Homemade Spinach Mushroom Pizza With Black Olives

5 from 5 votes

An easy homemade spinach mushroom pizza with black olives - will be ready in less than 15 minutes for an easy family dinner.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Keyword Homemade Spinach Mushroom Pizza

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 14 minutes

Servings slices

Calories 169kcal

Author Radwa

Preheat the oven to 220 C, lightly grease a 22 cm baking pan with oil.
In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat, add garlic, Sauté for 30 seconds, then add mushrooms, sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
Sauté for 5-8 minutes or until softened.
Add the spinach, cook for 1 minute, then remove from heat and set aside.
Spread the pizza dough into the baking pan, spread the pizza sauce over.
Top with the mozzarella cheese, then distribute the cooked mushrooms and spinach and sprinkle black olives on top.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until cheese is melted.
Remove from oven and top with fresh basil leaves and red pepper flakes.

Leave about 1-1.5 inches of space from the outer corners of the pizza for the crust.
These tips aren't just great for THIS pizza but can be applied to ANY pizza you'd like to perfect:
The secret to a perfectly baked pizza resides in placing the uncooked pizza in an oven already flaming hot. So don't skip the preheating stage.
If you're using store bought dough, don't forget to take it out from the fridge half an hour before you start prepping. This makes sure that the gluten is relaxed and easy to work with.
Don't roll your pizza dough because it'll only deflate it, leaving you with cardboard pizza. Instead, place the dough ball on a floured surface and pull it from the centre. Use your curved fingers to shape it and lift it from the surface so that gravity does the stretching of the dough for you. Don't worry too much about the shape. Pizzas in Italy don't look as perfect as you may think.
Before placing the pizza in the oven, you may gently brush the crust with olive oil. It'll give your pizza crust great crisp and flavour.

If you'd like to make your dough from scratch, kudos.
Not a fan of the tangy red pizza sauce used in the recipe? Try this topping variation instead: white sauce, feta cheese, black olives, spinach, onions and some sundried tomatoes.
If vegetarian pizzas don't float your boat, we love this combination of toppings: mushrooms, bacon and sausage. Most people love this combination thanks to the stringy cheese, variety of protein, and chewy mushrooms that go on top of the pizza.