Garlic Shrimp and Spinach Pizza – The Secret Recipe Club

It’s the third Monday of the month and you know what that means…Secret Recipe Club reveals!!! I’m excited to share this month’s recipe with you! It comes from Sara who blogs at Cook with Sara. I feel like our styles of cooking are very similar, both perfect for sharing with our families and we both found our love of cooking from our relatives. I had a hard time picking out a recipe this month, since I was looking for sometime to make for dinner and tried to avoid desserts. So after spending hours looking through recipes, I decided on Sara’s recipe for Garlicky Shrimp and Spinach Pizza.

The pizza was really good and different. I made it for Ross and I on Friday night for dinner since I knew the kids would turn their noses up at it. Neither one like shrimp, so it wasn’t even worth the fight in getting them to try it. We’re still having dinner issues with Cooper – he now doesn’t like any of his favorites, mac & cheese, chicken nuggets – so I’m at a loss where to go from here. I used a different recipe for the crust – I made a whole wheat crust with a little Italian seasoning mixed in. I’ll just be sharing the sauce and toppings part of the recipe, so you can use whatever type of dough you prefer. Sara used a bread machine to make hers and incorporated mozzarella cheese and other seasonings.

Sauce:
1 Tbsp butter
4 1/2 tsp flour
1 /4 tsp ground mustard
1/8 tsp smoked paprika
1/8 tsp salt
1 cup milk
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
1 Tbsp minced garlic

Topping:
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced mushrooms
4 cups fresh baby spinach
1 Tbsp minced garlic
8 oz cooked shrimp (I used frozen Canadian cold water shrimp – just thawed and drained)
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Once ready, roll out your dough to the desired size of your pizza. Bake on a pizza stone for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from oven until ready to top.

While the crust is baking, prepare the sauce. Melt the tablespoon of butter in a small saucepan. Add in the flour, mustard, pepper and salt. Stir well and cook until it starts to bubble. Add in the milk and minced garlic. Continuously stir until the sauce becomes thick. Remove from the heat and add in the Parmesan cheese. Stir until the cheese has melted and pour over the pre-baked crust.

In a medium pan, warm the olive oil over medium heat and then saute the sliced mushrooms and garlic for 2 minutes. Add the baby spinach and cook until the spinach has wilted. Place the toppings over the sauce and then add the shrimp and top with the shredded mozzarella. Bake for an additional 10 to 12 minutes until the cheese has melted.

Check out all the other great recipes in this month’s reveal in the link below!