Smoked Salmon Pizza is a mouthwatering and easy dish that makes a satisfyingly good meal for dinner or lunch.
The crust is crisp, and it goes well with the delicate texture of the toppings filled with cream cheese, smoked salmon, fresh herbs, and the umami taste of onions and peppery rocket (arugula) leaves.
This pizza is made with either homemade or store bought pizza dough, and the toppings will definitely fulfill all of your cheesy imagination. Each bite will be full of cheesy goodness thanks to the mozzarella and cream cheese, and the salmon slices make the whole pizza get that balanced flavor of smoky, and salty tastes.
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Best Smoked Salmon Pizza Recipe
Pizza is a common go-to for a quick meal on any day of the week. It is convenient and way too available to have either homemade or through food delivery.
With that said, this particular pizza recipe is an excellent inclusion for any of your meals from lunch to dinner. They can serve as a heavy yet quick lunch for a busy day and a simple and easy weeknight dinner.
Why Does This Recipe Work?
- This recipe offers so much in terms of flavor and convenience, so follow through and find out why you need to try this dish at least once at home!
- This recipe is perfect for a simple get-together at home. You don’t have to spend so much time preparing this dish, and you definitely don’t have to be an expert in the kitchen to perfect this recipe. In just a few minutes, you will already have something delish to serve to your guests.
- There is a big room for additional flavors to this recipe. You can add any other veggies you would like your pizza to have so long as they compliment the taste of the smoked salmon.
- A slice of this pizza is already enough to satisfy your hunger. It is a perfect satiating, light meal after a hectic weekday.
- A scrumptious comfort food filled with fresh herbs, onions, and smoked salmon with an excellent complement of loaded cheese.
- This is a great way of consuming your leftover smoked salmon. You no longer have to dread how you are going to finish all your smoked salmon, just make this recipe at home, and viola!
- This delicious pizza is made with wholesome ingredients, perfect for lunch or a light dinner.
What’s in This Recipe?
Cream Cheese. The cream cheese helps combine the dry ingredients of garlic and cilantro so that when you slatter them to the pizza crust, they will not fall off. Plus, Cream cheese gives a delicate flavor to the pizza dough as well.
Fresh Cilantro. Fresh cilantro will give a distinctive flavor to your cream cheese, and once added to the pizza dough, it will also give it that fresh, light, and almost sweet flavor.
Pizza Dough. Wanna know what makes this recipe so adaptable at home? You can use homemade pizza dough if you want to make this recipe from scratch, but you can also take a shortcut and just use store-bought pizza dough!
Olive Oil. A bit of olive oil helps the pizza dough to have a better and more crisp texture. Once done cooking in the oven, the pizza dough will have a flavor of its own, thanks to the olive oil. You can use canola oil instead if you like.
Red Onions. The red onion gives this unique pizza an unrivaled salty sweetness that is unmatched by any other ingredient. When onions are cooked in the oven, the natural sugars in them caramelize, but the almost meaty taste of the red onions in the pizza surely is something to look forward to.
Mozzarella Cheese. Mozzarella cheese is the most famous cheese topping for any pizza. For this recipe, mozzarella cheese gives this recipe that bubbly and stringy yet intact cheesy topping. Mozzarella cheese browns perfectly in the oven; hence you will have that mottled, tasty top.
Smoked Salmon. The salty and slightly smoky flavor of smoked salmon blends well with everything added on top of this recipe.
Fresh Rocket (Arugula) Leaves. With its peppery, spicy taste and strong aroma, fresh rocket leaves are perfect to garnish this recipe.
How To Make Smoked Salmon Pizza?
One: Preheat oven to 200C / 390F. Roll out the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin and then press it into a 22 cm baking pan.
Two: In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, garlic and cilantro until combined.
Three: Drizzle the olive oil on top of the pizza crust, and spread the cream cheese mixture on top.
Four: Top with onion rings and mozzarella cheese and bake in the oven for 9-10 minutes or until cheese melts.
Five: Remove from oven; top with the salmon slices and rocket leaves, serve.
Top Tips!
- Do not use too much cream cheese in mixing the cilantro and garlic. Too much cream cheese loaded in the pizza dough will make the pizza crust lumpy or a bit too soft instead of having a crisp texture.
