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Beet Crust Pizza

April 15, 2014 By Naomi Robinson | Bakers Royale 79 Comments

I’m doubling down on beets today with this beet pizza that’s made with a beet dough crust. You can’t really taste the beets in the crust, so that’s why I added sliced beets to the topping, but look at that color! It’s so perfect for spring and along with that asparagus season is here, so I threw some in with mini heirloom tomatoes, goat cheese and soft boiled eggs.

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I seriously love this pizza. My family—not so much. One, I can’t get Matt near goat cheese; and two my little guy gave it the “ewww” and said it looks like Barney throw-up. Fine by me, because I happily had it for dinner and lunch the next day.Beet Crust Pizza | Bakers Royale

Beet Crust Pizza | Bakers Royale

I’m keeping the text short today because I’m set to madness trying to get things in order before the baby comes. And sorry the post is a bit picture heavy, but I couldn’t help myself, the light was great and the food was so colorful.

Bounty | Naomi {Bakers Royale}

Beet Crust Pizza

Beet Crust Pizza

Yield: Yields 6-8 servings

Ingredients

  • Crust (makes two 12 inch crust)
  • 1 cup lukewarm water
  • 2 teaspoon active-dry
  • 17 ouncesunbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • ¾ cup pureed beets (about 2 large beets, roasted and peeled)
  • Topping
  • 4 oz. goat cheese
  • 10-12 stalks of asparagus, trimmed, blanched and then tossed in 1 tablespoon of olive oil and ¼ teaspoon of salt and pepper
  • 3 soft boiled eggs, sliced
  • 1 roasted beet, sliced
  • 4 oz. mini heirloom tomatoes, halved
  • 3-4 tablespoons pesto (optional)
  • 1 handful of watercress (optional)

Instructions

To make crust:

Preparation: Place pizza stone on lower middle rack. Heat oven to 500° F.

  1. Combine and stir water and yeast in a mixing bowl until mixture resembles miso soup. Add flour salt, honey and pureed beets to yeast mixture and combine until dough just comes together.
  2. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface. Knead the dough until the flour is incorporated, about 5 minutes or until it is smooth and elastic. The dough should be moist and slightly tacky. (If it’s sticky, add in more flour 1 tablespoon at a time until smooth). Form dough into a ball. Lightly oil a bowl and place dough in, turning once to coat dough with olive oil. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm area to double in size, about 1 ½ to 2 hours. Once doubled evenly divide dough in half and refrigerate one half for another time or double the topping recipe to make two 12 inch pizzas.
  3. Lightly grease a sheet of parchment paper with olive oil. Transfer one ball of dough to parchment and stretch it out by hand as much as possible. Lightly brush olive oil on another piece of parchment paper and place it on top of hand-flattened dough. Use a rolling pin and work from the middle of the dough outward to flatten dough to ¼ inch thickness. Peel off top parchment paper.

Note: Dough can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for up to three days.

Assembly:

  1.  If using pesto, evenly spread it on the crust with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon, leaving ½ inch border. Top with 3 oz. goat cheese on top and layer with asparagus, soft boiled egg slices, mini heirloom tomatoes and remaining 1 oz .of goat cheese.
  2. Slide the pizza (with the parchment underneath) on to the hot pizza stone. Bake for 3-5 minutes until pizza crust starts to slightly brown. Rotate the pizza once and remove parchment, continue to bake for another 3 minutes.  Remove from oven.  Optional: Garnish and with watercress, or any choice of greens you prefer.  Slice and serve.

Notes

Notes

:

  • The pesto is optional and not necessary. If you do use pesto, keep in mind the crust will be chewier and softer rather than on the crispier side, than if no pesto were used.
  • Of course change out any of the toppings to suit your preference.

© Naomi Robinson | Bakers Royale
Category: Savory

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Comments

  1. Mary @ The Kitchen Paper says

    April 15, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    Not only do I love beets, but this is the most beautiful piece of food I’ve seen in a long time! I love these pictures!

