Vegetarian Pizza Recipes You'll Make Time and Time Again (2024)

FAQs

What are the top 10 veggie pizza toppings? ›

The answer is yes—for some styles of pizza. You may, however, prebake thin-crust and medium-crust pizzas for the purpose of freezing. In those cases, the pizzas are prebaked with sauce and cooled. We recommend adding cheese just before baking.

Use a Higher Heat. It's important for any heavily veggie-topped pizza to be cooked at a slightly higher temperature. This helps “seal” the crust before it has a chance to absorb too much moisture.

Spinach - This leafy green is a great addition to pizza as it's mild in flavor and has a soft texture. It's also loaded with nutrients such as iron, calcium, and vitamins A and C. Plus, it pairs well with other toppings such as feta cheese and garlic.

Of course you do. Parbaking, or partially baking the dough to its halfway point in advance can save you a ton of time on pizza party day. You just have to top it and toss it back in the oven before you want to sit down and eat. This is also a great way to get everyone involved in the pizza-making experience.

To make it even easier to roll out, prepare it ahead, and refrigerate it overnight. Refrigerated dough will keep several days. It may also be successfully frozen and thawed. Keeping preweighed individual frozen dough balls on hand makes it easy to have pizza whenever you like.

Use your favorite or what you have on hand. Some other ideas include: zucchini or yellow squash, bell peppers, corn, broccoli, tomatoes or sun dried tomatoes, eggplant, greens (spinach, kale, or arugula). And I always finish my pizza with fresh basil, crushed red pepper flakes, and a little Parmesan cheese.

Domino's Pacific Veggie pizza is a great choice if you believe more is more. It has (almost) everything: baby spinach, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and black olives. It's also topped with three kinds of cheese — feta, provolone, and mozzarella — and sprinkled with garlic herb seasoning.

A baking stone, or pizza stone, is a large piece of thick, ceramic tile that sits on the rack of your oven. By preheating the stone along with the oven to a high temperature—think in the 450°F to 500°F range—it picks up and retains a ton of heat that provides exceptional browning for your bottom crust.

Do you cook peppers and onions before putting on pizza? ›

Whether on pizza, salads, or sandwiches, raw bell peppers can overpower other ingredients. You can either roast whole peppers until soft, charred, and sweet, or pan sauté thin slices. On pizza, bell peppers can balance richer toppings such as crumbled sausage, caramelized onions, and roasted garlic.

Onions should be pan sautéed with a little olive oil until soft and caramelized before putting on top of a pizza. Raw onions contain a lot of moisture and will not cook evenly if baked on top of a raw pizza dough.

Arrange the tomato slices in a single layer over the cheese. Sprinkle with the Parmesan. Arrange basil leaves on top, drizzle with a little more olive oil and sprinkle garlic all over. Bake the pizzas until the crusts are crisp and brown on the bottom and the cheese is melted on top, about 15 minutes.

Vegetarian Pizza Recipe Variations

Add sautéed mushrooms, sliced olives, or mini broccoli florets. Use pepperoncini instead of the jalapeño. Brush the crust with pesto instead of pizza sauce. Replace the pecorino with Parmesan cheese.

Zucchini, aubergines and peppers are usually grilled, before being placed on the pizza. Mushrooms are also usually grilled, even if they are not a vegetable. Onion and olives, for example, are placed on the pizza still raw.