- There are different slices of smoked salmon you may find in the market. Since you will only use smoked salmon as a topping for pizza, you should choose the smaller slices, which are usually obtained from the tail. These slices are commonly used to season pasta and add to pizzas.
- Make sure the smoked salmon is skinless since the skin of smoked salmon is soggy and rubbery, which will not taste good on your pizza.
- To have a crisp pizza crust roll out the pizza dough a bit thin.
Recipe Variations
- Sprinkle red pepper flakes around the top of the pizza before cooking in the oven to add a hot and spicy flavor.
- Add a pinch of kosher salt to your cream cheese mixture.
- Add a few drops of lemon juice or sprinkle some lemon zest on top of the salmon.
- You may use baby spinach leaves if fresh rocket leaves are unavailable.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes to your pizza toppings for more flavor.
- Top your pizza with some green onions, green olives, fresh chives or red peppers.
- You may use crème fraîche or sour cream instead of cream cheese.
- Replace the cream cheese mixture with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
Serving Suggestions
Tomato soup is the perfect starter for dinner because it is both light and refreshing. It’s the perfect light complement to a hefty pizza. You’ll want to pair this pizza with something quite hearty if you’re serving a large number of people.
The traditional potato salad is delicious as it is rich, cheesy, and satisfyingly filling, which complements the pizza so well. Feel better about indulging in some pizza by pairing it with some nutritious Caesar salad as well!
Storage
To Store: Refrigerate for up to three days.
To Freeze: Place each slice of this pizza separately in a ziplock before freezing for up to three months. Reheat in the microwave until piping hot.
Recipe FAQs
Pizza dough is typically made with flour which contains gluten. For you to enjoy a gluten-free version of this pizza, you have to find a prebake pizza dough with a “Gluten Free” label on it.
You may always find good quality smoked salmon at any of your nearest groceries stores. Excellent smoked salmon will have a uniform color all over the top and a mildly firm texture to its meat.
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Recipe
Smoked Salmon Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 pizza crust , homemade or store bought
- 4 tablespoon cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro , finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic , crushed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red onion , sliced
- ½ cup mozzarella cheese , shredded
- 100 g smoked salmon
- 30 g fresh rocket leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C / 390F. Press the pizza dough into a 22 cm baking pan.1 pizza crust
- In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, garlic and cilantro until combined.4 tablespoon cream cheese, 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, 1 clove garlic
- Drizzle the olive oil on top of the pizza crust, and spread it with the cream cheese mixture.1 tablespoon olive oil
- Top with onion rings and mozzarella cheese and bake in the oven for 9-10 minutes or until cheese melts.1 red onion, ½ cup mozzarella cheese
- Remove from oven; top with the salmon slices and rocket leaves, and serve.100 g smoked salmon, 30 g fresh rocket leaves
Notes
- Do not use too much cream cheese in mixing the cilantro and garlic. Too much cream cheese loaded in the pizza dough will make the pizza crust lumpy or a bit too soft instead of having a crisp texture.
- There are different slices of smoked salmon you may find in the market. Since you will only use smoked salmon as a topping for pizza, you should choose the smaller slices, which are usually obtained from the tail. These slices are commonly used to season pasta and add to pizzas.
- Make sure the smoked salmon is skinless since the skin of smoked salmon is soggy and rubbery, which will not taste good on your pizza.
- To have a crisp pizza crust roll out the pizza dough a bit thin.
Variations
- Sprinkle red pepper flakes around the top of the pizza before cooking in the oven to add a hot and spicy flavor.
- Add a pinch of kosher salt to your cream cheese mixture.
- Add a few drops of lemon juice or sprinkle some lemon zest on top of the salmon.
- You may use baby spinach leaves if fresh rocket leaves are unavailable.
- Add sun-dried tomatoes to your pizza toppings for more flavor.
- Top your pizza with some green onions, green olives, fresh chives or red peppers.
- You may use crème fraîche or sour cream instead of cream cheese.
- Replace the cream cheese mixture with a thin layer of mayonnaise.
Nancy
So good. Did you use a store-bought or homemade crust?
Radwa
I used a homemade crust.
Linda A
My daughter and I made this together yesterday, it was so good, and we will definitely make this again!