Ready in 15 minutes, this easy and quick Puff Pastry Pizza recipe is a delicious new way to enjoy pizza. The crust is light and fluffy, and you can top it with your favorite pizza toppings. Let’s bake it.
Why this puff pastry pizza is so good…
- Super easy to prep ahead.
- Ready in 15 minutes. It’s a super quick puff pastry pizza recipe.
- Great for entertaining. Using puff pastry for pizza is a fun way to serve pizza as an appetizer.
- Eat it any time of the day. This is an easy dinner but it also an easy appetizer and one of my go to brunch recipes when we have company.
- Kids love it.
Ingredients
Here’s what you need to make this easy puff pastry pizza recipe.
- Puff pastry sheet
- Tomato sliced into circles
- Mozzarella balls and/or shredded mozzarella
- Pizza sauce (see this homemade pizza sauce or white pizza sauce)
- Basil, fresh
How to make puff pastry pizza
Let’s make it…
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Take out a sheet pan and set it aside.
- Place a piece of parchment paper on a cutting board or work surface. Add the puff pastry dough sheet on top. Use a rolling pin to roll out puff pastry dough so it is 2-3 inches larger. (You can elongate the dough as you roll it out, to make a rectangle pizza shape instead of a square pizza, if desired to fit your sheet pan.)
- Assemble the puff pastry pizza by adding a layer of tomato sauce in the center, and leaving 1” around the outside without sauce (for the pizza crust). Add tomato slices on top of the sauce. Then, top it with shredded and fresh mozzarella cheese. (You can set it in the fridge to meal prep it in advance once it’s assembled, or bake it at this time.)
- Add the puff pastry pizza to the oven and bake it for 10 -15 minutes or until the cheese has melted at 425°F. Rotate the sheet tray in the oven halfway for best results. When it’s done, the crust will be fluffy and golden brown.
- Remove puff pastry pizza from the oven and top it with fresh basil before serving.
Gourmet toppings for puff pastry pizza
- Goat cheese crumbles and pears.
- Black olives and green bell peppers.
- Parmesan cheese and pepperoni slices.
- Diced green onion and ground beef.
If you’ve been looking for a simpler way to make pizza at home, here is a recipe for you: pita bread pizza – they’re personalized pizzas made easy! In my recipe I share six topping ideas, so you’re sure to find one you love! Serve with frozen sweet potato tots and blueberry salad.
FAQs
You definitely can! I love trying out new flavor combinations when I’m making pizza at home, and once you begin experimenting, you’ll discover the sky’s the limit. Some gourmet puff pastry pizza ideas can be made with my other pizza recipes, like this one for pulled pork pizza, Philly cheese steak pizza, and chicken spinach pizza.
No, I don’t find it necessary to mix together an egg wash (egg yolk and a little water) to brunch on the one inch border around the puff pastry pizza dough. I also don’t find it necessary to add olive oil as buttery puff pastry sheets can get soggy if you add extra oil to them.
While frozen puff pastry will work just as well as fresh, you do want to thaw it out before you roll it out. Frozen pastry is prone to cracking— not what you’re looking for when you’re baking pizza. Let it thaw overnight in the fridge for best results.
Puff pastry pizza is rich and full in flavor, which makes it best served with light appetizers or salads like this peach salad or strawberry feta salad or Caprese cucumber salad.
The Perfect Pizza Setup
Want to make restaurant style pizza at home? I’ve got you covered! Here are some of my top tips, tricks, secret ingredients and tools for a pizza night everyone will look forward to, again and again.
- NEVER do this… Contrary to what most people believe, when baking pizza on a sheet pan, never add toppings to raw pizza dough. Instead, follow my recipe for making homemade pizza with ready made dough, which will teach you how to par bake pizza dough first.
- Get help from secret ingredients…
– This dough seasoning is the secret to real Italian-tasting homemade pizza dough.
– Add pizza seasoning to store bought pizza sauce. This makes the pizza taste really fresh! - Herbs are for after… In my weekly pizza making practice, I’ve found that fresh herbs, like basil, need to be added to pizza after the pizza is done baking (so the herbs don’t wilt).
- Buy fresh dough and get amazing results. Yup, fresh dough from grocery stores is one of my favorite short-cuts. Learn how to use fresh Trader Joe’s pizza dough and Whole Foods pizza dough with my tutorials.
- Frozen pizza can taste amazing, too!! Learn how to spruce it up with this recipe for pizza using frozen crust.
- Slice pizza pies like a chef with just a few swipes, using big ol’ pizza cutters.
- Want to grill pizza? Here are some pizza grilling tools to check out.
- Do you really need to cook pizza on the rack? Nope! I basically never do. Here are tools you see me using in my tutorials on cooking pizza in the oven…
– Bake pizza on a rimmed baking pan set to get a beautiful golden brown crust.
– Love crispy crust? Let the air flow with this dishwasher safe pizza pan.
– Get personal – let your fam / friends top their own pies with this set of personal pizza pans.
More pizza recipes from Sip Bite Go
- Cast iron skillet pizza
- Pepperoni pizza
- Cheeseburger pizza
- Philly cheese steak pizza
- Smoked Traeger pizza
- Chicken spinach pizza with bacon
- Homemade pizza dough
- Pizza sauce recipe
- White pizza sauce
- See tips for stretching pizza dough by hand
- Learn how to make frozen premade pizza crust taste better
- GUIDE: how to cook chicken breast for pizza
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Puff Pastry Pizza Recipe | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry sheet thawed
- 1 medium tomato sliced ½” circles
- 6 small mozzarella balls fresh, cut in half
- 1 cup mozzarella shredded
- ¼ cup pizza sauce
- 1 tbsp basil fresh chopped thin (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Take out a sheet pan and set it aside.
- Place a piece of parchment paper on a cutting board or work surface. Add the puff pastry dough sheet on top. Use a rolling pin to roll out puff pastry dough so it is 2-3 inches larger. (You can elongate the dough as you roll it out, to make a rectangle pizza shape instead of a square pizza, if desired to fit your sheet pan.)
- Assemble the puff pastry pizza by adding a layer of tomato sauce in the center, and leaving 1” around the outside without sauce (for the pizza crust). Add tomato slices on top of the sauce. Then, top it with shredded and fresh mozzarella cheese. (You can set it in the fridge to meal prep it in advance once it’s assembled, or bake it at this time.)
- Add the puff pastry pizza to the oven and bake it for 10 -15 minutes or until the cheese has melted at 425°F. Rotate the sheet tray in the oven halfway for best results. When it’s done, the crust will be fluffy and golden brown.
- Remove puff pastry pizza from the oven and top it with fresh basil before serving.
Supriya Kutty says
My kids requested me to make something new for them in breakfast and so while searching for a few I came across this site by you. I followed your steps and could successfully make these yummy puff pastry pizzas my kids liked them a lot thank you so much.