{"id":1476,"date":"2016-04-26T20:21:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T01:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2016-04-26T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T01:21:05","slug":"monday-dinner-artichoke-garlic-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extrapolatethis.com\/blog\/archives\/1476","title":{"rendered":"Monday Dinner – Artichoke & Garlic Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back we tried a new pizza place called MOD Pizza<\/a>. It reminded me of a Chipotle, but for pizza. You could choose one of their specialty pizzas from their simple menu<\/em><\/a> or build your own pizza. The pizza is prepared – built – in front of you in assembly line fashion and then baked quickly in their pizza oven.<\/p>\n

On our first visit I was feeling a little adventurous, so I tried their Lucy Sunshine<\/em> pizza off their simple menu. I can’t say I’ve tried artichokes up to this point, but I haven’t found a vegetable I haven’t liked yet so why not? The Lucy Sunshine<\/em> includes MOD’s signature crust, garlic, mozzarella, Parmesan, artichokes, and dollops of their red sauce. It was really good!<\/p>\n

A couple weeks ago I took a shot at making my own version at home. It turned out great, but still needed a little tweaking. Last night was take 2 at making my semi-homemade version – I cheat a little by using Pillsbury’s thin pizza crust<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Joe’s Artichoke Pizza<\/h3>\n

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First thing I did was put together the red sauce and put it in the refrigerator for about an hour to let the ingredients blend. I “wing it” when it came to measurements on the sauce. You can add\/reduce ingredients to suit your taste. <\/p>\n

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I preheated the oven to 450° – the temperature on the pre-made pizza crust directions.<\/p>\n

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After spraying the baking sheet with non-stick spray – I used butter flavored – I laid out the pre-made pizza crust.<\/p>\n

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I minced the garlic and then let it bask in the goodness of olive oil for a while. Then I poured the oil and garlic on top of the pizza crust and used my fingers to spread it around so each part of the crust had a thin layer of olive oil. <\/p>\n

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I spread the mozzarella across the crust trying to get cheese just as close to the edge while still leaving a little bare crust to hold onto.<\/p>\n

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I choose to dice up the quartered artichoke hearts into smaller pieces and spread it around the pizza. You could leave them quartered, however, if you prefer. I wanted enough to taste the artichoke, but not enough to overwhelm the flavor of the pizza.<\/p>\n

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I put the pizza the oven for 12-14 minutes and rotated it 180° half way through the cooking time so it would bake more evenly. Keep a close eye on the crust – you don’t want it to burn.<\/p>\n

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Final result!<\/p>\n

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Ingredient List<\/h3>\n

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Joe’s Red Sauce<\/h5>\n

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