  2. sue/the view from great island says

    April 15, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    I’m grinning from ear to ear scrolling through this post — this is mind blowingly beautiful!

  3. [email protected] says

    April 15, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Never seen beet pizza before! Amazing!

  4. Hari Chandana says

    April 15, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    Looks super gorgeous and colorful.. thanks for sharing!!

  5. ThisBakerGirlBlogs says

    April 15, 2014 at 9:57 pm

    This is easily the most beautiful pizza I’ve ever seen! Just wow.

  6. Averie @ Averie Cooks says

    April 15, 2014 at 10:20 pm

    I love beets but most of all, I love these images! I will be pinning them all over time, everywhere I can! Seriously, drop dead beautiful! I want to like…make wallpaper with these or frame them and hang them! The colors, the light, the textures – stunning!!

  7. SouthernSpoon says

    April 16, 2014 at 2:09 am

    Stunning! Love beets in everything– thanks for this new idea!

  8. [email protected] says

    April 16, 2014 at 2:30 am

    I had that idea of putting beets into bread too but i was too scared to try. Simply you have out done your self this time!

  9. Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says

    April 16, 2014 at 2:56 am

    Never apologize for a lot of gorgeous pictures…you could post eleventy million and I’d be happy! The beets are SO creative, and I am diggin’ the eggs as well. Not sure that the hubby would be into this…but MORE FOR ME! Pinned!

  10. Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says

    April 16, 2014 at 3:00 am

    This pizza looks so dang good. I love beets!!

  11. alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says

    April 16, 2014 at 4:13 am

    absolutely fabulous!

  12. Chloe Cramer says

    April 16, 2014 at 4:36 am

    That looks amazing! I love, love, love the color the beets add to the pizza crust. All the colors in your pictures are gorgeous 😀

  13. Chelsea @ Gal on a Mission says

    April 16, 2014 at 4:38 am

    I am not a beet person at all, but this looks delicious. Will have to try sometime!

  14. Abby @ The Frosted Vegan says

    April 16, 2014 at 4:46 am

    So so gorgeous, as usual! It’s wonderful when something you love isn’t as loved by the other people in the house, more for you : )

  15. Tieghan Gerard says

    April 16, 2014 at 4:48 am

    Haha, the whole Barney threw up thing is something my family would say!

    I am with you though, this pizza is the best spring recipe I have seen yet. Gorgeous!

  16. Gaby says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:05 am

    Definitely the most gorgeous pizza ever!

  17. DessertForTwo says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:07 am

    Such a beautiful dreamy spring pizza!

  18. Maria says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:09 am

    AMAZING! Love this!

  19. marla says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:22 am

    WOW!! Now this is a masterpiece 🙂

  20. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:24 am

    Absolutely stunning! The colors and the light are so perfect! Pinning!

  21. Lori @ RecipeGirl says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:53 am

    Majorly gorgeous!!!

  22. cristina says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:58 am

    Absolutely stunning! The colors, textures and ingredients on this pizza is truly a work of art!

  23. Heidi @foodiecrush says

    April 16, 2014 at 5:58 am

    What a cool idea, you just took my love of beets to a whole new place.

  24. Heather Christo says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:00 am

    Just exquisite Naomi. Like, seriously out of this world. I have been thinking about you and that little baby!! When does he come? I am so excited for your little family!

  25. Jenny Flake says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:03 am

    Wow!! I am dying over this Naomi!!!

  26. Ashley says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:10 am

    This is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!

  27. Aimee @ Simple Bites says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:11 am

    Lovely and ever so creative. I’m on board!

  28. Laura @ Blogging Over Thyme says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:16 am

    Oh my goodness! This is absolutely breathtaking! Love it so much!

  29. [email protected] says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:23 am

    Beyond gorgeous. So creative. Well done! 🙂

  30. Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:23 am

    Never seen a more gorgeous pizza. Can I just frame this?

