Spinach pizza recipe

If you’re looking for a delicious and unique spin on pizza, then you’ve got to try this spinach pizza recipe! The best part about it is that it’s packed with nutrients and flavor, so you can feel good about indulging in a slice (or two). Plus, it’s easy to make at home, so you can enjoy it any time the craving strikes.

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We love cooking pizza, tomato pizza, pineapple pizza, and Caprese pizza are among our favorites.

But we wanted a pizza that would encourage kids to eat their veggies and one that was packed with nutrients, so we devised our spinach pizza!

Why’ll you’ll love this easy pizza recipe

• This delicious pizza is so easy to make and can be made in as little as 5 minutes!

• Perfect for pizza night, game night, or outdoor cooking.

• It’s a real crowd pleaser, adults, kids, and picky eaters alike love this easy white spinach pizza.

• All the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.

Ingredients you’ll need for white pizza with spinach

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.

This is the perfect way to sneak in extra veggies to your kids meals, they’ll be so busy enjoying it, they’ll forget they don’t like greens!

How to make spinach pizza with step by step instructions

Making our spinach pizza is easy if you follow our simple instructions.

A full printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.

If you are using a pizza oven

Preheat your pizza oven to 650F/340C.

In a small bowl mix together olive oil, garlic, and kosher salt.

Then, mix ricotta cheese, spinach, and oregano in a separate bowl and spread and set aside.

Lightly dust your pizza peel with flour, place your pizza crust on it and brush it with the olive oil mixture, leaving a half inch border.

Next, spread the ricotta cheese mixture over the olive oil, then add mozzarella cheese and vegetarian Parmesan cheese.

Place your pizza in the oven and cook for 2 – 3 minutes, ensuring that you turn it using a pizza turning peel, every 20 seconds to ensure an even cook.

When your pizza is ready the crust will be charred, and the toppings cooked perfectly.

Remove from the oven and serve immediately – enjoy your spinach pizza!

If you are using a kitchen oven

Preheat your oven to 500F/260C, if you are using a pizza stone, place it in the oven to heat up.

In a small bowl mix together olive oil, garlic, and kosher salt.

Then, mix ricotta cheese, spinach, and oregano in a separate bowl and spread and set aside.

Lightly dust your work surface or pizza pan with flour, place your pizza crust on it and brush it with the olive oil mixture, leaving a half inch border.

Next, spread the ricotta cheese mixture over the olive oil, then add mozzarella cheese and vegetarian Parmesan cheese.

Place your pizza on the preheated pizza stone or in the oven and cook for 8 – 10 minutes, ensuring that you turn half way through to ensure an even cook.

When your pizza is ready the crust will be golden brown, and the toppings cooked perfectly.

Remove from the oven and serve immediately – enjoy your spinach pizza!

We hope you enjoy making and eating our white spinach pizza and would love to hear how you got on with making it. 

Please leave a comment below and feel free to ask any questions you may have. 

Recipe notes and expert tips

• Spinach
  Make sure that you squeeze out all the excess water from the spinach or your pizza will become soggy.
• Out of fresh garlic?
  Use garlic powder instead.
• Storage
  Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days and freeze for up to 3 months.
• Important
  Different pizza ovens, pizza stones, or pans all cook differently. Watch your pizza, as you may have to increase or reduce the cooking time.

How to store leftover pizza with spinach

Your spinach pizza will store for up to 3 days when kept in the fridge in an airtight container.

It’ll also freeze for up to 3 months.

What’s the best way to cook a pizza?

For a great pizza, you need to have a great pizza crust, one that’s perfectly cooked with just enough crispiness.

There are three ways that you can achieve a crispy crust.

• Pizza oven: A pizza oven can achieve higher temperatures than your kitchen oven, they have pizza stones that heat up and allows you to cook your pizza in a matter of just a few minutes. You know those crispy charred pizza crusts that you get from good pizza restaurants? They are all made in a pizza oven, and it’s our number one recommendation for the best pizzas; we have to warn you, though, if you get one, it will be quite addictive!

• Pizza stone: A pizza stone will fit in your kitchen oven, the stone will heat up, and you place your pizza directly onto the stone. This means that your crust will cook evenly, and you’ll get a good level of crispiness.

• Pizza pan: A pizza pan has holes in it, this allows the heat to reach parts of your pizza crust. You won’t get the same level of crispiness as you will from a pizza oven or pizza stone, but it’ll be better than if you used a baking sheet.

In an ideal world, we’d all have a pizza oven, but that’s not always possible; we’d opt for the pizza stone, it’s low cost, and you’ll see some great results.

Do I cook spinach before putting it on pizza?

Yes, you will need to cook the spinach for this recipe.

Simply blanch really quickly, or alternatively, you can use frozen spinach.

Fresh spinach or frozen spinach?

We’ve used frozen baby spinach in our recipe; the thing you need to make sure you do with either fresh or frozen spinach is to squeeze it so that it doesn’t have any water in it.

If you don’t squeeze it enough, you’ll end up with a soggy bottom, and nobody wants that do they?

If you’re using fresh spinach, simply blanch it and squeeze out all the water; sauteed spinach will also work.

Can you put uncooked spinach on pizza?

Yes, you can use uncooked spinach, but we don’t like it for this recipe as it doesn’t give the same results.

If you were to use fresh spinach, then make sure to place it under the cheese.

Best way to cut a pizza

You want those perfect pizza slices, don’t you? And a kitchen knife just doesn’t cut it (see what we did there?)

A pizza cutter makes it easy to slice; slice up the pizza, and your guests can help themselves.

This is the best pizza cutter we’ve tried; it’s not flimsy and is really sharp.

You could also try these pizza scissors; they do a pretty decent job too.

Recipe variations

Spinach pizza is often called a white pizza with spinach white because of the cheese.

You can use goat cheese or feta cheese instead of mozzarella, or use them both.

We used shredded mozzarella, but you could use fresh mozzarella.

Experiment with the pizza toppings; add a little spice and add crushed red pepper flakes to the ricotta mixture.

Use fresh herbs; we’ve already used oregano, but add rosemary and thyme, or use our Italian herbs.

Throw some kalamata olives, bell peppers, or mushrooms.

Scatter fresh basil on your pizza once it’s cooked, and drizzle a little extra virgin olive oil over the top.

Just make sure you don’t add too many toppings to your pizza; less is more, and the more you have, the more you run the chance of ending up with a soggy bottom.

Let’s talk pizza dough

There’s nothing like homemade pizza dough, the flavor, texture, and love that goes into it shine through.

Try our ooni pizza dough recipe!

But not everyone has the time or inclination to make their own pizza dough, I know that after a long day, the last thing we want to do is to start making dough.

You can pick up some great store-bought pizza dough these days, and you can also buy some great-tasting pizza crusts.

More easy pizza recipes for you to try at home

If you like our spinach pizza, check out our other pizzas!

• Pizza Margherita – one of the most classic Italian recipes!
• Pizza with mushrooms – loaded with mushrooms and cheese!
• Best cheese pizza – 3 kinds of cheese and LOTS of flavors!
• Marinara pizza – a real crowd-pleasing easy pizza!
• Pesto pizza – herby, cheesy, and oh so good!

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