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With its blistered, crispy crust and utterly irresistible aroma, Garlic Pizza is proof that the simplest things are often the best. You’ll find yourself turning to this deeply browned, super savoury pizza -made from simple ingredients that you likely have on hand already- more often than you can imagine. Garlic pizza is perfection in its simplicity. It’s just pizza dough brushed with homemade garlic oil, sprinkled with parmesan cheese, and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Garlic Pizza

Rebecca Lindamood
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
With its blistered, crispy crust and utterly irresistible aroma, Garlic Pizza is proof that the simplest things are often the best. You’ll find yourself turning to this deeply browned, super savoury pizza -made from simple ingredients that you likely have on hand already- more often than you can imagine.
Garlic pizza is perfection in its simplicity. It’s just pizza dough brushed with homemade garlic oil, sprinkled with parmesan cheese, and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

Equipment

  • 1 pizza steel, pizza stone, pizza pan, or half sheet pan
  • 1 pizza peel (if using a stone or steel)
  • oven mitts
  • 1 chef's knife
  • 1 cutting board
  • 1 cheese grater
  • 1 small bowl
  • 1 fork
  • optional but helpful: pastry brush

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 pound pizza dough see notes
  • ⅓ cup grated parmesan romano, or asiago cheese
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • A pinch of crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon of minced fresh herbs like parsley chives, oregano

Instructions
 

  • Combine the olive oil, garlic, and crushed red pepper flakes and set aside.
  • Preheat the oven to 475°F.
  • Mix the garlic and olive oil together in a small bowl.
  • Stretch the pizza dough into a roughly 10-inch circle. Transfer the dough to a pizza pan or a pizza peel dusted with cornmeal or semolina flour.
  • Use a fork to fish as much of the garlic as possible from the oil and scatter it over the dough. Brush about ⅔ of the olive oil evenly over the crust.
  • Sprinkle with all but about 1 tablespoon of the grated parmesan cheese.
  • Transfer the crust to the oven (either on a baking sheet or onto a baking steel or stone) and bake until the crust is golden brown the bottom is crisp, about 6-8 minutes with a steel or stone or 10-12 minutes with a pizza pan.
  • Brush the crust with the remaining garlic oil and sprinkle with the reserved parmesan cheese and minced fresh herbs. Cut into wedges and serve hot, warm, or cold.
  • This is best the day it is made, but can be reheated in the air fryer or a moderate oven. To reheat in the air fryer, place it in the air fryer basket and reheat at 360ºF for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • To reheat in the oven, wrap your slices of garlic pizza loosely in foil and place in a cold oven. Preheat the oven to 350ºF. By the time the oven is hot, your pizza will be perfectly reheated.

Notes

*You can use homemade pizza dough or pizza dough which has been purchased from your grocery store or favourite pizzeria. I do not recommend making this with canned pizza dough, though.
If using frozen pizza dough, be sure it is thawed and thoroughly proofed before making your pizza with it.

Nutrition

Calories: 296kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 7gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 556mgPotassium: 21mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 72IUVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 77mgIron: 2mg

Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

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