Goat Cheese Pizza
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This simple yet flavourful goat cheese pizza will be a hit for your pizza night. The combination of crispy crust and melty goat cheese is truly SENSATIONAL.
It’s also so easy to whip up with my one-bowl pizza dough. Ready?
We’ve made it to the end of the week and I’m here with a wonderful goat cheese pizza that is crisp and crunchy, cheesy and melty… meaning it’s the perfect Friday comfort food!
Because there’s something addicting when you have creamy goat cheese and gooey mozzarella on a freshly baked crispy pizza, and I am loving EVERY last bit of it. Seriously.
Frankly, I’ve been in love with this white pizza for years. The rich goat cheese brings so much flavor making pizza SO delicious that I can hardly stand it.
Don’t get me wrong, I still ADORE all these scrumptious pizza toppings or veggie pizzas, but sometimes I find that the cheesy goodness has more chances to shine without a tomato pizza sauce.
Think of my simple mozzarella pizza, cream cheese pizza, ricotta pizza or gorgonzola pizza. They’re absolutely delicious and I urge you to try them all!
Now, let’s make this terrific goat cheese recipe, and enjoy your pizza night!
List of the ingredients
- Pizza dough (use my recipe of use your fav crust!)
- Fresh mozzarella
- Goat cheese log
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Thyme (or your fav herbs)
- Salt and pepper
How to make goat cheese pizza
(Note: this is a quick description, the full recipe is at the bottom of the page)
- Start by making my no-knead dough (video tutorial included), or use your fav recipe or store-bought dough if desired.
- After rising, stretch the dough into a rectangular shape on parchment paper.
- Add the mozzarella, goat cheese, salt, pepper, thyme and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake until golden and crispy. Enjoy!
Recipe notes
Goat cheese pizza ingredients
Homemade pizza dough: to keep things easy, this no-knead pizza dough is my go-to pizza recipe. This recipe walks you through the steps, but if you’ve got a homemade or store-bought crust you love, feel free to substitute it!
Mozzarella: I use only fresh whole milk mozzarella balls packed in water for my pizzas. But the shredded low moisture option works too if you prefer.
Goat cheese: I would recommend using a goat cheese log with a mild flavor (I used a brand called Chavroux La Bouche, largely available here in the UK). This goat’s cheese gets a soft, bloomy rind with a slight crumbly texture, so you can cut it into slices. You can also use a goat milk brie, it works fine.
Extra virgin olive oil: for the best flavor, I add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil before baking.
Herbs: the aromatic thyme pairs beautifully with the rich goat cheese. You can add a pinch of dried thyme instead of fresh.
Salt and pepper: make sure you add salt and freshly ground black pepper. I also love a touch of chili flakes.
Goat cheese pizza variations
This pizza with goat cheese is perfect on its own, enjoyable any time of year, but it’s also great to customize. My favorite add-ins are sun-dried tomatoes, figs, caramelised onions. They create a lovely contrast with the creamy goat cheese. But also vegetables like roasted peppers or zucchini, arugula or cherry tomatoes work very well.
How to bake a crispy pizza
- Preheat the oven. A burst of initial heat from the hot oven is so important!
- Bake the pizza on the bottom rack of the oven, close to the heating element. This is the best spot in my oven to make the pizza bottom crispy. But since each oven is different, use the position that works best for you.
- Stretch the pizza dough using your fingers and try to keep all those gas bubbles inside the dough. Don’t use a rolling pin.
- Bake your pizza on a hot pizza stone or pizza steel. Alternatively, you can use a baking tray (see my tips in the recipe card!) and make sure the pizza stone is inside during preheat, so it’s already hot when you bake your pizza.
- Use parchment paper and a pizza peel (or the back of a baking sheet) to transfer your pizza to the hot stone. This helps greatly if you use a high-hydration dough like my no-knead dough.
- Finish with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil for more flavor!
More pizza recipes you’ll love!
These collection of 17 veggie pizzas and 25 YUMMY pizza toppings or Focaccia toppings offer you plenty of recipes for your pizza night!
Here a few of our favorites:
- Olive pizza
- Bruschetta pizza
- Pizza with eggplants
- Fresh tomato pizza
- Artichoke pizza
- Quick Caprese pizza
- Spinach pizza
- Sun dried tomato pizza
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Goat Cheese Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza dough
- 1 easy pizza dough (or your fav dough)
Mozzarella topping
- 1 mozzarella ball packed in water (or shredded low moisture mozzarella)*
- 1 (5oz/150 grams) goat cheese log, cut into slices
- ¼ tsp fine salt (plus extra sea salt flakes to serve, optional)
- freshly ground black pepper
- ½ tablespoon fresh thyme, leaves
- extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Instructions
Pizza dough
- Follow the easy no-knead pizza recipe through step 5, including shaping the pizza and preheating the oven.
Mozzarella topping
- Shape the dough: when the dough is ready follow step 5, place the paper sheet or parchment paper onto a pizza peel or onto the back of a rimmed baking sheet. Then place the dough on this parchment paper, and starting from the center, gently press it out with your fingers until you get approx a 9×13 inch pizza.
- Add the topping: firstly, if you use fresh mozzarella in water, slice or dice it and place it on a kitchen towel or kitchen paper. Add another folded piece of paper towel on top, pat it dry to absorb excess moisture let it dry for at least 10 minutes. Finally add mozzarella and goat cheese slices evenly to the pizza, sprinkle some salt on top (I use approx ¼ heaping teaspoon of fine salt), freshly ground black pepper, and drizzle with extra virgin olive oil.
- Bake the pizza: when the oven is hot, 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, approx 10-15 minutes. But each oven is different, keep an eye on it (e.g. in a forced fan oven it will take about 8-10 minutes).
- Serve: allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two before serving. Slice, serve immediately, enjoy!
