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Overhead view of the baked pizza topped with basil. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
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Caramelized Garlic Pizza with Fresh Basil

This garlic pizza recipe is a revamp of the traditional Margherita pizza. The secret to this extra garlicky pizza is the generous mountain of sliced garlic, lovingly fried in butter. 
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Anna&Alex
Keyword: 10 ingredients or less, baking, batch-cooking, carbs, comfort, family-friendly, freezer-friendly, helping-hands, vegetarian
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 349kcal
Author: Anna Rider

Equipment

  • Chopping Board
  • Knife
  • Rolling Pin
  • Pizza Stone

Ingredients

Pizza Foundation

  • 2 balls Pizza Dough
  • 2 cup Garlic Pizza Sauce See our recipe for Garlic Pizza Sauce.
  • 2 large sheets Parchment Paper

Pizza Toppings

  • 16 oz. Mozzarella Grated
  • 8 oz. Parmigiano-Reggiano Grated
  • 1 sprig Basil Approximately 6 inches (15 cm), about a handful of basil leaves.

Fried Garlic

  • 3 tablespoon butter Salted
  • 3 heads garlic
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Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 500ºF (260ºC).
  • Collect all the ingredients.
    All the ingredients for garlic pizza on white plates, including pizza sauce, basil, garlic, and cheese. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.

Prepare The Garlic

  • Peel the garlic cloves. Slice every clove thinly.
    Alex slicing garlic on white chopping board with chef's knife. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Heat the butter in a frypan over medium heat. Add the sliced garlic. Turn the heat down to medium-low. Allow the garlic to fry in the butter for 10 minutes. The garlic should be golden brown. If it looks dark brown, turn the heat down to low to avoid burning the garlic.
    A view of adding the sliced garlic into a fry pan of hot butter. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.

Prepare The Pizza

  • While waiting for the garlic to cook, roll out the pizza dough. Use a clean surface and dust lightly with flour.
    Alex rolling out the pizza dough with a rolling pin on granite countertop. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Move the rolled-out pizza dough on a sheet of parchment paper. Use your fingers to stretch out if you want the pizza to be thinner.
    Overhead view of the flat pizza dough moved on top of parchment paper. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Smear the garlic pizza sauce over the pizza dough.
    Overhead view of pizza sauce spread over pizza dough. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Evenly sprinkle half of the grated mozzarella cheese. 
    Alex topping a red pizza with grated mozzarella from a white bowl of shredded cheese.
  • Add half of the grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.
    Alex topping the pizza with grated mozzarella from a white bowl of shredded cheese. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Add the fried garlic slices on top of the cheese. Distribute half of the fried garlic evenly across the pizza.
    Alex topping the pizza with fried garlic using a blue spatula. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Bake the pizza in the preheated oven for 20 minutes.
    Overhead view of the pizza topped with cheese and fried garlic. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Keep an eye on the pizza to ensure the crust doesn’t burn. If the edge of the crust turns dark brown, like it is on the verge of burning, turn the oven down to 450ºF (232ºC). Repeat steps 1-6 for the second ball of pizza dough to make another garlic pizza with the remaining ingredients.
  • While the pizza is baking, thinly slice the basil. Stack the leaves together and roll into a cigar shape. Very thinly slice the basil. Garnish the pizza with the basil and cut into slices.
    Overhead view of the baked pizza on bamboo cutting board and garnished with basil, tomatoes, and onions. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.
  • Enjoy the garlic pizza!
    Overhead view of the 2 slices of pizza next to the bowl of pizza sauce. Recipe from garlicdelight.com.

Notes

  • We didn’t include a recipe for pizza dough because there are so many great pizza dough recipes out there. The particular recipe we used has these ingredients:
    • 4 cups flour
    • 1 envelope yeast
    • 2 teaspoon salt
    • 1.5 cups water (110ºF water)
    • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • This recipe already contains plenty of salt from the garlic pizza sauce, salted butter, mozzarella, and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Feel free to season with extra salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 75mg | Sodium: 1171mg | Potassium: 314mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1015IU | Vitamin C: 7.6mg | Calcium: 650mg | Iron: 1.3mg