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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!

Goat Cheese Pizza
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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
  • Fresh basil, for garnish
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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!
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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:

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More goat cheese recipes

If you’re as goat cheese obsessed as I am, try these delicious goat cheese recipes next:

This goat cheese pizza recipe is…

Vegetarian. For gluten-free, try my Gluten-Free Pizza Dough.

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Goat Cheese Pizza

Goat Cheese Pizza

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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!

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • 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

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Instructions

  1. Make the pizza dough: Follow the Best Pizza DoughThin Crust Pizza Dough, or Pizza Oven Dough recipes to prepare the dough. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
  2. Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F or preheat your pizza oven.
  3. 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.)
  4. 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!)
  5. Stretch the dough into a circle, then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
  6. Spread a thin layer of the pizza sauce over the dough.
  7. Add the mozzarella cheese, then the goat cheese in large dollops. (Be generous!).
  8. Sprinkle with the red onion slices and dried oregano. Add a few pinches of kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper, to taste.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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Alex & Sonja

Hi there! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of two cookbooks, busy parents, and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share simple, seasonal recipes and the joy of cooking. We now offer thousands of original recipes, cooking tips, and meal planning ideas—all written and photographed by the two of us (and tested on our kids!).

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5 Comments

  1. Cali says:

    I absolutely loved this recipe! Wouldn’t change a thing. Delicious!!!

  2. Sabrina says:

    a very nice pizza, and nice alternative with goat cheese, at least for me! Love this simple set of ingredients too, thank you!

  3. Jen says:

    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!

    1. Carmen Smith says:

      I just made this today – substituted green onions though – and it’s fantastic!

  4. Sonja Overhiser says:

    Let us know if you have any questions!