Why order out when you can make this stellar olive pizza at home? In this classic flavor combination the crispy pizza crust is topped with mozzarella and delicious juicy olives. It's so simple yet amazingly good!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Resting time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Pizza
Cuisine: Italian, vegetarian
Keyword: Olive Pizza
Servings: 4
Author: Katia
Ingredients
Pizza dough
1easy pizza dough(or your fav dough)
Olive pizza topping
½ cup(120 ml)pizza sauce
1 cup(180 grams)fresh mozzarella in water, diced (shredded is ok too)
1 cup(140 grams)pitted olives (any color)
1 teaspoondried oregano
¼ - ½teaspoon chili flakes, to taste (optional)
½ Tablespoonextra virgin olive oil (optional)
Instructions
Pizza dough
Follow the easy no-knead pizza recipe through step 5, including shaping the pizza and preheating the oven.
Olive pizza topping
Shape the dough: when the dough is ready follow step 5, place the dough on a parchment paper sheet and starting from the center, gently press it out with your fingers until you get approx a 9×13 inch pizza. Then gently place the dough onto a pizza peel or onto the back of a rimmed baking sheet.
Add the topping: top the pizza evenly with diced mozzarella, olives, oregano, chili flakes if you use it. Finally sprinkle a touch of fine salt on top and a little drizzle of extra virgin olive oil (optional).
Bake the pizza: make sure the oven is hot and 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 15 minutes. 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 and drizzle with good-quality extra virgin olive oil, also garlic oil would be nice. Slice and serve immediately.
Notes
What to use instead of a pizza stone? Each oven usually has a rimmed baking sheet or a large cookie sheet that you can simply invert it and place on the lowest shelf of your oven before you preheat it. When the baking sheet is right-side up, taking the pizza in and out of the oven will be easier and the preheated baking sheet will make a nice and crisp pizza crust
How to measure flour?I use both US cups and grams. The cups of flour are leveled, which means you have to fill the measuring cup all the way to the top letting the flour flow over a little. Then, use the back of a knife to level the top off. However, a digital scale is an excellent kitchen tool and gives a more correct weight.
Pizza with olives leftovers: cover leftover pizza tightly and store in the refrigerator up to 1 day or freeze up to 3 months. Thaw and reheat in the oven the frozen pizza leftovers until nice and crispy.