Yummy Greek Pizza

This recipe was a first for us, and was one we made up as we went along. It turned out SO delicious!!



This picture shows our wonderful veggie pizza, and we also made a pizza with the addition of grilled shrimp.

Greek Pizza

2 balls pizza dough from deli, or homemade (I used Trader Joe's whole wheat)
Good quality olive oil
Kosher salt, coarse pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and oregano to taste
2 cups mixed peppers, sliced
1 onion, sliced thin
12-16 oz good quality solid feta, drained
1/4-1/2 cup olives (I used Trader Joe's jalapeno stuffed green olives), sliced
1-2 cans 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes, drained thoroughly
3 cups uncooked shrimp (if desired)
1/2 cup grated parmesan reggiano cheese

Preheat oven to broil (500 degrees). Have one shelf at bottom rack and one in middle of oven.

Sit refrigerated dough out about an hour or so ahead of time and let begin to rise.

Saute peppers, onions and seasonings in a tablespoon or two of olive oil til tender.

If using shrimp: Place in a cast iron pan, spray lightly with olive oil, salt and broil on middle oven shelf about 2 minutes on each side. Chop into large pieces. Turn oven down to bake at 425 degrees.

Get out two pans. (Cookie sheets work well if you don't have a pizza pan.) Spray with olive oil and dust with cornmeal.

Using flour as needed, roll out each ball of dough until thin and place in the pans you have selected.

Drizzle crust lightly with olive oil and season with salt, pepper, oregano, garlic powder and onion powder.

Top with tomatoes, spreading around pizza, then pepper/onion mixture, sliced olives, half of the lightly crumbled feta for each pizza and shrimp (if desired). Sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese and lightly drizzle with olive oil.

Bake one at a time on bottom shelf of oven for around 12-15 minutes until crust is done (no longer doughy) and it's bubbly on top. (If the crust is getting overdone, move to the middle oven shelf before removing from oven.)