Goat Cheese Pizza is one of the most flavorful pies around. With a homemade pizza dough, an olive oil “white” pizza sauce, caramelized onions, sliced mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, shredded mozzarella cheese, and crumbled goat cheese, this thin crust pizza is a guaranteed hit for your next pizza dinner!
Wondering what to serve with pizza? We recommend an Caesar Salad or a Veggie Tray with Homemade Ranch Dressing. Remember you can freeze pizza, so if you make extra, you can enjoy it later!
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Gourmet pizza places were my jam for a number of years, and you can bet that the creamy goat cheese pizza on the menu was always the one I went for. Some were good, some were not, but I learned what combined best with the tangy goat cheese, and ended up creating my own.
After all, making homemade pizza is to have the best of both worlds: a balanced budget and amazing meals. When we were getting out of debt, learning to bake pizza at home was a game changer.
If you love soft goat cheese, then this pizza is for you!
Why Make This
It’s delicious. Seriously, this is the GOAT of all pizzas. I could eat this every week — and do! There’s just the right balance of tastes and textures: sweetness from the onions and tomatoes, creaminess from the cheeses, and tang from the fresh goat cheese.
It’s easy to make. This pizza comes together in minutes. Use a pillsbury pizza crust to make things quick, or try one of our homemade pizza dough recipes for the ultimate Goat Cheese Pizza.
It’s affordable. While goat cheese and sundried tomatoes can be pricier “gourmet” ingredients, you don’t need a lot, so you can stretch your purchase. Plus, if you shop at ALDI or Trader Joe’s these items will be very affordable.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make the BEST Goat Cheese Pizza:
pizza dough – You’ll want a 12-inch round of dough. I usually use my Sourdough Pizza recipe for this, but you can use Whole Wheat Pizza Dough or a standard White Flour Crust.
olive oil – Olive oil is the base of the white sauce, but is also needed to caramelize the onions.
onion – An entire thinly sliced cooks down to just enough to cover the base of this caramelized onion pizza.
salt and freshly ground black pepper – Salt and pepper are needed to season the onions as well as the garlic sauce.
parmesan cheese – I use freshly grated parmesan cheese for the garlic sauce, but you can also use the canned variety as well.
garlic cloves – Fresh garlic really adds flavor to this pizza. You can chop the cloves yourself or buy it chopped in a jar. I would avoid using garlic powder as it doesn’t pack the same punch.
Italian Seasoning Mix – Round out the garlic sauce with our homemade Italian seasoning mix. You can also substitute a different spice blend if you like.
mushrooms – Mushrooms add fiber and umami goodness to your Goat Cheese Pizza. Remember you can freeze mushrooms if you have extra.
sundried tomatoes – Sundried tomatoes are a great sweet, chewy contrast to the goat cheese. You don’t need a lot. I recommend buying the julienned variety packed in oil as that has the best texture once baked. (Dry packed sundried tomatoes tend to just harden in the oven and become like rocks.)
cheese – You’ll need both goat cheese crumbles and shredded mozzarella cheese for this Goat Cheese Pizza recipe. Remember you can freeze goat cheese if you have leftovers.
Variations
Balsamic Fig Pizza – It’s true that figs and balsamic glaze are common additions to goat cheese pizza. If you like, you can omit the tomatoes and garnish the baked pizza with sliced fresh figs and a drizzle of glaze.
Pesto Goat Cheese Pizza – Feel free to substitute pesto or rustic basil sauce for the garlic sauce in this pizza.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Here’s how to make Goat Cheese Pizza:
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Spray a 12-inch pizza pan, screen, or baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Fit the pizza dough into the pan, stretching to fit.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet. Add the onions and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook, covered, until the onions are very soft, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Remove the lid and continue cooking until the liquid evaporates, another 2 to 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil with the parmesan cheese, garlic, and seasoning mix. Store well to combine.
Spread this garlic sauce over the prepared pizza round. Scatter the onions over the top.
Layer the toppings, distributing them evenly: mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese.
Sprinkle the mozzarella over all.
Bake the pizza for 8 to 9 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is crisp. Remove to a cutting surface to slice. Serve immediately.
FAQs
No! You can make homemade pizza in a conventional oven, air fryer, or even a gas grill.
You can definitely omit the mozz and use goat cheese, however, since goat cheese is so flavorful, you don’t need as much.
Goat cheese melts or softens but it doesn’t melt in the way that traditional melting cheese does. The goat cheese will not spread in the way a mozzarella or jack cheese will.
You can do either, but we recommend you add it prior to baking. Baked goat cheese has a slightly different texture and flavor than fresh.
