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mediterranean pizza with thin pizzeria-style crust

Mediterranean Pizza with Thin Pizzeria-Style Crust

Megan
Mediterranean Pizza with a Thin Pizzeria-Style Crust. It's topped with artichoke hearts, kalamata olives, tomatoes, salami, and cheese. It's light, healthy, and full of flavor!
Prep Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 57 minutes
Course Pizza
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 16 slices

Ingredients
  

Pizza Crust:

  • 1 pkg active yeast
  • 3/4 cup warm water ranging between 105-115℉
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup semolina flour
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • cornmeal for dusting baking sheets

Pizza

  • 6 slices salami sliced
  • 6 oz jar marinated artichoke hearts drained
  • 1/2 cup kalamata olives sliced
  • 1 medium tomato chopped
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2-3 fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions
 

Pizza Crust

  • In a bowl combine active dry yeast and water. Let stand for 5 minutes at least, or until yeast is dissolved.
  • Transfer to bowl of stand up mixer. Add flours, sugar, salt, and olive oil . Mix on low speed for one minute. Using dough hook, increase speed to medium-low for 7 minutes. Can also knead dough by hand for 10 minutes.
  • Transfer dough to a bowl lightly coated with oil. Flip dough over to coat both sides. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 450℉.
  • Grease 2 baking sheets with non-stick cooking spray. Lightly dust each baking sheet with cornmeal.
  • Punch down dough and divide it into two halves.
  • Roll each half into a ball and let rest for 10 minutes, covered loosely with plastic wrap while preparing toppings.
  • Meanwhile, slice salami and olives, and chop tomato.
  • On a floured surface, flatten each ball of dough and roll out into somewhat of a 12 inch round.
  • Transfer dough to baking sheets. Pinch edges all the way around to form a lip.
  • Brush the top of dough with olive oil followed by salami, artichoke hearts, olives, tomatoes, and cheese.
  • Bake for 12-14 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
  • Top with torn basil leaves.

Notes

Can prepare the crust without a stand-up mixer. Simply mix the yeast mixture with the flours, sugar, salt, and olive oil together in a large bowl, and then knead by hand for 10 minutes.