The Ultimate Guide to Fantastic Pizza - Our Best Bites https://ourbestbites.com/category/recipes/course/main-dishes/pizza/ Tips, Tricks, and Tastes from Two Real-Life Kitchens Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:26:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://ourbestbites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-icon-300x300.png The Ultimate Guide to Fantastic Pizza - Our Best Bites https://ourbestbites.com/category/recipes/course/main-dishes/pizza/ 32 32 Simple Neapolitan Style Pizza Sauce https://ourbestbites.com/simple-neapolitan-style-pizza-sauce/ https://ourbestbites.com/simple-neapolitan-style-pizza-sauce/#comments Mon, 04 May 2020 16:14:38 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=43302 Simple pizza sauce in jarSimple, Italian style pizza sauce has a light texture with chunks of bright tomatoes and a very short ingredient list that really lets each one shine.  Paired with our Neapolitan Style Pizza Dough, found here,  it’s perfect for re-creating your favorite brick-oven restaurant pizzas at home.   In Naples, this style of pizza is known for ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/simple-neapolitan-style-pizza-sauce/feed/ 6 Italian Sausage Flatbread Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/italian-sausage-flatbread-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/italian-sausage-flatbread-pizza/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:27:40 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=42324 Italian sausage Pesto Flatbread Pizza from Our Best BitesSo this recipe kind of took me by surprise. It was one of the first Fridays of the school year and I was tired. My oldest was going to a football game and we needed to eat early. I was going to the grocery store the next day, so we didn’t have a ton of things ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/italian-sausage-flatbread-pizza/feed/ 6 Pizza Sauce https://ourbestbites.com/pizza-sauce/ https://ourbestbites.com/pizza-sauce/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2008/06/pizza-sauce/ homemade pizza sauce from our best bitesThis pizza sauce is a labor of love, a huge part of that labor is that it’s so easy! This is not your fancy-schmancy simmered-from-tomatoes-plucked-from-your-garden pizza  sauce. This is pizza sauce made from ingredients in your pantry that also happens to taste AMAZING and comes together in a matter of minutes! I spent the early ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/pizza-sauce/feed/ 48 How To Grill Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/tutorial-bbq-grilled-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/tutorial-bbq-grilled-pizza/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 06:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2009/06/tutorial-bbq-grilled-pizza/ how to grill pizzaIf you’ve never grilled pizza before, now is the perfect time to try it! And if you have grilled pizza before, now is definitely time to do it again. This is my FAVORITE way to make homemade pizza because no matter how hard I try, most homemade pizza tastes, well, slightly homemade, even in the ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/tutorial-bbq-grilled-pizza/feed/ 64 English Muffin Breakfast Pizzas https://ourbestbites.com/english-muffin-breakfast-pizzas/ https://ourbestbites.com/english-muffin-breakfast-pizzas/#comments Mon, 15 Jul 2019 05:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2010/09/english-muffin-breakfast-pizzas/ So apparently we are a little breakfast crazy over here at Our Best Bites lately! To be completely honest, I don’t know what’s going on at Sara’s house, but at mine, things have been C-R-A-Z-Y for the last couple of weeks–2 kids, 2 different schools, one all-day, one half-day, church, work, house, blog, friends, soccer ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/english-muffin-breakfast-pizzas/feed/ 55 Stuffed Pizza Rolls https://ourbestbites.com/stuffed-pizza-rolls/ https://ourbestbites.com/stuffed-pizza-rolls/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2018 07:01:00 +0000 http://obb.zee-studio.com/2009/06/stuffed-pizza-rolls/ We sometimes call this “Inside-Out” pizza too. They’re garlicky, cheesy little pizza dough balls filled with all of the yummy toppings you’d put on a pizza. To eat, just pop one off and dunk it in marinara sauce. Don’t you love finger food? And don’t you love dunking things? I suppose regular pizza is finger ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/stuffed-pizza-rolls/feed/ 167 Roasted Grape & Brie Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/roasted-grape-brie-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/roasted-grape-brie-pizza/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2017 06:01:30 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34329 Wait, what was that you said?  It’s been forever since I posted anything about pizza??  Oh my gosh, I KNOW.  Okay fine it’s all I talk about.  It’s because I made that most amazing dough in the history of ever and then when I had a bunch of dough to play around with I made ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/roasted-grape-brie-pizza/feed/ 2 Peach-Prosciutto Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/peach-prosciutto-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/peach-prosciutto-pizza/#comments Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:03:44 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34253 Brick Oven PizzaYou guys.  Promise me that before peach season is over completely you will make this pizza.  