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Here’s how to make goat cheese pizza with gooey pockets of cheese and a tangy tomato sauce. It’s irresistible!
When it comes to pizza toppings, there’s one that is always a hit in our house: goat cheese! This goat cheese pizza is a true masterpiece, pairing soft pockets of chèvre with tangy, garlicky tomato sauce.
Sprinkle a few sliced onions and fresh basil, and I promise the slices will be gone in a flash! This one is a massive crowd pleaser. Here’s a bonus if you love game nights. My son loves it because it reminds him of the game Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza!
Ingredient ideas
There are loads of different types of toppings you can use for goat cheese pizza, but my favorites are simple and classic. Start with a homemade pizza sauce, mozzarella, and pockets of fluffy chèvre. The combo of flavors reminds me of another crowd-pleaser, my baked goat cheese dip, inspired by a favorite dish at a local pizzeria. Here are the elements you’ll need:
- Pizza dough: I’ll share my favorites in the next section, but a homemade dough will really take all of your pizza recipes to the next level.
- Pizza sauce: This homemade pizza sauce is a must! The flavor is the best you’ll ever have. (I promise!)
- Shredded mozzarella cheese: It’s a must to hold together the texture, even with the goat cheese.
- Soft goat cheese (chèvre): Opt for a soft log of goat cheese, not the aged stuff or crumbles.
- Red onion slices, dried oregano, and fresh basil: This make a simple yet effective colorful topping.
For the pizza dough
The trick to the best pizza is homemade pizza dough. There are several options for dough depending on your preferences and what tools you have available. Here are a few options:
- Best Pizza Dough: This is the standard! This is the best oven-baked pizza dough, and works best on a pizza stone.
- Thin Crust Pizza Dough: It’s easy, and you can roll it out instead of stretching it. It’s also slightly healthier since there is less dough.
- Pizza Oven Dough: Got a pizza oven? This is the dough recipe for you.
- Perfect Pan Pizza: Make your pizza in a cast-iron skillet! It takes a little longer, but no special tools are required.
- Best-Ever Sheet Pan Pizza: This one makes a double recipe in a large sheet pan. It’s perfect for serving a crowd!
Homemade pizza sauce is a must
When I say you must make this homemade pizza sauce, I mean it! This recipe is one of the most loved on this website and the most made in our house. Here’s why:
- It tastes incredible. One spoonful and you’ll be singing its praises! Fire-roasted canned tomatoes make magic with their sweet, smoky flavor.
- It takes 5 minutes! There’s no cooking required. It’s SO simple to whip up in a blender.
Pizza variations
Call me basic, but my favorite pizzas are red sauce pizzas. If you want to mix things up, there are lots of ways to accessorize this one with different flavors:
- White pizza: Substitute the red sauce for ricotta in this white pizza. (Make sure the goat cheese is room temperature so it’s easy to spread.)
- Caramelized onions: Spread olive oil on the dough, then top with caramelized onions and dollops of cheese.
- Avocado: Make a veggie and avocado pizza with bell peppers, avocado, goat cheese, and basil.
- Prosciutto: Add prosciutto to the recipe below for even more savory flavor.
- Arugula: Top your pizza with lightly dressed baby arugula for my ultimate arugula pizza.
Dietary notes
This goat cheese pizza recipe is vegetarian. For gluten-free, try my gluten-free pizza dough.
Goat Cheese Pizza
Here’s how to make goat cheese pizza with gooey pockets of cheese and a tangy tomato sauce. It’s irresistible!
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
- Yield: 1 medium pizza 1x
- Category: Pizza
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian inspired
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Best Pizza Dough, Thin Crust Pizza Dough, or Pizza Oven Dough
- ⅓ cup homemade pizza sauce
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3 ounces soft goat cheese (chèvre)
- 1 handful red onion slices
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- Fresh basil, for garnish
Instructions
- Make the pizza dough: Follow the Best Pizza Dough, Thin Crust Pizza Dough, or Pizza Oven Dough recipes to prepare the dough. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F or preheat your pizza oven.
- Make the pizza sauce: Make the Homemade Pizza Sauce. (You’ll use about ⅓ cup for the pizza; reserve the remaining sauce and refrigerate for up to 1 week.)
- Bake the pizza: When the oven is ready, dust a pizza peel with cornmeal or semolina flour. (If you don’t have a pizza peel, you can use a rimless baking sheet or the back of a rimmed baking sheet, but a pizza peel is well worth the investment!)
- Stretch the dough into a circle, then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
- Spread a thin layer of the pizza sauce over the dough.
- Add the mozzarella cheese, then the goat cheese in large dollops. (Be generous!).
- Sprinkle with the red onion slices and dried oregano. Add a few pinches of kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper, to taste.
- Use the pizza peel to carefully transfer the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake the pizza until the cheese and crust are nicely browned, about 5 to 7 minutes in the oven or 1 to 2 minutes in a pizza oven.
- Allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two before adding the basil on top (whole leaves, lightly torn, or thinly sliced). Slice into pieces and serve immediately.
Other goat cheese recipes to try
If you’re as goat cheese obsessed as I am, try these delicious goat cheese recipes next:
- Try Cranberry Goat Cheese, Blueberry Goat Cheese, or this Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer.
- Blend up Whipped Goat Cheese.
- Grab Goat Cheese Salad with Arugula & Apple.
- Make a Goat Cheese Omelette.
- Try Goat Cheese Stuffed Dates.
I absolutely loved this recipe! Wouldn’t change a thing. Delicious!!!
a very nice pizza, and nice alternative with goat cheese, at least for me! Love this simple set of ingredients too, thank you!
Oh, this immediately me think of the goat cheese dip from Barcelona Tapas (R.I.P.), but in pizza form! I can’t wait to try this!
I just made this today – substituted green onions though – and it’s fantastic!
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