Description
This delightful Heart Shaped Pizza recipe is perfect for sharing love through food, featuring adorable mini heart-shaped crusts topped with classic pizza sauce, melted mozzarella, and mini heart-shaped pepperoni.
Ingredients
Scale
- Store-bought pizza dough or crust, enough for multiple mini pizzas
- Shredded mozzarella cheese, about 1 to 1 ½ cups
- Pizza sauce, approximately ½ cup
- Mini pepperoni slices, around 12-16 pieces
- Mozzarella cheese slices for cutting mini hearts, enough for 3 mini hearts per pizza
- 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter
- Mini ½-inch heart-shaped cookie cutters
Instructions
- Use the 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter to punch out mini heart-shaped crusts from the store-bought pizza dough. Arrange them on a baking pan lined with parchment paper or foil.
- Spoon about 1-2 teaspoons of pizza sauce onto each mini heart crust, spreading it evenly to cover the surface but not too thickly.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese generously over the sauced crusts, ensuring each pizza is well-covered with cheese.
- Place 3 to 4 mini pepperoni hearts on top of the cheese on each mini pizza to create a charming heart-themed topping.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C). Bake the mini pizzas on the prepared pan for 10-12 minutes, or until the cheese is fully melted, bubbly, and the crust is lightly golden.
- Immediately after removing the pizzas from the oven, cut small ½-inch heart shapes from mozzarella slices using the mini heart cookie cutters. Place 3 mini cheese hearts on top of each pizza so they melt slightly from residual heat but retain their shape.
Notes
- Ideal for special occasions like Valentine’s Day or romantic dinners.
- Easy to make with store-bought crust and simple toppings.
- Bake until cheese is bubbly and crust is golden.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mini pizza
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 20mg