It’s the kind of thing you awkwardly moan while you chew because it’s so flipping good.  Remember the Neapolitan style crust I shared on Monday?  (If you missed  it, click here).  It’s that authentic brick oven style crust that’s ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/peach-prosciutto-pizza/feed/ 4 Neapolitan Style Pizza Crust https://ourbestbites.com/neapolitan-pizza-crust/ https://ourbestbites.com/neapolitan-pizza-crust/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2017 06:01:32 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=34240 Cooked pizza with tomatoes and mozarellaThis dough is perfect for at-home pizza ovens, and is also terrific baked in a traditional oven! With only 4 ingredients, it’s incredibly simple. It produces a crust similar to what you would find in a wood fired pizza restaurant with a chewy puffed edge and a thin, flat center. All you need is flour ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/neapolitan-pizza-crust/feed/ 27 How to Freeze Unbaked Pizza Crust https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-freeze-pizza-crust/ https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-freeze-pizza-crust/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:01:54 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=28446 One of the most frequently asked questions that we get is whether or not you can freeze our yeast doughs. I never quite know how to answer that because while once upon a time it felt like I had all the time in the world to make rolls and cinnamon rolls and pizza crusts and breadsticks, ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-freeze-pizza-crust/feed/ 16 Kielbasa Apple Pretzel Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/kielbasa-apple-pretzel-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/kielbasa-apple-pretzel-pizza/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:01:27 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=26173 Happy Monday y’all.  I’m not sure how it got to be the end of October, but here we are!  I haven’t been around this month, and I have a lot to say about why I haven’t been around, but I’ll get to that in another post coming up.  For now, I’m kind of in crazy-mode ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/kielbasa-apple-pretzel-pizza/feed/ 8 How to Make Cauliflower Pizza Crust https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-cauliflour-pizza-crust/ https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-cauliflour-pizza-crust/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2015 06:01:19 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=23742 When cauliflower pizza crust first started making its way around the internet, I quickly dismissed the idea because clearly it was crazy.  Besides the fact that a bland colorless vegetable is no substitution for soft, chewy, carb heaven, I don’t even really like cauliflower (except roasted. In our garlic oil.  Then can eat 947 pounds ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/how-to-make-cauliflour-pizza-crust/feed/ 70 Kalua Pork Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/kalua-pork-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/kalua-pork-pizza/#comments Mon, 30 Sep 2013 06:01:59 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=14571 When I was growing up, when it came to pizza, we were a strict pepperoni and mushroom family. When I got to be a teenager, I started to feel the urge to rebel and added black olives and fresh tomatoes. And then…then it happened. I broke my father’s heart. I got married and made the ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/kalua-pork-pizza/feed/ 13 Grown-Up English Muffin Pizzas https://ourbestbites.com/grown-up-english-muffin-pizzas/ https://ourbestbites.com/grown-up-english-muffin-pizzas/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 11:37:11 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=12736 So last week, my husband was in Europe for work, which is really fun for about the first three days when I can watch things like Teen Mom without feeling him silently judging me and I can sprawl out over the whole bed. Then I start getting slightly neurotic and scared I’m going to choke on ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/grown-up-english-muffin-pizzas/feed/ 26 Cheesy Grilled Pizza Sandwich https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-pizza-sandwich/ https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-pizza-sandwich/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:01:29 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=11467 A lot of my family’s favorite recipes are born out of necessity, when I’m simply forced to pull something together from whatever I can scavenge in the fridge and pantry when groceries are running low.  And many of the very best recipes are most simple ones!  I made homemade pizzas for my kids last week ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-pizza-sandwich/feed/ 40 Grilled BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-bbq-pulled-pork-pizza/ https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-bbq-pulled-pork-pizza/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:08:03 +0000 https://ourbestbites.com/?p=8347 How was everyone’s Fourth of July? Did you party it up for the day or extend the festivities for the duration of the week like I did?  My family and I escaped to our home-away-from-home in McCall, Idaho. What was I escaping  from, you ask?  This: Sick. This Seattle girl was not bred for triple ...]]> https://ourbestbites.com/grilled-bbq-pulled-pork-pizza/feed/ 32