Holidays, St. Patrick’s Day Fun

the Painted Apron

5 years ago

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️

We celebrated CC’s St. Patrick’s Day birthday last Saturday

She had a party at an art studio with her friends Saturday morning

The studio is such a fun place, the owner is over the top creative

and the decor is crazy fun

There’s a huge room with painting tables for the children

And a party room for refreshments

The party theme was bunnies

There is art and creativity everywhere!

Later we continued the celebration with a family party on our patio

It was a delightful 80 degrees that day

I set up a little St. Pat’s birthday table with a St. Pat’s birthday tree

The tree is decorated with sparkling shamrocks and ice cream cones

The wooden cake puzzle is a family birthday tradition

dating back to when my children were babies

There’s a Spring gnome and a cupcake tower

And presents!

The temps only went down to the low 70s as darkness fell

CC had requested pizza made by her uncle, HHjr

He made a cheese pizza, a Canadian bacon and pineapple pizza,

a pizza with sausage, mushrooms and sweet peppers

AND

a pizza with spinach, apples & smoked Gouda

It was topped with a Parmigiano Reggiano Balsamic Glaze

{from our regular grocery store, but if you can’t find this,

use any balsamic glaze and sprinkle shredded Parmesan

or Parmigiano Reggiano on top}

It was swoon worthy!

Spinach, Apple & Smoked Gouda Pizza with Parmigiano Reggiano Balsamic Glaze

This is a unique flavor combo that makes a great light pizza, or add meat of choice to make it heartier. See notes and options at the end of the recipe

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American, Italian

Keyword creative pizzas, flatbread,, fruit pizza, homemade pizza, pizza, spinach, apple & Gouda pizza, sweet and savory pizza

Prep Time 10

Ingredients

1 pizza crust*
1 apple, sliced
2 cups baby spinach leaves
4-6 slices smoked Gouda
3/4 cup Alfredo sauce
3 oz bleu cheese crumbles optional
Parmigiano Reggiano Balsamic Glaze**
shredded Parmesan for garnish optional

Instructions

Prepare pizza crust depending on how you will cook the pizza. If cooking on a grill roll out dough to form crust and transfer to a pizza peel. If using refrigerated dough or crescent roll dough and cooking the pizza in the oven, place dough on a parchment lined baking sheet, and cook in a 400 degree oven for 6-8 minutes until it begins to set up and start to turn golden.
Spread crust with Alfredo, leaving a 1/2" border.
Press spinach leaves into sauce and top with apple slices
Sprinkle with bleu cheese if desired
Top with smoked Gouda slices either whole of torn
Cook on hot grill on a pizza stone {time will depend on grill temperature} or bake in oven. If you have precooked your crust, return topped crust to 400 degree oven for 10-12 minutes.
Drizzle with Balsamic Parmesan glaze and cut into pieces to serve