Homemade Mediterranean Pizza
Mediterranean pizza has all the incredible flavors of Mediterranean cuisine on a thin crust pizza. Easily customize it to include your favorite toppings.
Looking for more homemade pizza recipes? Try my southwest bbq chicken flatbread pizza, fig and prosciutto pizza with arugula, or kimchi pizza.
What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make this mediterranean-style pizza:
- Homemade pizza dough – or use store-bought in a pinch.
- Tomato paste pizza sauce – or any tomato sauce.
- Mozzarella cheese – dairy free mozzarella, sliced fresh mozzarella, shredded mozzarella, etc. Anything will work. I used Miyoko’s pourable cashew milk mozzarella to keep mine dairy free.
- Fresh spinach
- Artichoke hearts
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Red onion
- Capers
- Fresh basil
How to Make Mediterranean Pizza: Step By Step
Here are some quick visual instructions. The full instructions and ingredient list will be in the printable recipe card below!
- Preheat oven. Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C and place a pizza stone or an inverted rimmed baking sheet on the middle oven rack.
- Roll out dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll out your pizza dough into a thin, circular shape then transfer it to a pizza peel or preheated baking sheet dusted with flour or corn meal.
- Add sauce. Use the back of a spoon to spread a thin layer of the sauce onto the dough, leaving about ½-inch space around the edges.
- Add toppings. Start with the cheese then add the rest of the toppings (minus the basil).
- Bake. Bake in the preheated oven for about 7-10 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
- Garnish. Top with torn basil leaves then cut into slices.
Helpful Tips
- For even more flavor, use marinated artichoke hearts.
Quick Tip: Make a batch of homemade pizza dough ahead of time and store it in the fridge or freezer. If frozen, let thaw in the fridge overnight. Remove it from the fridge and let it sit on the countertop covered with a tea towel until it comes to room temperature. It’s my best kept secret for making the best homemade pizza quick and easily. It’s infinitely better than a pre-made pizza crust.
Storage
Store leftover pizza in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Make It Your Way: Substitutions & Variations
Please remember that recipes are just a starting point.
How can you make this mediterranean pizza recipe using what you already have? Here are some ideas…
- No capers? – use castlevetrano olives for a similar briny, mild flavor. Otherwise kalamata olives, green olives, or black olives can be used.
- No red onion? – sub shallot or leave it out.
- Make it gluten free – use your favorite gluten free pizza crust.
- Add-ins – roasted red peppers, cherry tomatoes, red pepper flakes, sliced pepperoncini, feta cheese (for dairy free, I love Follow Your Heart), cooked chicken, etc.
Serving Ideas
Although you can enjoy this pizza as a stand alone meal, it’s also delicious served with fresh salads such as Mediterranean cucumber salad with tomato, shaved cucumber fennel salad, or Italian green bean salad.
More Pizza Recipes
- Southwest BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza
- Fig and Prosciutto Pizza With Arugula
- Kimchi Pizza
- Pesto Chicken Flatbread
I hope you love this Mediterranean Pizza! If you make this recipe, please leave a comment & a star rating below. Thank you!
Homemade Mediterranean Pizza
Ingredients
- flour or corn meal to prevent sticking
- 1 ball homemade pizza dough
- ⅓ – ½ cup tomato paste pizza sauce or any tomato sauce, amount will depend on size of pizza
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese of choice or more, to taste
- 1 cup fresh spinach roughly chopped
- ⅓ cup halved artichoke hearts roughly chopped
- ¼ cup oil packed sun-dried tomatoes cut into strips if whole
- 1-2 tablespoons diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon capers
Garnish
- fresh basil leaves torn
Instructions
- Preheat oven. Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C and place a pizza stone or an inverted rimmed baking sheet on the middle oven rack.
- Roll out dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll out your pizza dough into a thin, circular shape then transfer it to a pizza peel or preheated baking sheet dusted with flour or corn meal.
- Add sauce. Use the back of a spoon to spread a thin layer of the sauce onto the dough, leaving about ½-inch space around the edges.
- Add toppings. Start with the cheese then add the rest of the toppings (minus the basil).
- Bake. Bake in the preheated oven for about 7-10 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.
- Garnish. Top with torn basil leaves then cut into slices.