CHEESY CHICKEN-AND-SPINACH STROMBOLI RING

Instead of serving pizza, shake up dinner with a gorgeous stromboli ring. Though it may look difficult to make, it’s actually an easy process (see our step-by-step instructions above). Most store-bought pizza dough comes in 1- or 1½-pound portions, but you only need 12 ounces for this recipe. Use the leftovers to make breadsticks or flatbread the next day.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Servings people

Ingredients

12 oz. fresh prepared whole-wheat pizza dough
1 Tbsp. olive oil
4 garlic cloves thinly sliced
8 oz. fresh spinach
1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1 oz. Parmesan cheese grated (about ¼ cup)
6 oz. shredded skinless rotisserie chicken breast about 1½ cups

Instructions

Let pizza dough stand at room temperature 15 minutes. Preheat oven to 450°F.
Heat a large skillet over medium-low. Add oil and garlic; cook, swirling occasionally, until garlic is golden, about 2 to 4 minutes. Drain oil from skillet into a small bowl to reserve, keeping garlic in skillet. Add spinach to skillet; increase heat to medium-high, and cook, tossing constantly, until spinach is wilted, about 2 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes to cool.
Stir together ricotta and Parmesan in a medium bowl. Add spinach mixture and chicken; stir well to combine.
Place dough on a large piece of parchment paper, and roll dough into a 20-x-6-inch rectangle. Spoon chicken mixture down center of dough to make an approximately 20-x 3-inch strip. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, create tabs in dough on both sides of filling:
Starting at the edge of dough, cut 1½-inch-long diagonal slits (½ inch to ¾ inch apart) in toward filling. Fold tabs over filling, and pinch tabs together to seal. Carefully shape stuffed dough into a ring; pinch ends of dough together to seal.
Transfer the stromboli ring on parchment to a baking sheet; fold or cut away excess parchment to fit baking sheet. Brush half of reserved garlic-infused oil over dough. Bake stromboli at 450°F until dough is browned, about 18 minutes. Remove from oven; brush with remaining garlic oil. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.