---
title: Herbs pizza
tags: ['cheesefare', 'italian', 'baking', 'pie']
date: 2026-02-14
author: "pestanzul"
---

![Herbs pizza](/pix/herbs-pizza.webp)

Italian traditional pizza is Neapolitan pizza.
This is _not_ it - it's a very different dish that just happens to share the same name (as is the case with many Italian traditional recipes).

- ⏲️ Prep time: 20 min + 30 min for rising
- 🍳 Cook time: 30 min
- 🍽️ Servings: 4

## Ingredients

- Dough:
  - 350 g flour (0 or 00)
  - 25 g butter
  - 15 g brewer's yeast
  - extra-virgin olive oil or lard
- Stuffing:
  - 500 g boiled herbs (e.g. spinach, chicory, ribwort)
  - 250 g ricotta
  - pepper (optional)
  - nutmeg (optional)

## Directions

1. Carefully dry the herbs and cut them finely.
1. Mix them with ricotta, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
1. Knead flour with warm water and a little salt, and oil or lard.
1. Add softened butter and yeast and knead a soft dough.
1. Divide the dough in two parts and roll out each of them to a thickness of about 1 cm.
1. Place the first disc on baking paper in a baking tray.
   Cover it with the stuffing, leaving about 1.5 cm free surface all around.
1. Cover with the other disc and stick them together all over the border.
   If it's difficult, you may wet it wit a few drops of water.
1. Cover with a cloth and let it rise.
1. Pierce gently all over the top layer with a fork.
1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
1. Place the pie in the oven and cook for 30 minutes.
