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Olive pizza recipe

Published October 6, 2022 | Updated October 27, 2022 | By Mandy & Jane

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If you’re looking for a delicious way to switch up your pizza night, this olive pizza recipe is a must-try! It’s packed with flavor, and the olives add a nice salty contrast to the sweet tomato sauce. Plus, it’s super easy to make – you can have this tasty pizza on the table in no time!

Olive pizza toppings.

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You’ve tried classic pizzas like Margherita pizza, cheese pizza, and mushroom pizza, but have you ever tried a delicious olive pizza?

Olives are one of our favorite pizza toppings!

Why you’ll love this delicious pizza recipe

  • Making pizza can be a real social activity, your friends and family can choose their own pizza toppings.
  • Perfect for outdoor cooking, pizza night, or game night snacking.
  • This is a real crowd pleaser, young and old alike love it.
  • An olive lover’s dream, there’s nothing like a pizza topped with sliced olives – yummy!
  • All the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.

Ingredients you’ll need

You’ll need all the ingredients shown in the photograph below.

Ingredients needed, arugula, pizza sauce, olives. shredded mozzarella, red onion, veggie Parmesan cheese, flour, and pizza crust.

How to make an olive pizza with step by step instructions

Making our olive pizza recipe is easy if you follow our simple instructions.

A full printable recipe and the measurements in both US customary and metric are available in the recipe card below.

If you are using a pizza oven

Preheat your pizza oven to 850°F/450°C.

Lightly dust your pizza peel with flour, then place the pizza crust on the flour.

Spread pizza sauce over the pizza crust, leaving a half inch border.

Then, add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, red onions, and kalamata olives.

Place your pizza in the oven and cook for approximately 2 – 3 minutes, ensuring that you use a pizza turner every 20 seconds to rotate the pizza to ensure an even cook.

When your olive pizza is ready, the crust will be charred, and the olive toppings will be perfectly cooked.

Remove your pizza from the oven, garnish with fresh arugula and serve immediately.

Enjoy your olive pizza!

If you are using a kitchen oven

Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C, if you are using a pizza stone, put it in the oven to heat up.

Uncooked pizza on pizza peel.
Spread pizza sauce over the crust leaving a half inch border. Then add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, red onions, and sliced black olives.
Cooked pizza on pizza peel.
Cook until golden brown and the olive toppings are perfectly cooked.

Lightly dust your work surface, or pizza pan, with flour, then place the pizza crust on the flour.

Spread tomato sauce over the pizza crust, leaving a half inch border.

Then, add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, red onions, and kalamata black olives.

Place your pizza in the preheated oven and cook for approximately 10 – 12 minutes, ensuring that you turn it halfway through to ensure an even cook.

When your olive pizza is ready, the crust will be golden brown, and the olive toppings will be perfectly cooked.

Remove your pizza from the oven, garnish with fresh arugula and serve immediately.

Enjoy your homemade pizza!

Someone using a pizza cutter to slice up pizza.

Recipe notes and expert tips

  • Like it extra crispy?
    Brush the border of your pizza base with olive oil and you’ll have an extra crisp crust.
  • Play with flavors
    Add a little of what you love, garlic powder or red pepper flakes are both a good addition as is a drizzle of olive oil over the top of the cooked pizza.
  • Cooking
    If you don’t have a pizza oven, we strongly recommend a pizza stone, you’ll get a much better crust!
  • Important
    Different pizza ovens, pizza stones, or pans all cook in different ways. Watch your pizza as you may have to increase or reduce the cooking time.

Pizza oven or kitchen oven?

Both have their advantages. But in an ideal world, it would be a pizza oven all the way!

We are OBSESSED with this pizza oven, it cooks in as little as 60 seconds, and you know that ‘to die for’ crust that you get from a good Italian restaurant?

Well, you can make it at home and it’s so easy!

Straight out of the pizza oven olive pizza on a pizza peel.

But that doesn’t mean that you can’t get good results with a kitchen oven.

You can quickly and cost effectively give your pizzas a big upgrade by buying a pizza stone, they are relatively inexpensive and the hot stone gives your pizza crust a satisfying crunch.

If you don’t have a pizza stone then the next option is a pizza pan, they have holes in so that some of the heat can circulate to the bottom of the crust, giving a better cook than a baking sheet.

If you do have to use a baking sheet, then line it with parchment paper, so the pizza crust doesn’t stick to it.

