Nettle Pizza

Ingredients

• 4 oz baby spinach leaves packed
• 2 large garlic cloves thinly sliced
• 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
• 0.5 teaspoon pepper 
• 1 pound pizza dough (such as Trader Joe's)
• 0.3 tsp chile flakes red
• 1.5 cups mozzarella cheese shredded

Equipment

• frying pan
• baking sheet
• oven
• colander

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 with rack on bottom. Wearing long gloves, rinse nettles well.
2. Drain.
3. Sizzle garlic a few seconds in 1 tbsp. oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
4. Add nettles and saut until wilted, 2 to 5 minutes.
5. Remove from heat. If nettles are wet, drain in a colander, pat dry, and return to pan. Gently mix nettles with 1 tbsp. more oil, the pepper, and chile flakes.
6. Roll dough on a floured board into a 9- by 14-in. rectangle. Ease dough onto an oiled baking sheet, fixing the shape if necessary. Using fingers, roll edges of dough over to make a 1/2-in. rim.
7. Scatter cheese, then nettles, over dough.
8. Bake until crust is crisp, 15 minutes.
9. Drizzle with remaining 1 tbsp. oil and cut into squares. Season with salt if you like.