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Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables

Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables

and Ricotta
35 min., ready in 1 hr 15 min.
Time:
582
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
93 / 100
Ingredientsfor  
Ingredients
7 ozs Spelt flour
7 ozs Spelt flour (plus more for dusting)
salt
½ cube Yeast
1 Zucchini
1 small Eggplant
1 yellow Bell pepper
2 garlic cloves
6 sprigs thyme
4 Tbsps olive oil
peppers
9 ozs Ricotta cheese
How healthy are the main ingredients?
Ricotta cheeseSpelt flourolive oilthymesaltZucchini
Preparation
1.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 1

Mix the two flours and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a bowl and make a well in the center. Crumble yeast into well.

2.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 2

Pour approximately 1 cup lukewarm water into well and knead with dough hook of a stand mixer to a smooth dough. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and let rise about 30 minutes in a warm place.

3.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 3

Meanwhile, rinse and dry zucchini, eggplant, and bell pepper. Cut zucchini and eggplant into 1/2-inch slices and cut bell pepper into strips.

4.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 4

Peel the garlic and cut into thin slices.

5.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 5

Rinse thyme, shake dry and pluck the leaves. Mix oil with garlic and thyme. Season with salt and pepper.

6.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 6

Heat a grill pan. Grill vegetables for about 5 minutes, then sprinkle each with garlic-thyme oil.

7.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 7

Divide pizza dough into 4 portions on a floured work surface and roll out each to about 9 inches in diameter.

8.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 8

Place 2 dough rounds on a sheet of parchment paper and use parchment to slide dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Put remaining dough rounds on the parchment paper (used to slide off dough) and set aside. 

9.
Spelt Pizza with Grilled Vegetables preparation step 9

Spread dough on a baking sheet with ricotta, leaving a border all around. Top each with 1/4 of the grilled vegetables and bake on bottom rack of preheated oven at 450°F for 15-20 minutes. Remove pizzas on parchment from the sheet. Place remaining dough on parchment onto baking sheet and bake in the same manner. Serve each pizza hot from the oven.

Nutritional values
1 <none> contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
Calorie582 cal.(28 %)
Protein21 g(21 %)
Fat20 g(17 %)
Carbohydrates78 g(52 %)
Sugar added0 g(0 %)
Roughage9.5 g(32 %)
Healthy, because

Healthy, because

Spelt flour provides valuable protein and unsaturated fatty acids, as well as vitamins and minerals such as zinc, which is great for the immune system and the liver.

Even smarter

Even smarter

The longer the pizza dough has time to rise, the better it gets in consistency and taste.

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