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Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

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This Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza is a great way to enjoy pizza. Using premade pizza dough, fresh marinara sauce, roasted red peppers, black olives and spinach with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.

Pizza slices on a pizza board.
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

Looking for all my thin crust pizza fans today. I’ve been making pizza for years and years with varying degrees of success. Somewhere about five years ago I completely cracked it. You can find everything you need to know about Pizza Dough if you’re interested. For this recipe I used my homemade pizza dough that was already premade, which made this recipe super easy and quick. Any dough will work! Thin crust pizza is crispy, light and just downright delicious!

Two slices of pizza on a white plate.
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

Why You’ll Love This Pizza

  • Easy to make – Because this pizza used premade or store bought dough, it becomes a quick and easy dinner.
  • Lighter pizza – Pizza can be very heavy and calorific, but this pizza comes and and just over 500 calories for 1/2 of a pizza.
  • Delicious ingredients – This pizza brings a great flavour to the table using all of these fresh flavored Mediterranean ingredients.
Close up of a mediterranean pizza.
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

Ingredients

  • Pizza dough – this recipe uses a my pre made pizza dough.
  • Pizza sauce – I used homemade Marinara Sauce. Any pizza sauce or marinara sauce will work for this recipe. Use your favourite.
  • Toppings – I used jarred roasted red peppers, sliced black olives, fresh spinach, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, oregano and olive oil.

REMEMBER, The full recipe and instructions is found in the recipe card at the end of the post.

Ingredients on a white board to make a mediterranean style pizza
Ingredients to make a Mediterranean Style Pizza

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven – Preheat oven to 475 degrees f/246 degrees c and place the oven rack at the lowest setting. Place a pizza stone, cast iron or steel baking tray on the oven rack.
  2. Stretch the pizza dough – Place the dough ball on a lightly floured surface and press it down with your hand. Start stretching the dough about an 12 inch circle.
  3. Transfer pizza dough to parchment paper – Place the pizza dough on top of a sheet of parchment paper. Then place it on top of a pizza board (this will make it easy to slide it into the oven)
  4. Top pizza – Top the pizza with the sauce, oregano, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, roasted peppers, black olives and fresh spinach. Brush the edges of the pizza with the olive oil.
  5. Bake pizza – Slide the pizza into the oven on the preheated oven. Bake between 6 – 8 minutes.
  6. Serve – Remove from oven and let sit for a couple of minutes before cutting and serving.

Recipe Tips

  • Pizza dough – for this recipe I used my own homemade premade Pizza Dough. The recipe time stated below does not include the time it takes to make pizza dough. For this recipe you can use you own dough, purchased pizza dough or a purchased thin crust pizza crust.
  • Pizza sauce – again, I used Homemade Marinara Sauce. But any store bought pizza sauce or marinara sauce works great. Use your favourite!
  • Pizza assembly – I always like to assemble my pizza on a sheet of parchment paper placed on top of a pizza board. This makes it very easy to slide the pizza into the oven. The pizza will go in the oven on top of the parchment paper.
  • Cooking the pizza – It’s very important to have a preheated surface in the oven to place your pizza on top of. I can’t stress this enough. It’s best to use a heavy surface like a pizza stone, cast iron or baking steel. If you don’t have any of those things, use a baking sheet of any kind.
  • Cooking time – this pizza cooked in exactly 6 minutes in a preheated 475 degrees f oven. It was cooked with the rack at the lowest setting and on a preheated cast iron surface. Cooking time will vary depending on what surface you are cooking your pizza on and how hot your oven is.
Thin crust pizza on a pizza board and a plate.
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

Substitutions

  • Black olives – I used black Kalamata olives for this recipe because they give a great flavour. You can use any kind of olives that you like. Green olives of any kind would work really well also.
  • Jar roasted red peppers – I love these peppers that you can buy in a jar. You will probably find them in your supermarket with the canned tomatoes or if you have a specialty isle, it might be with the Italian food. If you can’t find them, you can roast your own peppers or even use sun dried tomatoes.
  • Fresh spinach – I used only a small amount of fresh spinach for this recipe. Feel free to use more or omit it all together if you don’t prefer it. You could use arugula if you like. If you choose to use arugula, don’t dress your pizza with fresh arugula until after the pizza is cooked.
  • Marinara sauce – I love red sauces on pizza, but you could completely use a white sauce like seen in my Spinach and Alfredo Whole Wheat PIzza.
  • Cheese – I used a mix of mozzarella and parmesan for this recipe and the flavour was great. You could easily add a little feta cheese for a complete Mediterranean flavour.
  • Oregano – This recipe uses dried oregano but you can easily use fresh herbs like basil or even mint for a fresh flavour.
Close up of the Mediterranean thin crust pizza.
Mediterranean Thin Crust PIzza

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s the difference between thick crust and thin crust pizza?

Thick crust pizza has a thicker base, almost bread like. Whereas, thin crust pizza is much thinner and crispier.

Is thin crust pizza dough different to regular dough?

Although there are different recipes for different types of pizza, you can use any pizza dough to make thin crust pizza. You just stretch the pizza thinner before topping and cooking it.

Is thin crust pizza healthier?

Generally yes, because the slices are thinner and thin crust can’t hold as many toppings. But it would depend on how much cheese and toppings you have on your pizza.

Pizza slices on a pizza board.
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

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Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza

This Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza is a great way to enjoy pizza. Using premade pizza dough, fresh marinara sauce, roasted red peppers, black olives and spinach with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time23 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: marinara sauce, pizza
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 538kcal
Author: Julia Pinney

Ingredients

  • 10 oz pizza dough
  • 1/3 cup pizza sauce more if you like
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese finely grated
  • 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1/4 cup black olives sliced
  • 1/3 cup roasted red peppers
  • handful spinach fresh
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 475 degrees f/246 degrees c and place the oven rack at the lowest setting. Place a pizza stone, cast iron or steel baking tray on the oven rack.
  • Place the dough ball on a lightly floured surface and press it down with your hand. Start stretching the dough with your hands. Stretch the dough out to approximately an 12 inch circle.
  • Place the pizza dough on top of a sheet of parchment paper. Then place it on top of a pizza board (this will make it easy to slide it into the oven).
  • Top the pizza with the sauce, oregano, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, roasted peppers, black olives and fresh spinach. Brush the edges of the pizza with the olive oil.
  • Slide the pizza into the oven on the preheated oven. Bake between 6 – 8 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and let sit for a couple of minutes before cutting and serving.

*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

Notes

  1. Pizza dough – the time stated  does not include the time it takes to make pizza dough. For this recipe you can use you own dough, purchased pizza dough or a purchased thin crust pizza crust.
  2. Pizza sauce – again, I used Homemade Marinara Sauce. But any store bought pizza sauce or marinara sauce works great. Use your favourite!
  3. Pizza assembly – I always like to assemble my pizza on a sheet of parchment paper placed on top of a pizza board. This makes it very easy to slide the pizza into the oven. The pizza will go in the oven on top of the parchment paper.
  4. Cooking the pizza – It’s very important to have a preheated surface in the oven to place your pizza on top of. I can’t stress this enough. It’s best to use a heavy surface like a pizza stone, cast iron or baking steel. If you don’t have any of those things, use a baking sheet of any kind.
Nutrition Facts
Mediterranean Thin Crust Pizza
Amount Per Serving
Calories 538 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 6g
Cholesterol 31mg10%
Sodium 2177mg95%
Potassium 195mg6%
Carbohydrates 72g24%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 22g44%
Vitamin A 651IU13%
Vitamin C 14mg17%
Calcium 313mg31%
Iron 5mg28%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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By on May 5th, 2022
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