Escarole Pizza: the typical rustic recipe of the Neapolitan tradition

🍕 Pizza di Scarola (Neapolitan Escarole Pizza)
🇮🇹 Traditional, Rustic, and Utterly Delicious
🧂 Ingredients
For the Dough (you can also use pizza dough or shortcrust for a shortcut):
500g (about 4 cups) all-purpose flour

7g (1 packet) active dry yeast or 15g fresh yeast

1 tsp sugar

300ml warm water

2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tsp salt

For the Filling:
2 large heads escarole, cleaned and chopped

3 tbsp olive oil

3–4 anchovy fillets (optional but traditional)

2 cloves garlic, minced

3 tbsp black or Gaeta olives, pitted and chopped

2 tbsp capers, rinsed

A handful of raisins (optional – for a sweet contrast)

A handful of pine nuts (optional)

Salt and pepper, to taste

Red chili flakes (optional)

👩‍🍳 Instructions