Peach Brie Serrano Pizza
This Peach Brie Serrano Pizza is currently my favourite “Emergency Pizza”, as the flavours of creamy, milky Brie, salty Serrano ham and juicy sweet peaches work just so well together and taste like a perfect summer dinner with a glass of red wine. Or white. I won’t judge.
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Why You Will Love This
The Emergency Pizza concept
And if you followed my No Yeast Sourdough Wholewheat Pizza Crust post, meal prepping this super flavourful pizza crust, you can have this on the table in under 30 minutes. Which might just be faster than waiting for takeout. Did I mention it tastes better too?
Better For You Than Takeout
See, the thing that often saved me from getting greasy, high calorie pizza from the delivery service was, that I pretty much always had at least one of these crusts in my freezer, for the days where just nothing but pizza will do. That meant I don’t just have a healthier base in form of wholewheat sourdough, but also the fact that you can add healthier toppings and adjust the amount of cheese.
Does Pizza fit into a weight loss diet?
Considering one whole pizza crust has only about 400cal and depending on the toppings, it can very easily work with a diet. You might not eat the whole one (though…god knows I did occasionally), but the highest calorie factor is the amount of cheese you top it with. If you use one with lots of flavour, like this Brie, you won’t need much to feel really satisfied. In my case, the serrano ham being fairly low fat just adds to its suitability.
The Cheesy Crust
I often fill the crust with a little bit of cheese, which adds flavour and also means, due to the folding over, it raises to a beautiful crust all around. It’s easy too, as you just lay the edges over the cheese and push them down slightly, so it doesn’t leak out. No need to have this look perfect. Handmade and rustic is the look we are goung for here.
Choose your Favourite Toppings
You can top pizza with anything in your fridge. For me that always includes some kind of veggie or fruit (In this particular case summery peaches, milky, creamy brie and crispy serrano ham), maybe a bit of charcuterie and definitely a nice cheese. All on a few tablespoons of ready-made tomato sauce from a jar.
I did make my own from time to time, but for the sake of emergency pizza, I often gravitate towards some basil or roasted garlic ready made sauce, though one time I even made it topped with a white sauce from mashed beans and garlic, which was utterly delicious.
Depending on my fridge contents, I usually have artichoke hearts on Serrano, topped with grated Mozzarella.
Mushrooms and pepperoni are great too, maybe with some added roasted pepper strips from a jar. Or a mexican inspired version with sweetcorn and chicken topped by spicy pickled jalapenos.
The Ingredients
- One No Yeast Sourdough Wholewheat Pizza Crust – Alternatively use ready made crust, but you are missing out!
- Today I happened to have fresh peaches and Brie in my fridge and I’m so glad I did! The Brie gets all bubbly and slightly crisp on the top, with that perfect caramelized baked cheese flavour. I used “Creamfields” here, which I urge you to try if you come across it, as its incredible creamy, milky flavour goes so well with the peach.
- A little bit of grated cheese (I used mozzarella) for filling the crust.
- Use ready made tomato sauce as a base. I enjoy the basil versions, ideally made from cherry tomatoes, for intense flavor.
- Add the serrano ham on top of the other ingredients, so it gets crispy when baking. 12 minutes later, you have Pizza-heaven.
The Process
- Preheat your oven to 450°F/225°C. Add the sheetpan or pizza stone now, so they can pre-heat. This will give you the perfect crispy crust
Rolling out the dough
- Place the no yeast sourdough wholewheat pizza crust on floured baking parchments on a large wooden board (pizzerias often use semolina instead of flour, which adds a nice crunch).
- The wooden board and parchment will be used to be able to cleanly push the pizza onto your stone or sheetpan later. If using a sheetpan, leave the parchment underneath, so the pizza doesn’t stick. On a stone that shouldn’t be necessary.
- Roll it out thinly into a roughly round shape. Homemade pizza doesn’t have to be perfect.
Cheesy crust
- Sprinkle the grated cheese evenly around the edges, leaving about 2cm to the outside.
