Asparagus Pizza with Creamy Goat Cheese and Crispy bacon make up the perfect homemade pizza. Bursting with flavor and done in mere minutes, this gourmet asparagus pizza is your solution to a weeknight recipe to remember!
Who doesn’t love eating pizza? Pizza is about the world’s most versatile and acceptable food. Kids love it, adults love it, it can be served as an appetizer, a party food, a full meal. Heck, pizza even makes a good breakfast!
I have had the pleasure of eating pizza in Rome itself and I will tell you, once you bite off a mozzarella and prosciutto pizza in Italy, you may never go back.
Even though I can’t live in Rome and soak up the daily food perfection (and the 10 extra pounds) on a daily basis, I can enjoy a custom pizza at home.
This asparagus pizza with goat cheese is a perfect weeknight escape when you want a quick recipe but still something that has super flavor.
Crunchy pieces of bacon, a mixture of rich cheeses, and a sprinkling of veggies makes this an almost guilt free recipe that will make you come back for a second, or a third, slice. You can also spice it up with other recipe ideas like Asparagus Prosciutto pizza or even add chicken for some protein.
Personally I make my pizzas in the oven but you can grill pizza too!
Asparagus and Goat Cheese Pizza
There are so many ways to learn how to make asparagus. It’s a pretty strong flavor when it comes to veggies but is oh-so-good.
I love baking up asparagus on pizza, where it has the perfect bite and texture. Funny thing was that it wasn’t my favorite veggie growing up and my kids don’t love it either, but when I can hide it into bread an cheese, they are more apt to try a few bites without having a full on tantrum. I have hopes that some day they will expand their veggie palette if I keep trying to feed them vegetables.
Ingredients:
- 1 prepared thin crust pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 slices bacon, cooked, and chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup asparagus spears cut into 1″ pieces
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 2 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
- red pepper flakes
- ground black pepper
Meal Prep for Asparagus Pizza
To “crumble” the goat cheese, you flake it off with a fork. You can break apart large pieces of goat cheese that come off the log before sprinkling onto the pizza.
Tools used to make Pizza
Pizza can be a sensitive recipe to cook. It’s so easy to burn on the bottom or even have issues when you go to serve. Having the right pizza equipment in your kitchen is paramount to making a recipe go easy!
- Pizza Stone
– really helps with crust - Pizza Roller – nothing is easier than using a great pizza roller for perfect pieces
– really helps with crust
– nothing is easier than using a great pizza roller for perfect piecesCan you substitute any of the Asparagus Pizza ingredients?
Sure! Pizza can be majorly personal and while this goat cheese and asparagus pizza is super flavorful and amazing, you may want to add or detract ingredients.
Try any of the following ways to change it up with beautiful results:
- fig
- arugula
- prosciutto
- fresh basil
- thinly sliced onion slices
- caramelized onions
- red onions
- ham
- lemon zest
How to make Goat Cheese Pizza
Preheat oven to 425.
Place pizza crust onto pizza stone
or pizza pan (baking sheet). Brush with olive oil.
Top pizza crust with mozzarella cheese, asparagus, bacon and tomatoes.
There is no tomato sauce in this recipe so the tomatoes really help bring some of that traditional flavor out.
Add goat cheese flakes.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.
Remove from oven and top with red pepper and fresh ground pepper
Slice before serving.
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Asparagus and Goat Cheese Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 prepared thin crust pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 slices bacon - cooked, and chopped into small pieces
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup asparagus spears cut into 1" pieces
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes - cut in half
- 2 ounces goat cheese - crumbled
- red pepper flakes
- ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425.
- Place pizza crust onto pizza stone or pizza pan (baking sheet). Brush with olive oil.
- Top pizza crust with mozzarella cheese, asparagus, bacon and tomatoes. There is no tomato sauce in this recipe so the tomatoes really help bring some of that traditional flavor out.
- Add goat cheese flakes.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.
- Remove from oven and top with red pepper and fresh ground pepper
- Slice before serving.
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