Cheese Pizza Recipe

Your pizza night just became EPIC! This easy cheese pizza has the most incredible cheesy depth to it. With a delicious crust and homemade pizza sauce, cook this for your friends and family, and you’ll quickly be elevated to legendary status!

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There are just SO many pizza toppings to choose from, you could eat pizza every night, but this cheese pizza is one of our favorites!

Why you’ll love this homemade cheese pizza recipe

• From start to finish it can be made in just 5 minutes if you use this epic pizza oven!
• Perfect for pizza nights, game nights, outdoor cooking, and summer parties.
• If you’re looking for outdoor cooking recipes, then this is perfect!
• It’s a real crowd-pleaser; people just can’t get enough of it adults and kids alike.
• All the ingredients are 100% vegetarian.

What ingredients do I need?

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

Pizza night has NEVER tasted so good, packed with cheesy flavor, this is an EPIC pizza that is a real crowd pleaser! Tonight, is the next pizza night – right?

How to make homemade cheese pizza with step-by-step instructions

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

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

If you’re making it in an Ooni pizza oven

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Preheat your Ooni to 850°F/450°C.

Lightly flour your pizza paddle with flour to avoid the crust from sticking.

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

Then, add vegetarian Parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese, and then finally, goat cheese.

Place your cheese pizza in the oven for approximately 1-2 minutes, ensuring you turn it every 20 seconds and 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 basil, and serve immediately.

Enjoy your awesome cheese pizza!

If you’re making it in a regular oven

Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C and position an oven rack in the lower part of your oven.

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Lightly flour a baking sheet or pizza pan, and place your pizza crust on it.

Then spread pizza sauce over the crust, leaving a half-inch border.

Next, add vegetarian Parmesan, shredded mozzarella, and goat cheese.

Place in the oven and cook for approximately 8 – 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven, garnish with a little fresh basil, and serve immediately.

Enjoy your delicious cheese pizza!

We hope you enjoy making and eating our homemade classic cheese pizza recipe and would love to hear how you got on with making it.

Please leave a comment below, and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Recipe notes and expert tips

• Don’t have the different cheese?
  Substitute for different ones but make sure they are good to use on pizza.
• Use flour
  Make sure you flour your paddle, pizza stone, or pizza tray to avoid the crust from sticking.
• Add oil
  If you love olive oil, then try adding a drizzle when the pizza is straight out of the oven.
• Use flour
  Make sure you flour your paddle, pizza stone, or pizza tray to avoid the crust from sticking.

Pizza oven or oven?

For years we used to make pizza in a traditional kitchen oven.

We’d place a pizza stone on the rack and make a pretty decent pizza in it.

But then we got a pizza oven, and OH MY GOODNESS, it’s AMAZING!

Nothing compares to the taste and cooking you get in a pizza oven.

And did we mention how quick it is?

A pizza cooked in as little as 60 seconds? Truly amazing.

Now we are spoiled and can NEVER cook pizza in a kitchen oven again!

Which is the best pizza oven?

We must admit, we haven’t tried all the pizza ovens on the market – who could?

But we have one favorite.

One that we could never let out of our lives again – it’s THAT good! It’s the Ooni Karu 16 multi-fuel, and it’s totally AWESOME!

We’ll be writing a more in-depth review shortly but in a nutshell…

It’s stylish, and this little fella (we call ours Luigi after a chef in our favorite pizza restaurant in Sorrento) makes an attractive addition to your backyard or porch, or he can even be carried down to the beach.

It’s quick, like in LIGHTNING, quick!

You can cook a pizza in as little as 60 seconds.

You can choose from gas and natural fuel for convenience or a smoky stone-baked taste.

In our humble opinion, it is perfect, and we think everyone should have a Luigi in their lives.

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What do I serve with homemade pizza?

We love nothing better than tucking into a classic cheese pizza, but serving it with different things is good.

Eat it on its own but dip it into your favorite dipping sauces.

Pizza aioli, Sriracha aioli, sour cream, chives sauce, or garlic sauce are all begging for pizza to be dipped in them.

Serve it with sweet potato fries, peri peri fries, or even masala fries.

Or if you want to feel good, then a simple Italian green salad with a balsamic vinaigrette would be a great choice.

Do I need to make my own pizza dough?

No, you don’t.

Homemade pizza dough is great; it’s super fresh, it’s handcrafted, and made by you.

If you have time, then do it.

There’s nothing more satisfying than biting into a homemade pizza crust.

But we all lead busy lives – right?

And sometimes all you want to do is to grab a pizza base, load it up and throw it into your pizza oven.

We certainly do!

So, using store-bought pizza dough or pizza crust, is absolutely fine.

Let’s talk pizza sauce

Now, we’re quite passionate about pizza sauce.

If you’re going to the trouble of making a homemade pizza, you want it to be amazing – right?

So don’t buy pizza sauce – make it!

We put marinara sauce on all our pizza crusts.

It’s like a layer of tasty happiness that creates a robust Italian base for all the flavors that you layer on top of it.

And this basic pizza sauce takes just 15 minutes to make.

You’ll need to blitz it in a blender, but it’s worth it.

You can make it ahead, AND it freezes, too – what’s not to love?

What cheese do I use on a cheese pizza?

We’ve used three different kinds of cheese on our pizza.

Mozzarella cheese, vegetarian grated Parmesan cheese, and goat cheese.

They really complement each other, giving an amazing cheesy taste.

We use grated mozzarella as fresh mozzarella has a lot of moisture.

So, in our opinion, they are the best cheese to use, but of course, you can use other cheeses if you prefer.

And if you love goat cheese, then you should check out this goat cheese risotto from Whole Food Bellies!

How do I store leftover pizza?

Our homemade cheese pizza recipe will keep for up to 3 days when stored in an airtight container in the fridge.

More easy pizza recipes for you to try

If you like our cheese pizza, why not try one of these easy pizza recipes?

• Margherita pizza 
• Caprese pizza 
• Spinach pizza 
• Marinara pizza 
• Tomato pizza 

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