Tonight has been a bit boring, my wife had to work late so I was pretty much feeding myself. The recipe for the Pizza I have done today with a pre-made base and sauce, since its a weeknight tea just for me. A bit more special and better I'm sure with a home made pizza base and a delicious rich home made tomato sauce, both of which are easy enough to do. Just seemed a little too much fuss for just my tea, so I've posted it as it was. Quality was pretty good for shop bought ingredients anyway! Want it a bit more special though? Make your own base and sauce - rewarding and extra delicious.
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Olive Oil
1 Small Red Onion, thinly sliced
200g Fresh Baby Spinach
1 Pizza base, 12" or so. Shop bought will do the job.
1 Portion of home made tomato sauce (if you make batches and freeze it like me) or a small jar of pizza sauce
Whole Nutmeg
150g Mozzarella Cheese
1 Egg
50g Gruyere Cheese, grated
Method:
Heat half the oil in a pan. Fry the onion gently for around 5 minutes, until soft, then add the spinach and stir gently for 2 minutes until wilted. Grate in a good amount of nutmeg, Pour off any excess liquid then rest for a minute or 2.
Spread your tomato sauce on the pizza base. Add the spinach mix and mozzarella, season, and place in a pre-heated 220 oven for 8 minutes.
Take out, and make a well in the middle of the toppings. Crack your egg into the well, top the whole thing with the Gruyere, then back into the oven for a further 6-7 minutes.
Serve straight away with Crusty home made Garlic Bread if you wish, or just your favourite crisp Italian White Wine.
Must admit it was very tasty, and I even prepped a second one which the wife had at 1:30am when she finally got in from work. I'll be glad when my fortune comes in as a famous chef so she doesn't have to work these hours anymore! In the meantime I'll just enjoy the new 50" HD 3D TV we just bought with her pay rise :-)
Night folks, best wishes
Tony
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