Jalapeno Popper Pizza on Sourdough Crust
This pizza gives jalapeño poppers vibes, but in homemade pizza form. It has just the right amount of spice and a delicious creamy addition of jalapeño cream cheese. It will elevate your next movie night or game day!
Equipment
- Parchment Paper preferably unbleached
- Baking sheet, pizza pan or baking stone
- 1 Pizza Cutter or Sharp Knife
Ingredients
- pizza dough homemade, or store-bought, enough for 1 pizza
- 10-15 slices pepperoni
- 1/2 cup sliced jalapeños fresh, or from a jar. Add more or less to taste
- 2 oz jalapeño cream cheese or to taste
- 1 cup shredded cheese or to taste
- 1/4 cup tomato sauce
Instructions
- Prep your pizza dough. If you are making this a sourdough recipe, you need to prep the dough the night before. Sourdough pizza dough recipe is in the notes!
- While your pizza dough is resting, prep your ingredients and preheat the oven to 500.
- Prepare a piece of parchment paper by sprinkling a little bit of flour on it. Next, work your pizza dough out onto the parchment paper, flattening it with your hands by pressing from the inside out and rotating it as you go. Use flour so that your hands don't stick to the dough. Aim for a 10-12" circle.
- Add a thin layer of pizza sauce to the dough, followed by an even layer of grated cheese.
- Next add pepperoni slices, evenly distributing them on top of the pizza.
- Add as many jalapeño slices as you like! Next using a knife and/or your fingers, put some small globs of cream cheese on the pizza.
- Slide the parchment paper and pizza onto a baking sheet, or pizza pan.
- Bake the pizza for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly and the crust is starting to turn golden brown.
- Let the pizza cool slightly before slicing, and enjoy!
Notes
This pizza is incredible on homemade sourdough pizza crust. I've got an easy recipe here for you to try!