Is there anything more irresistible than a good pizza? Crispy, fluffy, with melted cheese and the perfect toppings… Today we bring 10 very varied pizza recipes! Pizza is more than a meal, it’s a moment of enjoyment, an experience that brings family and friends together around the table.
In this post, I bring you delicious ideas to make homemade pizzas that awaken all your senses. From choosing the dough to combining flavors, here you’ll find inspiration to turn your kitchen into an authentic pizzeria.
Put on your apron, preheat the oven and let yourself be carried away by the magic of pizza!
1. How to make traditional pizza (the classic homemade pizza dough!)
Yes, today you’ll discover how to make a traditional pizza base! With this recipe, we focus on those classic pizzas, with the thick-textured, bread-like dough that is so delicious.
One important thing to keep in mind is that you should let the dough rest overnight. Only then will you get an unparalleled pizza base. Keep that in mind when planning to make pizza: preparing the dough is quick and easy, but once made it will require a few hours of resting, that’s all.
2. Pesto pizza
The pesto pizza is tasty, aromatic and, of course, very summery, although after trying it once you’ll want it all year round. The dough, baked on the Emile Henry ceramic pizza tray, will turn out nicely crispy, and we’ll top it with some cherry tomatoes and a good amount of mozzarella. The pesto gives it the perfect touch, flooding the whole pizza with its flavor and aroma.
And so you can play with different flavors, the pesto pizza I bring in this post comes with a bonus: the recipe for a very fresh green sauce that makes an ideal alternative to dress this pizza when you want to swap the pesto for another flavor.
3. Veggie Pizza: the vegetarian pizza for every taste
This veggie supreme pizza is a vegetarian pizza full of seasonings that will win over any palate: we’ll prepare avery aromatic tomato sauce, which will delight everyone. In the pizza filling, the green pepper, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and red onion will be the star guests of our veggie supreme pizza, not forgetting the black olives, which bring that salty, bold note to every bite.
To achieve a nicely crispy crust, we’ll bake it on theNordic Ware Naturals® pizza pan which, thanks to its internal air chamber and material, heats up very quickly and, thanks to its perforated surface, allows heat to reach the dough just as fast, giving it that appetizing golden finish.
4. Pizza with eggplant on the griddle, ham, mozzarella, and pesto sauce
Making pizza at home is much easier than it seems (even more so if you have a Thermomix or a bread maker at home to prepare the dough). The results are incredible and you can make the pizza to your taste — I assure you’ll make it again!
The pizza recipe I bring today was developed by Emile Henry for their ceramic pizza baking base, which I really recommend if you want exceptional results. The ceramic base achieves a crispy, perfectly cooked dough and it’s also ideal for serving and keeping the pizza warm at the table.
5. Homemade caprese pizza
I’m aware that if you’re facing the experience for the first time, making and kneading your own dough at home may seem a bit intimidating, but believe me when I tell you it’s nothing beyond anyone’s reach.
In this case, I wanted to follow the recipe from the Simili sisters’ book, Bread and Italian Pastries, for the preparation of a thin dough base, perfectly explained with all the details we need to enjoy a homemade pizza like few others.
As you become familiar with the task (and I warn you it can be highly addictive), the results will only improve. I’m convinced that after the first one there will be a second and many more, because once you see how simple and comforting it is to make your own pizza, it will be hard to keep your hands off the dough.
6. Fig, ham and arugula pizza
Ah! Are you the lucky owner of a KitchenAid? Even better for me! Because then all you have to do is put the ingredients in the bowl and let it knead for you. Friend, your excuses are running out! And you’ll see, once you make your first homemade pizza, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it before. And above all, people at home will ask you…
For the topping today I bring this proposal, which I find delicious, but of course you can adapt it to your taste, though I encourage you to give it a try now that it’s fig season, and tell me what you think.
And before I leave you with the recipe I’ll give you another tip: if you can bake the pizza on a perforated base, like this one from Le Creuset, or a ceramic type, like this one from Emile Henry, or even on the Emile Henry ceramic oven base as I did this time, don’t hesitate to do so, since the pizza base becomes much crispier… and absolutely delicious.
7. Cheese, pancetta and arugula pizza
We’ll make this recipe with three kinds of cheese, with bacon or pancetta and arugula. I also used a fantastic Emile Henry ceramic tray that lets you cook pizzas to just the right crispness. You can even bring it to the table on the tray for serving. It will retain heat and distribute it evenly.
You can use it for more than pizzas, as it serves as a tray for many presentations, like cheeses, cold cuts, salads with bowls of dressings…
8. Roasted pumpkin and cheese pizza
This roasted pumpkin and cheese pizza will delight you with its contrast of flavors, since in addition to these two main ingredients, we’ll round it out with some chopped black olives — pitted! — and basil. And to add a more crunchytouch, we’ll add some pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds. What do you think of the combination?
The contrast between the sweetness of the roasted pumpkin and the fresh cheese, with the seasoning of the olives and the aroma of basil, is something you must try. It’s a combination that fills your mouth with endless nuances. Ingredients placed at will over a bed of homemade tomato sauce and mozzarella make this pizza a perfect dinner for pizza nights.
9. Carbonara pizza
Without a doubt, Italian cuisine appeals to almost everyone. It’s quick and rewarding cooking, and no less exquisite for it. If you ask what types of recipes attract us most, you’ll almost certainly answer pasta and the famous pizzas.
Today we’ll make a homemade carbonara pizza. Easy to make and delicious. For the dough we’ll only need basic ingredients like flour, oil, water and yeast. With them we’ll get a spectacular, non-heavy homemade dough. For the topping I suggest a traditional carbonara, although you can use any ingredient you feel like trying.
10. Cauliflower crust pizzas with 4 toppings
Surely it’s not the first time you’ve been drawn to alternative ways of enjoying pizza without feeling guilty. Maybe the idea of making a cauliflower-based pizza, free of flours and remorse, came up when you were looking for new ways to get your kids to eat cauliflower without complaints.
With just a cauliflower crust and very easy-to-prepare toppings, you can enjoy a healthy and tasty recipe with the family. We bring you a base and 4 ideas to top it, each more delicious than the last.
What is interesting in this case is to prepare it in a skillet that you can use on the stove to prepare part of the recipe, and then transfer it to the oven to finish baking. In this case, we use the Le Creuset skillet, a skillet that as you know is extremely versatile.