  31. Lisa | Je suis alimentageuse says

    April 16, 2014 at 6:37 am

    Oh my god, those are the most beautiful beets I’ve ever seen! The beets at my market either have the greens chopped off, or the supermarket’s beets have all these sad, limp stalks and wilted leaves. The vibrant crust looks like fun, I’d love to try to feed that to my SO haha

  32. Beth @ bethcakes says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:12 am

    Gah, look at those colors! Absolutely gorgeous. This is definitely the prettiest pizza I’ve ever seen. 🙂

  33. Liren says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:22 am

    Stunning. There are no other words. I would chow down happily on this, but I have got to laugh at your little guy – Barney throw up! So funny!

  34. Elizabeth says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:39 am

    That is the most beautiful “food” I have ever seen. Stunning. You should offer to sell that photo. It is absolutely gorgeous!!

  35. Brian @ A Thought For Food says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:40 am

    This is so fabulous, Naomi. While I’ve made beet puree for other things, I’ve never thought to add it to pizza dough. Totally in love with that color.

  36. Julia @Vikalinka says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:43 am

    With images like these you will make beets fashionable in no time, Naomi! 🙂 I can’t believe you apologize for it being picture heavy, I absolutely love this post!

  37. Lisa @ Simple Pairings says

    April 16, 2014 at 8:26 am

    This is incredible! I absolutely love the idea of adding the color of beets into a pizza crust!

  38. [email protected] says

    April 16, 2014 at 8:39 am

    Good gracious that is simply gorgeous.. Words fail..

  39. Alexandra @ Confessions of a Bright-Eyed Baker says

    April 16, 2014 at 9:05 am

    This pizza is gorgeous! The colors- so perfect. I love how unique this is and even though I’m still iffy about goat cheese myself, I definitely would be down to try it. Pinning!

  40. Karen Wood says

    April 16, 2014 at 9:19 am

    WOW! It’s beautiful!

  41. Phi @ The Sweetphi Blog says

    April 16, 2014 at 10:30 am

    WOW-these pictures are insanely gorgeous (although I feel I say that EVERY time I come to your blog) and the beet crust sounds so intriguing!!

  42. Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says

    April 16, 2014 at 11:10 am

    My mind is blown by that crust! The whole thing sounds delicious!

  43. Tahnycooks says

    April 16, 2014 at 11:54 am

    Well, HELLO! to the most beautiful pizza makeover I have ever seen! Looks fantastically delicious too!

  44. Angelyn @ Everyday Desserts says

    April 16, 2014 at 12:15 pm

    Your pictures are incredible though! And this pizza looks incredible!!

  45. Sophia @ NY Foodgasm says

    April 16, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    This is BEYOND gorgeous!I need this in my life! You are sooooo good Naomi! I am pinning and I am making this REALLY SOON!

  46. Sharon says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    That’s the most beautiful picture I’ve ever seen of a pizza!

  47. Kiran @ KiranTarun.com says

    April 16, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    LOVE beets way too much, especially if its prepared so beautifully 🙂

  48. Julie @ Table for Two says

    April 17, 2014 at 5:27 am

    Um, wow. This is simply stunning and so so creative, naomi!!!

  49. Sommer @ASpicyPerspective says

    April 17, 2014 at 6:06 am

    Gorgeous! I love beets! Great new idea!

  50. teri olson says

    April 17, 2014 at 11:40 am

    Naomi you have taken pizza to a new level! It not only looks spectacular, but the nutritional component must be so all encompassing! I think I am with you! I could eat something like this daily!
    Great job!

  51. genevieve @ gratitude & greens says

    April 17, 2014 at 12:53 pm

    Oh man, the colour is just gorgeous! Beets are delicious, but I have to admit part of why I love them so much is because of their colour. I’ve made beetroot pasta before, never pizza crust. Gotta try this soon!

  52. Kevin @ Closet Cooking says

    April 20, 2014 at 7:14 am

    Love the sound of a beet crust! What an amazing colour!

  53. ayesha khatieb says

    April 20, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    The prettiest pizza I ever did see

  54. Grace @ FoodFitnessFreshAir says

    April 21, 2014 at 5:46 am

    This is hands down the most gorgeous pizza I’ve ever seen. Excited to try it!

