This recipe was inspired by one of our favorite pizza joints here in Vegas called Metro Pizza. Every year around Valentine’s Day you can order a special heart shaped pizza for your Valentine. The Valentine’s Day a couple months before Baybah was born we did not feel much like going out for dinner, so I ordered my special Valentine one of the heart shaped pizzas for a nice romantic dinner at home! Now that Baybah is here, we decided to make this special pizza ourselves together as a family. It worked out perfect because pizza was on our emeals plan for this week too. We used their recipe but tweaked it a little to make it our own to give it that Valentine’s Day touch. I hope you and your family love our Valentine Heart Shaped Pizza Recipe!
- 2 - 16 oz fresh pizza dough
- ⅔ c pizza sauce
- 18 tomato halves, chopped, from Meal 2
- 8 oz fresh mozzarella cheese, torn into small pieces
- ¼ c prepared pesto
- ½ t salt, ½ t ground black pepper
- 3 T extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ cup of mozzarella and sprinkle with parm
- about 12 slices of pepperoni
- Preheat oven to 500° F. Let dough sit at room temperature 30 minutes. Using a little flour, roll 1 dough out to a 14” circle and then shape into a heart. Cut out a triangle in the top middle of the dough to give it more of a heart shape. Prick dough liberally with a fork. Place dough on a baking sheet (We used a pizza stone). Spread ⅓ c sauce evenly over dough. Top with ½ tomatoes and ½ cheese. Sprinkle with 2 T pesto, ½ of the shredded mozzarella, sprinkle with parm, salt and pepper. Add heart shaped peperoni. Bake 14 minutes or until cheese is beginning to brown and crust is done in the middle. Drizzle with ½ olive oil.
To make the heart shaped pepperoni I stacked slices on top of each other and then pressed a heart shaped cookie cutter down into the pepperoni. This technique worked better than doing one slice at a time.
This meal was modified using our emeal plan. Click the link for more information about eMeals! We have really enjoyed using their meal planning service.
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What a cute idea!
oh my gosh that’s SO cute. I especially love the heart pepperoni!
What a neat idea!
You have no idea how good that looks to me right now. And how much fun to cook with your little man!
Great idea! Maybe I’ll have time to try it!
Cute, love it!
awww heart shaped pepperoni too ur so clever. We make heart shapped pizza but these picky kids don’t like pepperoni
such a cute idea and looks delish! great recipe.
This looks great!
Cute idea! Hubs would like this better than a mushy card. 😉
This is so cute 🙂
Years ago there was this Mom & Pop pizza place that sold heart-shaped pizzas every February.
This is PERFECT for my toddler valentine playdate next week!
Maybe I’ll make my daughter a heart pizza for Valentine’s 🙂
Wow! Lolo, what a wonderful way to turn the ‘ordinary’ pizza into such a delight for the Valentine’s Day! The pepperoni took my heart away 🙂
What a super cute idea not only for Valentine’s Day but for anniversaries or even just because!
How cute! The perfect meal for Valentine’s Day.
Oh so yummy!!
How cute! We love doing fun things with our food and this heart pizza recipe looks yummy. Can’t wait to try it! I love the pepperoni hearts. 🙂
I love making the pepperonis heart shaped as well! Very cute idea.
I don’t think I’ve ever made a heart shaped pizza, but it’s so perfect for Valentine’s Day! I love that you made it with baybah.
I love it! What a great idea. I’ve been wanting to make pizza and a heart shaped pizza for Valentine’s day is just the incentive I needed. Thanks!
Oh my goodness how fun!
Love this!!!!!
I LOVE this! We have a local pizza joint that does the heart shaped pizzas as well, but I’ve never tried them myself!
Definitely pinning this so I can remember to do this each year.
Thanks for sharing!
Aww this is so cute and how much fun for the kids to make. Thanks for sharing.
Love this recipe/idea! Any excuse for pizza is ok by me!!
What a cute idea. I will have to make this with my kids.
That looks so good!
I know what I’m making for dinner on Valentine’s day 🙂
Such a cute idea!
I love this idea!!!!
Totally awesome!! 🙂
How cute! I know this would be a big hit in my house. My husband favorite food is pizza and my daughters love it as well! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome!! I love to suprise me kids with stuff like this! Great!
How fun! That is so festive and creative! And it looks delicious too!
I am so going to try to make a heart shape pizza for my kids.
Such a cute idea!
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Oh that turned out fantastic!!!
HOW CUTE!!!
What a cute idea to do year-round!
Love that even the pepperoni is heart shaped.