- Wrap the edges over the cheese carefully, not pressing down on the cheese, so it has a chance to rise high later, but pinching to the inside, so the cheese doesn’t run out while melting.
Toppings of my Peach Brie Serrano Pizza
- Spread the ready-made tomato sauce evenly over the pizza crust, leaving a small border around the edges.
- Lay the sliced peaches evenly over the tomato sauce. Arrange the thin slices of Brie on top. Please pieces of roughly ripped Serrano ham all over the pizza.
Bake
- Using oven gloves, take out the stone* or sheetpan*. (Excuse the missing pictures here, I had both hands full, trying not to burn myself. I’m definintely investing into a wooden peel next! Do yourself a favor and get a stone like the one linked with the peel included.)
- With your wooden board, slide the pizza onto stone or sheetpan and place it in the preheated oven.
- Bake for about 10-12min until the crust becomes golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Serve
- Remove the pizza from the oven, and let it cool for a minute or two. Cut the pizza into slices using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife.
- Top with some fresh basil leaves. Enjoy.
So when will you try Peach Brie Serrano Pizza? How about a quick summer dinner in the garden?
What are your favourite topping? Let me know in the comments.
Meal Prep
While I would not top the pizza until right before baking, you can prepare the dough weeks ahead and just freeze it in portions. Which is what I do, to always have a good quality pizza base on hand when I get the craving.
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Peach Brie Serrano Pizza
Equipment
- 1 pizza stone or
Ingredients
- 1 No Yeast Sourdough Wholewheat Pizza Crust
- 3 tbsp ready-made tomato sauce of your choice
- 1 Peach
- 3 slices Serrano ham
- 60 g Brie in thin slices
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 450°F/225°C. Add the sheetpan or pizza stone now, so they can pre-heat. This will give you the perfect crispy crust
Rolling out the dough
- Place the no yeast sourdough wholewheat pizza crust on floured baking parchments on a large wooden board (pizzerias often use semolina instead of flour, which adds a nice crunch).
- The wooden board and parchment will be used to be able to cleanly push the pizza onto your stone or sheetpan later. If using a sheetpan, leave the parchment underneath, so the pizza doesn't stick. On a stone that shouldn't be necessary.
- Roll it out thinly into a roughly round shape. Homemade pizza doesn’t have to be perfect.
Cheesy crust
- Sprinkle the grated cheese evenly around the edges, leaving about 2cm to the outside.
- Wrap the edges over the cheese carefully, not pressing down on the cheese, so it has a chance to rise high later, but pinching to the inside, so the cheese doesn’t run out while melting.
Toppings
- Spread the ready-made tomato sauce evenly over the pizza crust, leaving a small border around the edges.
- Lay the sliced peaches evenly over the tomato sauce. Arrange the thin slices of Brie on top. Please pieces of roughly ripped Serrano ham all over the pizza.
Bake
- Using oven gloves, take out the stone or sheetpan.
- With your wooden board, slide the pizza onto stone or sheetpan and place it in the preheated oven.
- Bake for about 10-12min until the crust becomes golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Serve
- Remove the pizza from the oven, and let it cool for a minute or two. Cut the pizza into slices using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife.
- Top with some fresh basil leaves. Enjoy.
I love your wholewheat sourdough pizza base and it was perfect with the ham and peaches. I used Italian prosciutto crudo as I live in Italy and serrano is hard to find.
Wow! It’s all I can say. I did use half spelt and half wholemeal flour – insanely good. I need this again and the kids LOVED it too. We topped it with different things for everyone so everyone had their fav topping but the base was fab!!
What a great pizza variation. This would be a great appetizer. Nice on the brunch menu too. Homemade pizza is the best.
Made the Peach Brie Serrano Pizza, and it was fantastic! The sweet peaches, creamy brie, and spicy serrano peppers make an amazing combo. Definitely a must-try for pizza night!
Such a delicious combination of flavours – this will definitely be the pizza of the summer! A wonderful way to enjoy peaches.