Olive & Artichoke Pizza
Mediterranean inspired flavors, this Olive and Artichoke pizza is full of delicious flavors - including, artichoke hearts, garlic, kalamata olives, tomatoes, and cheeses.
Servings: 6
Calories: 133kcal
Ingredients
- Pizza dough recipe see note
- 1/2 cup crushed tomatoes
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1/2 cup canned artichoke hearts marinated or not
- 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 3 large fresh basil leaves chopped
- 3 small fresh mint leaves chopped
- 1 cup freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Prepare your pizza dough and allow time to rise.
When the pizza dough is ready, preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. - Lay out the pizza dough onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Gather and prepare your ingredients.
- If making two smaller pizzas, divide the dough and roll out. Otherwise, roll out dough to make one large pizza and add to a parchment paper lined baking sheet pan.
- Begin layering the topping and distribute evenly to your pizza. Start by adding the crushed tomatoes and spread out over the pizza dough.
- Next, layer on the chopped garlic and capers.
Add the artichoke hearts. You can divide them up a bit if you choose. - Distribute the Kalamata olives to the pizza. I usually keep mine whole, but you can also slice them up to give more coverage of olives to the pizza.
- Next, chop up both the fresh mint and fresh basil and layer on the pizza evenly. Fresh herbs are really important here.
- Lastly, sprinkle the freshly shredded mozzarella cheese. Fresh shredded cheese gives the pizza a better texture and flavor. (see note)
- Add fresh grated Parmesan cheese to the top.
Bake in preheated 475 degree F oven for about 13-15 minutes. Or until dough is golden brown and baked through. - Allow to cool a little before slicing. Enjoy!
Notes
You can use whichever pizza dough that you prefer. My recommendation is to make a homemade pizza dough from scratch. Here is the recipe for homemade pizza dough my Sicilian grandmother taught me to make.
Pre-shredded cheese that you would purchase at a grocery store usually contains added starch to prevent the cheese from caking. And it leaves a different texture than a fresh shredded cheese
Nutrition
Serving: 1c | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 553mg | Potassium: 87mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 477IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 212mg | Iron: 1mg