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Goat Cheese Pizza
Equipment
- pizza screens
Ingredients
- 1 12-inch pizza dough
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion thinly sliced
- salt and pepper
- 2 tablespoon parmesan cheese
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon Italian Seasoning Mix
- ½ cup mushrooms sliced
- 2 tablespoon sundried tomatoes packed in oil (julienned)
- 2 oz goat cheese crumbles (½ cup)
- 4 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded (1 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Spray a 12-inch pizza pan or screen with nonstick cooking spray. Fit the pizza dough into the pan, stretching to fit.1 12-inch pizza dough
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and season to taste with salt and pepper. Cook, covered, until the onions are very soft, stirring occasionally, about 7-10 minutes, until wilted.1 onion, 3 tablespoon olive oil, salt and pepper
- Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil with the parmesan cheese, garlic, and seasoning mix. Stir well to combine.2 tablespoon parmesan cheese, 2 garlic cloves, ½ teaspoon Italian Seasoning Mix
- Spread this garlic sauce over the prepared pizza round. Scatter the onions over the top.
- Layer the toppings, distributing them evenly: mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and goat cheese.½ cup mushrooms sliced, 2 tablespoon sundried tomatoes packed in oil (julienned), 2 oz goat cheese crumbles
- Sprinkle the mozzarella over all.4 oz mozzarella cheese,
- Bake the pizza for 8 to 9 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is crisp. Remove to a cutting surface to slice. Serve immediately.
Notes
Variations
Balsamic Fig Pizza – It’s true that figs and balsamic glaze are common additions to goat cheese pizza. If you like, you can omit the tomatoes and garnish the baked pizza with sliced fresh figs and a drizzle of glaze. Pesto Goat Cheese – Feel free to substitute pesto or rustic basil sauce for the garlic sauce in this pizza.Nutrition
This post was originally published on July 8, 2010. It has been updated for content and clarity.
Lynn from NC Outer Banks
I noticed I made a comment a year ago about this pizza and finally got around to making it!
It was so good! It tasted like gourmet pizza for sure. Loved it! All I had were dry packed sun dried tomato halves. I julienned them and soaked them several hours in olive oil and they did great-were nice and chewy and not hard at all.
I also want to say how nice and efficient your recipe layout was. It was quite helpful that the amounts of the ingredients were embedded in the recipe so there was no need to keep scrolling up and down. Though I do try to pull ingredients together ahead of time, with the recipe as written, I can double check amounts.
Thank for this keeper!
Jessica Fisher
Thanks so much for your review, Lynn, and for noticing our recipe card improvements. 😉
Liz L from Florida
I made this today and it came out fantastic! I soaked 2 huge chopped garlic cloves in EVO for an hour then brushed on crust. Made the pizza per instructions except omitted the Italian herbs which aren’t my preference. Thank you for this great combination for a white pizza.
Lynn from NC Outer Banks
This sounds so good, and I have everything I need to make this pizza. I will use this recipe for our next pizza night. Thank you, Jessica. Also, thank you for mentioning the pizza screens. I feel like they have definitely made my crusts crispier.
Jessica Fisher
Can’t wait to hear your review, Lynn. Glad the screens are working for you!
ter@waaoms
I just happen to have some pesto that my brother gave me, and I think I will try this pizza this week. I love goat cheese too. Never thought about freezing it. I do freeze mozza cheese on a regular basis and cheddar occasionally. But never thought about goat cheese. Do you take it out of the wrapper to freeze it? Will have to try this!!
Jessica
They were small logs of goat cheese, so I just froze them in the package.
Charlene @ A Virtuous Woman
I like to make chicken pizza with half alfredo sauce and half pesto, I’ll have to try it with goat cheese, that sounds good!
bcsmithereens
Was this pizza ever delic! We had it tonight and all four of us LOVED IT! I’ve never had such good response from all of them.
Thanks!
Darcy
I saw this today, knew I was making homemade pesto for the first time, and made a version of this on baguettes instead of pizza dough. The best stuff ever. I think I could live on it 🙂
Jessica
Yum!
Kate
Goat cheese is one of my favorite ways to make pizza night something a little special. This one looks wonderful!
AllieZirkle
I wonder if a spinach pesto would work for this too? Looks tasty!
Jessica
Yes, definitely sub a diff kind of pesto if you like. Artichoke pesto from TJs would be good, too.
Anne
That sounds like a delicious pizza! Costco sells logs of goat cheese for $4-something, which is the best price I’ve seen ANYwhere. Trader Joe’s has a decent price, too, but still doesn’t compare to the costco price.
Jessica
I love Costco for its cheap cheese.
nancy
i love goat cheese. had some on crackers this past weekend with a hot pepper jelly. addicting.
as for pizza, we tried a new one this weekend. used 1/4 c. ranch dressing for the sauce and added chopped grilled chicken, green onions, diced tomatoes and a blend of mozzarella and cheddar cheese. very tasty.
Jessica
I’m going to have to try ranch. Never done that before. You think homemade ranch will work?
Lori H
I adore goat cheese! This pizza looks wonderful and I will have to try it soon. And the appetizer with goat cheese, roasted garlic, and sourdough bread? PLEASE share. Must have. 🙂