much!
Can this be baked in an oven ready skillet, not cast iron?
Hi Diane, the benefit of the cast iron skillet is that it retains heat much in the way a pizza stone does, so it cooks to a high level than a regular skillet. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, it might be better to just use whatever pan you might use for any other pizza, rather than a regular skillet.
This was SO good! I’ve never made pizza before, worked like a charm! I thought it was a wee bit heavy on the cheese mixture in the end, but yum!!!
So glad you enjoyed it, Linda :)
Loved it. I have been looking for a good Post workout recipe. Voila
So glad you enjoyed it, Gerard! :)
I finally made this last night and it was delicious! I love your blog and your recipes. Thank you for sharing!
So glad you enjoyed it, Beth and thanks!
I let my pizza dough ferment in the refrigerator for 2 days. When I take it out, do I need to wait about an hour before I stretch it? That is what I usually do before putting the pizza on a baking steel.
Hi Cindy, Yes, I’d think you’d want the dough to come to room temperature and start some rising action before baking, so you get those lovely bubbles. So yes, I would leave it an hour at least.
I wouldn’t hold it against you if you said that Jennifer, because I might have said something similar. Ha! This looks like the prettiest pizza ever and I love the artichoke spinach combo! I agree with lots of garlic and extra cheese too! Perfect for football watching!
Lol! Thanks Mary Ann :)
I have never tried artichoke on a pizza…and I think I have reason to try now. :)
On a different note, do you mind sharing the recipe plugin you use? It’s so neat! Thank you.
Thanks so much, Belle. And I’m using WP Recipe Maker for my recipe plugin :)
What do you mean, other people don’t just causally say “Hello lover” to their food? Just me, then. ;) This looks so yummy, I love spinach-artichoke dip in any form!
Lol! Thanks Valentina. Yes, for some people it’s shoes, for some people it’s food ;)
This looks amazing, Jennifer ~ it’s right up my alley! I love the chunky artichokes and fresh spinach ~ sharing and pinning :)
Thanks so much, Sue and yes, I never tire of lovely artichokes :)
This sounds sooo delicious, Jennifer. I can definitely see this as a favorite in our house!
Thanks so much, Kim :)
I need more pizza in my life and this one sounds perfect. I adore the inspirational dip, and of course all things cheesy – so yes, yes, yes please. Is there anything better than pizza – I don’t think so!? I would have to explore the cream cheese too – brilliant!
Oh and I almost forgot – go Seahawks!
Lol! Thanks Tricia and yes, more Seahawks wins means more football food ;)
My husband makes a great pizza dough and I have to show him this delicious looking recipe.
Thanks so much, Gerlinde :) I think you will love this one!