Easy grilled fig and goat cheese pizza made with my rustic thin crust pizza dough, creamy whipped goat cheese, sweet fresh purple figs and caramelized onions. If your taste buds are into purple figs and goat cheese, and you fancy pizza as much as i do, then i got us the loveliest grilled fig pizza appetizer today! I am on a goat cheese kick right now, it started with the goat cheese crostini and tomato tart, and I simply can’t get enough. Also, it so happens that fig harvest is here. ...
Italian Pizza Recipes
Puff Pastry Pizza with Fresh Tomatoes, Burrata & Prosciutto
A fresh summer puff pastry pizza , made with freshly picked heirloom tomatoes, heavenly burrata and a smooth basil and garlic chives green sauce. This puff pastry pizza is dedicated to all of you dear friends who share my heirloom tomato obsession and burrata cheese addiction! Because you and I are one and the same! Why Puff Pastry Pizza you ask ? Summer is in full blast in California, and as much I stand 100% behind my rustic pizza dough, there is no way I’m blasting my oven to 500”F to heat ...
Vegetarian Calzone Recipe
Italian vegetarian calzone, pizza pockets stuffed with veggies and cheese and grilled in a cast iron skillet, a vegetarian’s dream ! First of all, you absolutely gotta make this vegetarian calzone you guys ! I had them for breakfast and I’m not even ashamed to admit it . The real Italian pizza pockets for breakfast. Like a Boss ! Now you guys know how much i bragged about Sprouts Farmers Market opening up the coolest market in our neighborhood last year. Well finally, i get to be a Sprouts ...
Chicken Pesto Pizza Recipe
Homemade chicken pesto pizza with the crispiest crust, loads of walnut pesto and a kick from pepper jack cheese. |to make the pizza dough I used my Kitchen Aid mixer + my mini food processor to make the pesto +my Pizza Stone| (<-amazon) I'm back with the promised ultimate chicken pesto pizza from scratch! I am clearly on the pizza train here, but I really can't help it. I made and froze two batches of my Italian pizza dough yesterday, and so of course it was the perfect reason for me to ...
Heart Shaped Pizza
A rustic heart shaped pizza topped with classic arrabbiata, adorable heart shaped pepperoni and fresh basil. I couldn’t help it you guys, I gave into the pressure and got all romantic on you with a heart shaped pizza with my homemade arrabiata sauce. It is Valentine’s weekend, plus aren't hearts so cute ? So, In case you express your love via food as yours truly, this heart shaped pizza is for you! I’ve never been one for crowded restaurants on special occasions, plus who says you have ...
Ricotta Spinach Pizza Recipe
Italian crispy thin crust ricotta spinach pizza with fontina and roasted garlic. The best homemade white spinach pizza Bianca! This white ricotta spinach pizza with sweet roasted garlic cloves is a nice way to say good-by to summer. Naturally I wanted to close our little summer pizza series with one of my favorite healthy flavor combinations: ricotta + spinach! If you like white pizza, then this one is for you! Not that I mind diving into the soups and stews season at all, but first ...
Egg Pizza Recipe
Egg pizza recipe perfection for the ultimate Sunday morning breakfast of your dreams. Runny golden yolks, garlic spinach, Prosciutto di Parma and creamy ricotta cheese. Plus I have the perfect caramelized onions to sprinkle over the top. This egg pizza recipe right here is why I save the leftovers from the week. Because let’s be honest, who’s going to caramelize onions on Sunday morning ? Not me that’s for sure. So I make them a day or two in advance and can look forward to Sunday ...
Berry Pizza with Whipped Ricotta Mascarpone Cheese
Goddess Dessert Berry Pizza with Whipped Ricotta, Mascarpone, Honey and Vanilla Blackberry Blueberry Sauce! | Berry Pizza food style by Florentina | food photography by MihaMatei.com | This to die for cheesecake like berry pizza is for you! Because whipped ricotta and berries you guys! Have you ever had a berry pizza before ? If you did, then you know why I’m so excited about it, and if you didn’t then i’ll just tell you that it is like a lovely piece of cheesecake. Imagine that ...
Burrata Pizza Recipe
Tomato Burrata Pizza of the Gods! An Italian style thin and crispy crust pizza pie, loaded with creamy burrata cheese and sweet oven roasted tomatoes! Top it with fragrant basil, arugula or a few strips of prosciutto di Parma. Can we even handle this ? I swear to you the photos do not do it any kind of justice. Remember how I was bragging about the best rustic pizza in Italy a few days ago ? If not, you can take a look-see at our Sicily adventure that inspired me to come home and recreate ...
Chicken Calzone Recipe
Homemade Chicken Calzone Recipe, rustic pizza dough stuffed with chicken parmigiana, fresh mozzarella, thick arrabiata sauce and fresh basil! Who is in the mood to try my chicken calzone recipe today?! With a cool front in California, it was the perfect occasion to crank up the oven as high as it would go. Not to mention how therapeutic it is to actually make your own pizza dough. Yes of course you can order a great pizza many places nowadays, but it still won’t come close to the one your ...