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Zucchini Pizza is the perfect vegetarian pizza recipe. It has a from-scratch pizza crust and slices of zucchini on top and it’s one of our favorite summer pizza recipes!
Whether you know me or not, I’m sure you can guess what my favorite part of the pizza is. Here’s a hint: I’M CRAZY FOR CRUST! Before you say, “Ewww!!! Zucchini doesn’t belong on pizza!!!” just stick with me for a moment because this may be the weird pizza recipe you’ll end up falling in love with.
Once I learned how easy it was to make my own pizza sauce, I vowed to never buy store-bought sauce again. This pizza is one of my go-to Friday night dinners, especially when zucchini is in season. The zucchini softens a bit but still has crunch, adding a ton of texture to the finished recipe.
Zucchini Pizza Ingredients
- Pizza Crust: you can start with homemade pizza dough or store-bought pizza dough. Either way is fine. I’ve even done this with my 2 ingredient dough!
- I love my homemade pizza sauce but use a store-bought jar if you want.
- Be sure to shred your own cheese (the pre-shredded stuff has a coating that makes it not melt as easily).
- Zucchini: I had 2 medium zucchini so I used one for each pizza.
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Dorothy’s Testing Notes
- Don’t like the crunch of al dente zucchini? Cook it first for a few minutes while the oven preheats.
- Always cook pizza at a high temperature (at least 450°F). This crisps up the crust.
- Preheating the pan helps yield a crispier crust too; if you prepare the pizza on parchment paper it’s easier to move from your workspace to the hot pan.
Zucchini Pizza Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 recipe pizza crust, or store bought
- ½ to 1 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 thinly sliced zucchini, (small)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- Stretch and pat pizza dough with floured hands to fill greased 12-inch pizza pan or baking sheet.
- Spread with pizza sauce. Top with cheese. Top with zucchini.
- Bake on lowest oven rack for 12 to 15 minutes, until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned.
- Cool just a minute or so before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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How to make zucchini pizza
- You can bake pizza on a cookie sheet or a pizza pan. I always use parchment to make life easier.
- I prefer the cheese go on before the toppings.
- Simply add the zucchini all over the top before baking.
FAQs
Yes! Use any kind of pizza crust you like.
You can microwave your pizza but I find the best results in the oven. I usually toast mine for about 2-5 minutes.
Yes. Zucchini doesn’t need to be cooked beforehand but I love the added flavor it gives when roasted ahead.
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