Burrata Pizza
This homemade Burrata Pizza recipe is going to win your next pizza night! It's bursting with flavor from the fresh tomatoes, parmesan, burrata, arugula, and a drizzle of an incredible balsamic reduction to bring all the flavors together.
Ingredients
- 1 lbpizza dough
- ½ cuppizza sauce ((114g), or use pesto sauce)
- 1 cupfreshly grated parmesan cheese ((100g))
- 2heirloom tomatoes (, or a few small campari tomatoes, thinly sliced)
- 8 ozburrata (, (two 4oz balls))
- ¼ cupfresh basil leaves ((6g), sliced)
- 1 cupbaby arugula ((28g), optional)
- balsamic reduction (, optional)
- crushed red pepper flakes (, optional)
Directions
- 1
Oven Method: Preheat a pizza stone in hot oven to 450 degrees F (230°C). Roll out dough thinly, to form pizza crust. Add some cornmeal to a pizza peel and place the pizza dough on top. Slide onto pizza stone and cook for 3-4 minutes. Remove from oven and spread with a thin layer of sauce, then parmesan cheese and tomato slices. Cook for 5 more minutes, or until crust is crisp and cooked through.
- 2
Pizza Oven Method: Roll out pizza dough. Sprinkle a pizza peel with cornmeal and flour and place the pizza dough on top. Spread with a thin layer of sauce. Top with parmesan cheese and a few slices of tomato. Use pizza peel to slide the pizza into hot, preheated pizza oven. Rotate gradually, until cooked and crisp on all sides—usually takes about 3 minutes.
- 3
Add Burrata: Remove pizza from oven. Tear burrata ball into pieces and scatter around the pizza (or serve it whole, in the center of the pizza). Top with fresh basil. Optional, top with arugula and a drizzle of balsamic reduction. Add some crushed red pepper flakes, if desired.