Name: Heart-Shaped Pepperoni Pizza
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: For the herb pizza sauce -; 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce -; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil -; 1 teaspoon kosher salt -; 1 teaspoon dried basil -; 1 teaspoon dried oregano -; 1 teaspoon garlic powder -; ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes -; For the pizza -; 1 pound pizza dough -; Flour, for dusting the counter -; 10-12 large-diameter (about 1 1/2 inches) pepperoni slices -; 12 ounces low-moisture mozzarella, shredded (about 3 cups) -; Fresh basil leaves, for garnish -

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10 min.

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Ingredients for - Heart-Shaped Pepperoni Pizza

1. For the herb pizza sauce -

2. 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce -

3. 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil -

4. 1 teaspoon kosher salt -

5. 1 teaspoon dried basil -

6. 1 teaspoon dried oregano -

7. 1 teaspoon garlic powder -

8. ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes -

9. For the pizza -

10. 1 pound pizza dough -

11. Flour, for dusting the counter -

12. 10-12 large-diameter (about 1 1/2 inches) pepperoni slices -

13. 12 ounces low-moisture mozzarella, shredded (about 3 cups) -

14. Fresh basil leaves, for garnish -

How to cook deliciously - Heart-Shaped Pepperoni Pizza

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 500˚F: If you’re using a pizza stone, preheat it in the oven so it gets nice and hot.

2. Stage

Make the herb pizza sauce: In a medium bowl, stir together all of the herb pizza sauce ingredients until they’re combined. Set aside.

3. Stage

Shape the pepperoni: Fold each pepperoni in half, then use a paring knife or kitchen scissors to cut an angle off near the top of the fold. Then trim around the edge to form the point of the heart. Save all of your pepperoni trimmings—you’ll use them!

4. Stage

Shape the pizza dough: Roll out the pizza dough into a large circle, at least 12 inches in diameter, on a lightly floured surface. You have two options for shaping into a heart: Option 1: Use a dough scraper, kitchen scissors, or pizza cutter to carve a heart out of the dough. This results in a cleaner looking heart, but you lose some dough. Option 2: Use your hands to shape the dough into a rough heart. You’ll keep more dough and have a thicker crust, but it’s hard to get a really well-defined heart this way.

5. Stage

Top the pizza: Slide the shaped dough onto a pizza peel that’s dusted with flour. Spread 1/2 cup of the herb pizza sauce over the surface of the dough and top it with the reserved pepperoni trimmings. Sprinkle on a layer of shredded cheese, and the heart-shaped pepperoni slices.

6. Stage

Bake and serve: Slide the pizza onto the pizza stone using a pizza peel and bake the pizza on the pizza stone for 10-12 minutes until golden brown around the edges and melted in the center (a pizza baked on a baking sheet will take longer, about 14-15 minutes). Garnish with fresh basil leaves. Let the pizza cool briefly, slice it, and serve. Did you love the recipe? Leave us stars below!