Homemade Greek pizza with roasted red pepper sauce is an easy, healthy comfort food for any weeknight or weekend!
We LOVE pizza night because it's one of the most fun and creative ways to use seasonal produce to make a super-satisfying, comforting dinner for the whole family. Using a homemade pizza dough or even store bought dough will work perfectly here (I get mine at Trader Joe's), and we even make our own roasted red pepper sauce, though store bought sauce is perfectly delicious too. The whole point of this recipe is to be EASY and fresh! Get ready for a crispy, chewy crust, cozy comforting sauce, and melty fresh cheese as a delicious vehicle for seasonal veg.
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Ingredients
Here are the ingredients you'll need for this homemade Greek pizza:
- Store bought pizza dough - I get mine from Trader Joe's! They have a plain and a garlic & herb that are both delicious.
- Pizza sauce - Either use homemade or your favorite store bought. When we make homemade, we typically use my roasted red pepper pizza sauce (especially in summer when peppers are in season) or 5-ingredient marinara (more pantry friendly).
- Kalamata olives
- Red onions
- Tomatoes
- Yellow peppers
- Feta
- Fresh oregano
How You Make It
So, you'll start by preheating the oven to 375 degrees and getting your crust ready. If you use pizza crust dough like I did, flour your work surface, a rolling pin, and the dough. Then, roll it out to your desired thickness and put it on a pizza stone or a sheet pan (like me). Mine stuck to the sheet pan a bit, so it's worth using parchment paper or nonstick spray.
It's all logically sequenced pizza-making steps from there. Sauté the onions, garlic, and peppers a little bit first in some olive oil to soften them up -- about 7 minutes should do it. Meanwhile, spread the sauce over the crust. I tend to like a really saucy pizza, but feel free to leave some off if you're not as much of a sauce person. Next, place the sliced tomatoes on the pizza. Once the onions, garlic, and peppers are softened a bit, layer them evenly over the sauce layer as well. Sprinkle on the kalamata olives. DUMP that feta on there -- don't hold back (cuz protein and calcium). And finish it off with some fresh or dried oregano and an optional drizzle of olive oil.
Bake at 375 for about 20 minutes. Slice. Eat. I would say wait for it to cool, but I definitely didn't do that, much to the dismay of the roof of my mouth.
📖 Recipe
Homemade Greek Pizza with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Homemade Greek pizza with roasted red pepper sauce is an easy, healthy comfort food for any weeknight or weekend. ~Roasted red pepper pizza sauce, whole wheat crust, kalamata olives, red onions, tomatoes, feta~
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 pound store bought fresh pizza dough (I get mine from Trader Joe's)
- ¾ cup roasted red pepper pizza sauce (or your favorite store bought pizza or marinara sauce)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced
- ½ cup red onion, thinly sliced into half-moons
- ½ yellow pepper, diced small
- 2 Roma tomatoes, sliced thinly
- ¼ cup kalamata olives, sliced or roughly chopped
- 1 cup feta
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano (or 1 teaspoon dried)
Instructions
- Preheat. Rub olive oil on a round pizza pan to prevent the crust from sticking.
- If using whole wheat pizza dough, flour surface, dough, and rolling pin. Roll dough out to desired thickness. Place on prepared sheet pan.*
- In a sauté pan, drizzle some olive oil and heat over medium. Add garlic, onion, and pepper, and sauté until softened, about 7 minutes.
- While veggies are cooking, spread sauce over the crust. Layer tomato slices evenly over sauce. Once veggies are done, add them to the pizza in another even layer. Sprinkle on kalamata olives, feta, and fresh or dried oregano.
- Bake at 375 for 20 minutes. Feta doesn't get super melty to begin with, but it should be hot and maybe slightly browned in some spots. The crust should be cooked through. Slice and eat 🙂
Notes
*Tip: You can just roll it out right on the sheet pan itself.
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