  55. Phoebe Lapine @FeedMePhoebe says

    April 21, 2014 at 7:27 am

    This is the most beautiful/delicious-looking pizza I have ever seen- I would absolutely love to try it. Do you think it could be made gluten-free?

  56. Carrie says

    April 21, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    You are officially my hero. This is the best pizza recipe I have EVER seen.

  57. Biz says

    April 22, 2014 at 7:47 am

    I absolutely LOVE the color of this dough – totally going to make it this weekend! And I don’t even like beets! Well, I take that back, I did make a beet hummus and it was really good – a nice sweet/savory combo.

  58. The Circus Gardener says

    April 22, 2014 at 8:23 am

    Absolutely stunning, a work of art!

  59. heidi @ a week from thursday says

    April 23, 2014 at 5:13 am

    I couldn’t have said it better. It’s so pretty, I’d be afraid to eat it.

  60. Kirsten says

    April 25, 2014 at 10:14 am

    Wow–my beet crust pizzas never look this vibrant. glorious color!

  61. Kimberley says

    April 25, 2014 at 10:29 am

    This is effing amazing.

  62. Jessi G says

    April 28, 2014 at 11:41 am

    I have to say this post looked like the gorgeous still lifes that you see hanging in national galleries! I would probably initially be turned off by the idea of Beet crust, but you have made it look so delicious with all of the pretty produce.

  63. Caroline says

    April 30, 2014 at 4:45 pm

    I can’t stop staring at this pizza! It is so colorful and beautiful (but I have to admit to getting a huge laugh about Barney throw up!). 😉 And really…you are one person who never has to apologize for putting up a picture heavy post!

  64. Angela says

    May 13, 2014 at 9:03 pm

    Just wondering.. Would kneading this dough dye your hands red?

  65. Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says

    May 24, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    This is absolutely gorgeous! Never hurts that it is vegetarian either!

  66. Jovana says

    May 28, 2014 at 3:18 am

    I made this last night and the taste from the beets in the crust is absolutely delicious.

    Definitely a winner… mmm…

    I only ended up using half of the dough because I rolled it out really thin – so we’re having pizza again for lunch today! 🙂

    My crust was no-where near as gorgeous as yours (different country, different colour beets?) but they were also “getting old” which is one of the reasons I decided to jump into this!

    Definitely going to make this again and was a sure winner with my fiance 🙂

  67. emmy says

    May 28, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    Looks delicious, what is active-dry?

  68. Rosemarie says

    June 19, 2014 at 8:01 am

    How gorgeous is that! You certainly have an eye for color. I thought the picture of the vegetables together were so pretty, I was a bit sad to see them diced up. 🙂 But they were put to good use. All your recipes look delectable. Great work!

  69. Marina | Let the Baking Begin! says

    September 30, 2014 at 1:57 am

    Loving the colors on this one!

  70. Trista says

    September 30, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    The photography and colors make me lose it, so gorgeous! Can’t wait to tackle this one 🙂

  71. Kelsey says

    July 27, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    Is it possible to use coconut flour instead of all purpose flour?

  72. Leeann says

    August 14, 2015 at 7:01 am

    so beautiful- !

  73. Jrene says

    December 25, 2015 at 1:48 pm

    Thank you for the inspiration. I made my own Pink Pizza 🙂

  74. vero says

    April 16, 2016 at 12:36 pm

    So biotiful !!!!

  75. Evan says

    July 21, 2016 at 5:13 pm

    Clever recipe! Question: if I use all white whole wheat flour, will I still get the red color from the beets?

  76. Rebecka says

    September 19, 2016 at 8:20 am

    OMG!! That pizza is the most beautiful pizza i have ever seen! I’m inlove haha. Need to do this asap!! Tanks for sharing.

  77. Drew Weaver says

    October 6, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    great recipe!

  78. bizzy bee says

    January 20, 2021 at 5:07 pm

    hands down one of the best pizza recipes!

  79. sil says

    January 30, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    It took me 2 tries to make this, but the hard work paid off! awesome pizza thank you for sharing.

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