Pizza Made Using Puff Pastry
I’m always on the hunt for quick and easy dinners that are family friendly, kid-approved, and great for busy weeknights. This puff pastry pizza with oodles of cheese, pepperoni, bacon, and some fun extras like cherry tomatoes and fresh basil checks all the boxes. It uses a great kitchen shortcut — namely puff pastry for the dough which creates a flaky, light crust. Don’t worry if you don’t have puff pastry dough in your area because I have lots of other favorite pizza recipes without it that are highlighted underneath the recipe card section. I have a recipe for Two-Ingredient Pizza Dough as well as One-Hour Whole Wheat Pizza Dough which is totally from scratch. Not only is pepperoni and bacon puff pastry pizza great for a quick dinner, it also makes for a great game day snack whether we’re talking tailgating or March madness. Your hungry group of fans will be asking for more.
Ingredients in Puff Pastry Pizza
To make this easy family-favorite puff pastry pizza recipe, you’ll need the following common and easy to find ingredients including:
Puff pastry dough All-purpose flour Olive oil Pizza sauce Shredded cheese Pepperoni slice Cherry tomatoes, optional Bacon, optional Fresh basil, optional for serving Grated Parmesan cheese, optional for serving Red pepper flakes, optional for serving
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Pizza with Puff Pastry
Making pizza with puff pastry is a cinch! Just follow these easy and straightforward steps:
How to Thaw Puff Pastry
Make sure not to over thaw the dough. It should still be slightly stiff when you begin working with it. Just 30 minutes unwrapped on the counter is ideal. At most, puff pastry dough should only thaw for 40 minutes because it needs to be cold in order to bake properly. By thawing the puff pastry dough for 30 minutes, you still have 10 minutes to work with it before baking it.
Additional Puff Pastry Pizza Topping Ideas
While my family is fond of classic pepperoni and cheese pizzas, I also jazzed up this savory puff pastry recipe with cherry tomatoes, bacon, and fresh basil. However, the sky is the limit for pizza toppings including the following crowd favorite pizza topping ideas:
Sausage (cook and crumble it before adding it) Shredded chicken (precooked such as deli rotisserie chicken) Mushrooms (optionally saute them in olive oil in a skillet before adding) Black olives Bell peppers Onions Ham Pineapple
Add whatever you have on hand and your hungry friends and family will gobble right up!
Tips for the Best Puff Pastry Pizza
Adding the olive oil: To be absolutely sure that you wind up with the best puff pastry pizza, it is very important that you when roll the dough before baking, do not add the olive oil. Add the olive oil after baking because otherwise the pastry will puff up too much during the first bake. As the dough bakes: The dough really won’t expand or puff up too much during the first 10-minute bake so don’t be alarmed when you see that. After you continue baking it after adding the sauce and other toppings is when you’ll notice that it puffs up.
Adding the sauce: Make sure to leave a small clear margin around the edges when adding the sauce and toppings so they don’t overflow.
Adding the toppings: When adding pizza toppings apart from the cheese, don’t get too carried away! I generally stick with 3 toppings, plus some fresh herbs if you’re into them. Here I used pepperoni, cooked bacon, tomatoes, and then fresh basil. If using fresh herbs: Keep in mind that fresh herbs like basil or rosemary will be prone to burning so keep an eye on them. Alternatively, you can add any fresh herbs you may be using as garnishes after baking if you prefer. The residual heat from the pizza will wilt them quickly.
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