Description
A delightful lemon pizza featuring a crisp crust topped with a flavorful lemon brine, fresh mozzarella, and finished with parmesan, fresh parsley, and a touch of black pepper. This recipe balances zesty citrus with creamy cheese for a unique and refreshing pizza experience.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza Dough
- 1 ball easy pizza dough (or store-bought dough)
Lemon Brine
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 small garlic clove, grated
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- ¼ teaspoon fine salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Mozzarella
- 5 oz (150 grams) fresh mozzarella (or ½ to ⅓ cup shredded firm mozzarella)
To Finish
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the dough: Follow the easy no-knead pizza dough recipe through step 5, including shaping the dough and preheating the oven.
- Prepare the cheese: If using fresh mozzarella in water, cut into ½ inch thick pieces. Dab with paper towel if very watery to remove excess moisture.
- Shape the dough: Place dough on parchment paper and gently press from the center outward to form an approx 9×13 inch pizza. Transfer the dough onto a pizza peel or the back of a rimmed baking sheet.
- Make the lemon brine: Combine olive oil, water, chopped parsley, grated garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, fine salt, and black pepper in a glass jar with a lid. Shake well until emulsified.
- Add the topping: Create finger dimples in the stretched dough, scatter the lemon brine evenly across, filling the dimples, then add the mozzarella cheese pieces evenly on top.
- Bake the pizza: Using a pizza peel, transfer the pizza onto a preheated pizza stone in the oven. Bake until the cheese is melted and the crust is browned and crisp, about 15 minutes. Note the oven performance may vary.
- Finish and serve: Remove pizza from oven, drizzle with fresh lemon juice, sprinkle grated parmesan cheese and fresh parsley, finish with black pepper or chili flakes if desired. Slice and serve immediately.
Notes
- If you don’t have a pizza stone, invert a rimmed baking sheet and place it on the lowest oven shelf while preheating to mimic the stone’s effect for a crisp crust.
- Use the back of a rimmed baking sheet as a pizza peel to slide your pizza onto the hot inverted baking sheet for baking.
- Dab fresh mozzarella with paper towel if too watery to avoid soggy pizza.
- Adjust black pepper or chili flakes topping to your desired spice level.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 15 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
