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Zucchini Pizza Recipe
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Zucchini Pizza Recipe

Adapted from here.
Servings 1 pizza
Author Brandon Matzek

Ingredients

  • 1 zucchini (9 ounces), ends trimmed
  • 3 garlic cloves, 1 grated or minced, 2 thinly sliced
  • Kosher salt
  • Olive oil
  • 1 ball pizza dough
  • 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
  • 1/2 small lemon, halved, thinly sliced, seeds removed*
  • 4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons thinly sliced chives

Instructions

  • Cut zucchini in half lengthwise, then cut each half into half moons. In a medium bowl, toss zucchini with 1 clove grated or minced garlic and 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt. Transfer zucchini to a mesh strainer and set over the bowl. Let drain for 30 minutes, tossing occasionally. Place zucchini in the middle of a double layer of paper towels. Bring the paper towels up around the zucchini, and gently squeeze to release excess moisture. Pat zucchini dry and set aside.
  • Preheat an oven to 500°F, and set an oven rack in the lowest possible position. Lightly coat a pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Stretch pizza dough into a round large enough to fit the pizza pan. Very lightly drizzle the dough with olive oil, using your hands to evenly spread the oil around. Sprinkle dough with a small pinch of kosher salt. Top pizza evenly with grated mozzarella cheese, then evenly scatter 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves, prepared zucchini, lemon pieces and goat cheese over top. Sprinkle the surface of the pizza with a little kosher salt and then lightly drizzle with olive oil.
  • Transfer pizza to the oven on the lowest rack and cook until the crust is golden brown (bottom and crust) and the cheese is nice and bubbly (9 - 11 minutes). Finish the pizza with a sprinkling of chives.

Notes

* The photos in this article show full slices of lemon on the pizza. This looks really pretty, but after further testing, I found it better to halve the lemon half, then thinly slice (making half moons). This allows for a more even distribution of lemon around the pizza.