Goat Cheese Pizza
Creamy Goat Cheese pizza with a variety of toppings you love - like tomatoes and Crispy bacon make up the perfect homemade pizza. Bursting with flavor and done in mere minutes, this gourmet goat cheese pizza recipe (with toppings of choice) is your solution to a weeknight recipe to remember!
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 147kcal
Ingredients
- 1 prepared thin crust pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 ounces goat cheese crumbled
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- red pepper flakes
- ground black pepper
Suggested Toppings
- 6 slices bacon cooked, and chopped into small pieces
- 1/2 cup asparagus spears cut into 1" pieces
- 1/2 cup grape tomatoes cut in half
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425. Please note to check the crust you purchase for possible alterations in oven-baked temperature and timing.
- Place pizza crust onto a pizza stone or pizza pan (baking sheet). Brush the entire crust with olive oil.
- Top pizza crust with mozzarella cheese and toppings you love - as shown asparagus pieces, crispy bacon, and sliced cherry tomatoes.
- Add goat cheese flakes all around top of pizza.
- Bake goat cheese pizza for 10-12 minutes or until cheese begins to brown.
- Remove pizza from the oven and top with red pepper flakes and fresh ground pepper.
- Slice before serving.
Notes
How to Crumble Goat Cheese
To "crumble" the goat cheese, you flake it off with a fork. Break apart large pieces of goat cheese that come off the log before sprinkling them onto the Pizza.
Gourmet Pizza Topping Substitutions
Homemade Pizzas can be majorly personal, and while this goat cheese and asparagus pizza are super flavorful and unforgettable, you may want to add or detract ingredients.
Try any of the following ways to change it up with beautiful results:
- Add some Sweet: Sliced fig and freshly sliced pear are complementary to goat cheese.
- Add some Savory: Bright green fresh arugula or shredded spinach leaves are popular choices for making things green.
- Add some Protein - Topping choices that go well with this cheese are prosciutto or thinly sliced ham.
- Use Fresh Herbs - Fresh basil leaves are a game-changer when paired with soft goat cheese.
- Onions - thinly sliced onion slices, caramelized onions, or red onion pieces all bring a nice crisp, flavorful, and 'bite' to the gentle soft creamy goat cheese.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 147kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 224mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 252IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 1mg