Years ago, there was a PBS reality show called Frontier House, where a few couples and their children were dropped into an 1800's existence somewhere in middle of nowhere, Wild West. Other than the young man who built a log cabin with his dad, the person who sticks in my mind was the woman who could bake bread from memory. Oh, what's so hard about it? Flour, yeast, water, salt. You'd be surprised. I stayed away from bread baking for years, assuming it took a level of precision I'm just not built for. Then, I got a copy of Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
(the old one) from the library. And over the last few months, I've started to get the hang of the bread baking thing, just from having a big container of dough sitting in the fridge, ready to go whenever the mood the strikes me. Fair disclosure, it's the mixing that takes 5 minutes, the dough still has to proof for an hour and bake for another 40 minutes.
Superbowl Sunday is one of the biggest days of the year for pizza consumption. And it's probably the longest you'll ever wait for pizza to be delivered. Why not take pity on your pizza guy and make your own?Grab some dough while you're out stocking up on snacks today and have a go at this Spinach and Feta Cheese Greek-za. #GoHawks
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Take your dough out of the fridge and let it sit on the counter for 1 hour before baking. At the same time, preheat Baking Steel at 500F.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add olive oil and garlic. Cook the garlic for 1 minute to flavor the oil, add spinach and cook for 2-3 minutes until wilted. Squeeze the water out of the spinach in a tea towel and set aside. You don't have to go crazy and squeeze the life out of it, you just want to get rid of most of the liquid.
In a small bowl, stir together the marinara sauce and oregano, if using.
When ready to put your pizza together, turn the oven up to 525F. On a pizza peel lightly dusted with flour, stretch the dough into an ~ 10 inch circle and spread on the sauce, leaving about a 1 inch border. Add the mozzarella cheese and bake for 6-7 minutes until the cheese is just beginning to brown. Remove from the oven, add the spinach and feta and cook for ~ 2 minutes more.
