Easy Caprese Pizza (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

This is the gluten-free caprese pizza recipe that we’ve been making week after week. It’s the combination of a perfect gluten-free pizza crust which holds up well, is crusty on the outside and chewy inside, and topped with simple ingredients that carry big, bold flavors. This pizza is dairy-free and vegan too.

What is Caprese Pizza?

For those of you who don’t know what caprese pizza is, or what toppings go on a caprese pizza, it’s time to correct that, because this is about to become one of your favorite pizzas, if not your favorite (because it certainly is ours)!

A traditional caprese pizza is a pizza crust that has been spread with tomato sauce and is then topped with mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, and fresh basil leaves. It is also drizzled in olive oil and sprinkled with fresh herbs.

No more pizza delivery!

Before learning how to make our own pizza – and I’m talking about pizza from scratch, which involves making the gluten-free crust as well – we used to order gluten-free pizza every once in a long while.

Even then, we only ordered when pizza cravings struck badly, but it always resulted in the same situation – we’d regret ordering because the pizza usually had a hard and dense crust that made the whole pizza night a big fail.

The last few months however, with we’ve been making our favorite house special -caprese pizza- and honestly speaking, it’s been glorious pizza heaven. I’m not celiac (but Juan is so we eat gluten-free at home), and I can vouch that this pizza feels like the real thing.

The Best Gluten-Free Pizza Crust

In my opinion, a pizza is only as good as its crust – and our gluten-free pizza crust has been a huge success. Readers and other fellow gluten-free celiacs have made it with amazing results.

It’s crusty on the outside, chewy on the inside, and while it does require yeast, there’s no rise time required, which means you can get a homemade pizza ready in less time than it takes to order one! So that’s a double whammy in my book! Get our gluten-free pizza crust recipe to make your pizza today!

Use the Freshest Ingredients You Can Get

Now that we’ve got an amazing pizza crust, it’s time to prepare the topping ingredients, which include mozzarella cheese, cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, and olive oil.

In our version, since Juan is lactose-intolerant, we like to use a dairy-free mozzarella cheese made from almonds that yields an uncannily similar texture to normal mozzarella made from dairy. I also like to add some fresh minced garlic for an extra kick of flavor and a sprinkle of red chili flakes for a little bit of heat.

Preparing This Delicious Caprese Pizza

To get this pizza party started, you’ll first have preheat the oven to 450F. Next, place the crust on a baking sheet and then spread out the tomato sauce all over the pre-baked pizza crust (I like to use a silicon brush to do that).

Place the baking sheet in the oven for around 10 minutes so the tomato sauce dries slightly, and then distribute the dairy-free mozzarella cheese evenly over the crust and place the cherry tomato halves over the cheese.

Return the pizza to the oven for 15 minutes until the cheese has melted and the crust is golden brown and crusty on the edges.

Finally sprinkle the minced garlic over the pizza and let it cook for 5 minutes in the oven until fragrant.

All that’s left to do is distribute the basil leaves over, drizzle some olive oil and add a sprinkle of red chili flakes (highly recommended!). Now time to tuck in and eat!

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