Do I need to make my own pizza dough?

There’s no doubt that homemade pizza dough is the best! Perfectly fresh and so delicious!

We love making our own pizza dough but sometimes there isn’t the time, and quite frankly, the inclination.

There’s nothing wrong in buying your pizza dough, you can buy some really great quality dough, so go ahead and save yourself some time.

Equally, you can buy good ready made pizza crusts, which make life even easier!

What do you serve with olive pizza?

If you are snacking on your olive pizza, then a dipping sauce can elevate it even more!

Try a pizza dipping sauce, garlic sauce, or sour cream and chives.

Pizza with olives on wooden peel, with a pizza cutter, olives, and cheese.

How to store leftover pizza

If you find yourself in a situation where you have leftover pizza (it doesn’t happen often to us), then store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

You can eat leftover pizza cold or reheat it.

Olive pizza also freezes well for up to 3 months.

More easy pizza recipes for you to try at home

If you love our olive pizza recipe, then you should try these!

  • Marinara pizza – so simple and SO delicious!
  • Spinach pizza – hide those veggies in your kids’ pizza!
  • Pineapple pizza – our meat free take on the Hawaiin pizza!
  • Caprese pizza – beautiful and really tasty!
  • Nutella pizza – if you only try one dessert pizza, then this has to be it!
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Olive pizza recipe

Who doesn't love pizza? And who doesn't love olives? We've combined the two to create the perfect olive pizza recipe. It's packed with flavor and perfect for any occasion. Plus, it's easy to make at home so you can enjoy it any time you're craving a slice (or two!).
Prep Time3 mins
Cook Time2 mins
Total Time5 mins
Servings2
Calories878
Course: Main course, Pizza, snack
Cuisine: American, Italian
Author: Mandy Applegate | Splash of Taste
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Ingredients

  • All purpose flour to coat your work surface
  • 1 12 inch pizza base
  • ¼ cup Marinara sauce
  • ¼ cup Vegetarian Parmesan cheese finely grated
  • 4 oz Mozzarella cheese grated or sliced
  • ½ Red onion thinly sliced
  • 1 cup Kalamata olives sliced
  • 1 cup Arugula
US Customary – Metric

Instructions

If using a pizza oven

  • Preheat your oven to 850°F/450°C
  • Lightly dust your pizza peel with flour, then place your pizza crust on the flour. Spread marinara sauce on the pizza crust, leaving a half inch border. Then, add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese. Now, add onion and olives
    All purpose flour, 1 12 inch pizza base, ¼ cup Marinara sauce, ¼ cup Vegetarian Parmesan cheese, 4 oz Mozzarella cheese, ½ Red onion, 1 cup Kalamata olives
  • Place your cheese pizza in the oven for approximately 2 – 3 minutes, ensuring you turn it every 20 seconds to cook it evenly. Your pizza crust will be golden brown and crispy, and the toppings perfectly cooked. Once the pizza has cooked, remove it from the oven, garnish it with a little fresh arugula and serve immediately. Enjoy your awesome olive pizza!
    1 cup Arugula

If using a kitchen oven

  • Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C and if you are using a pizza stone, then put it in the oven to heat up
  • Lightly flour your work surface or a pizza pan, and place your pizza crust on it. Then, add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, and shredded mozzarella cheese. Now, add onion and the olives
    All purpose flour, 1 12 inch pizza base, ¼ cup Marinara sauce, ¼ cup Vegetarian Parmesan cheese, 4 oz Mozzarella cheese, ½ Red onion, 1 cup Kalamata olives
  • Place in the oven and cook for approximately 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from the oven, garnish with a little fresh arugula and serve immediately. Enjoy your awesome olive pizza!
    1 cup Arugula

Notes

Like it extra crispy?
 Brush the border of your pizza base with olive oil and you’ll have an extra crisp crust
Play with flavors
 Add a little of what you love, garlic powder or red pepper flakes are both a good addition as is a drizzle of olive oil over the top of the cooked pizza
Cooking
 If you don’t have a pizza oven, we strongly recommend a pizza stone, you’ll get a much better crust!
Important
 Different pizza ovens, pizza stones, or pans all cook in different ways. Watch your pizza as you may have to increase or reduce the cooking time

Nutrition

Calories: 878kcal | Carbohydrates: 105g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 2808mg | Potassium: 251mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1117IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 676mg | Iron: 7mg

Disclaimer

Please note that nutrient values are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.

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