West Coast Grilled Vegetable Pizza

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• all-purpose flour, for shaping dough
• 1 lb store-bought pizza dough, fresh (if frozen) or 1 lb thawed pizza dough (if frozen)
• 2 plum tomatoes, thinly sliced crosswise
• 2 scallions, and green parts separated, thinly sliced
• 5 ounces soft fresh goat cheese, crumbled
• coarse salt, to taste
• fresh coarse ground black pepper, to taste
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• 5 ounces baby spinach, washed & rinsed
• 1 avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, and diced
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

Recipe

• 1 heat grill to medium.
• 2 brush a large rimless baking sheet (or an inverted rimmed sheet) with 1 tablespoon oil.
• 3 on a lightly floured work surface, roll and stretch dough to two 8-inch ovals or rounds.
• 4 transfer to prepared sheet.
• 5 brush tops with 1 tablespoon oil.
• 6 transfer dough to grill.
• 7 cook, without turning over, until undersides are firm and begin to char, 2 to 3 minutes.
• 8 using tongs and a large spatula, place crusts on baking sheet, grilled side up.
• 9 scatter crusts with tomatoes, scallion whites, and cheese; season with salt and pepper, and slide back onto grill.
• 10 cook, rotating occasionally, until cooked through and cheese begins to melt, 3 to 5 minutes.
• 11 transfer to a cutting board.
• 12 in a medium bowl, combine spinach, avocado, scallion greens, vinegar, and remaining tablespoon oil; season with salt and pepper, and toss to combine.
• 13 pile mixture onto pizzas; halve, and serve.