This Greek pizza recipe is loaded with feta, olives, and fresh veggies on a crisp, golden crust. It’s easy, full of flavor, and perfect for pizza night!
Here’s a pizza topping idea that always gets rave reviews: my Greek pizza with feta! There’s nothing better than the combination of tangy artichoke hearts, refreshing bursts of tomato, garlicky spinach, and salty olives and feta.
I love a great veggie pizza, and this pizza topping combination is what I turn to most often when I want something veggie-packed. It’s destined to be the smash hit of your pizza night!
Ingredients Needed
Greek pizza is not authentically Greek, but the classic Italian pizza pie dressed up with Mediterranean-style toppings. Many restaurants and pizzerias serve a version of this pizza and use different toppings. This one I’ve customized to the ingredients I love seeing on a Greek pizza, but feel free to customize it to your tastes. Here are the elements you’ll need:
- Pizza dough: our favorites are Best Pizza Dough, Thin Crust Pizza Dough and Pizza Oven Dough, but there are a few more options below
- Pizza sauce: This Homemade Pizza Sauce is a must: it takes just 5 minutes for huge flavor.
- Shredded mozzarella cheese: This cheese holds everything together like glue.
- Feta cheese: Feta cheese is required! It adds just the right salty seasoning to the top of the pie.
- Veggies: A combination of baby spinach, red onion, and cherry tomatoes make up the fresh veggies, and Kalamata olives and artichoke hearts add tangy, briny flair to the flavors.
- Dried oregano: This brings in an herby intrigue to the flavor.
- Fresh basil: This classic herb adds the perfect freshness and herby intruige.
Again, you can customize to your own tastes if you prefer Greek pizza with other ingredients. Other options include sundried tomatoes, roasted red peppers, prosciutto, or chicken.
Tips for Perfect Greek Pizza
- Use a pizza stone and preheat it properly. This is the biggest factor for getting that crispy, chewy crust. The stone needs at least 30 minutes in a 500°F oven before the pizza goes on. For more, read my guide on How to Use a Pizza Stone.
- Use a pizza peel for sliding onto the stone. This paddle makes it easy to slide the pie onto the hot stone in the oven. I recommend this standard pizza peel as a good starter option, or this conveyor pizza peel, which is more expensive but easier to use.
- Keep sauce thin. A thin layer of tomato sauce lets the crust cook through without getting soggy.
- Go high heat. A 500°F oven (or hotter in a pizza oven) is required for that golden brown, slightly charred crust!
Easy Variations to Try
- Make it with store-bought dough. I prefer homemade dough, but a ball of store-bought pizza dough works in a pinch.
- Try it as a pita pizza or naan pizza. For my “cheater” version, make a pita pizza or naan pizza — no dough-making required!
- Make it on a sheet pan. Don’t have a pizza stone? Use my favorite Sheet Pan Pizza method, which makes three pizzas in one large pan: it’s perfect for feeding a crowd and easier than a pizza stone.
- Add roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, or green olives. These pair well with feta. Roasted red peppers are great if you love a red pepper pizza vibe, or use two types of olives like my olive pizza.
- Add protein. Grilled chicken or prosciutto work well with the vibe as well.
- Make it vegan. Use vegan cheese alternatives, or skip cheese altogether and lean on the briny, flavorful toppings. See my Vegan Pizza recipe for ideas.
What to Serve With It
What to serve with Greek pizza? Make a big salad and heap it on your plate with a big cheesy slice. In fact, I love trying to have a few different salad and veggie options to complement the rich pie. Here are a few great side dishes for pizza:
- Grab a Chopped Salad or Greek Salad
- Add a Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
- Try this Romaine Lettuce Salad with Green Goddess
- Opt for a Kale Caesar Salad
- Go for elegant Fennel Salad with Parmesan or Endive Salad with Parmesan & Orange
Storage Tips
Leftover pizza stores airtight in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
The best way to reheat pizza is in a skillet on the stovetop, covered, over medium heat for a few minutes. A 375°F oven or an air fryer also work well!
Pizza dough tip: If you want to get ahead, pizza dough can be made in advance. You can keep it 3 days in the fridge or here’s how to freeze pizza dough.
Dietary Notes
This feta pizza recipe is vegetarian. For gluten-free, go to our Gluten-Free Pizza Dough.
Greek Pizza with Feta
Pin RecipeThis Greek pizza recipe is loaded with feta, olives, and fresh veggies on a crisp, golden crust. It’s easy, full of flavor, and perfect for pizza night!
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 7 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 7 minutes
- Yield: 1 medium pizza 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Pizza
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Homemade Pizza Sauce
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 cups baby spinach or chopped spinach
- 1 pinch each salt and garlic powder
- 4 Kalamata olives, halved (optional)
- ¼ cup chopped artichoke hearts
- 1 handful red onion slices
- 4 cherry tomatoes, quartered
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ cup feta cheese
- ¼ teaspoon dried oregano
- 4 basil leaves (optional)
Instructions
- Make the pizza dough: Follow the Best Pizza Dough, Thin Crust Pizza Dough or Pizza Oven Dough recipes to prepare the dough. (This takes about 15 minutes to make and 45 minutes to rest.)
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500°F. OR preheat your pizza oven (here’s the pizza oven we use).
- Make the pizza sauce: Make the Homemade Pizza Sauce. (You’ll use about ⅓ cup for the pizza; reserve the remaining sauce and refrigerate for up to 1 week.)
- Prepare the toppings: Warm the olive oil in small skillet. Add the spinach, 1 pinch salt, and 1 pinch garlic powder. Sauté over medium heat for 2 minutes until the spinach is wilted. Half the Kalamata olives, chop the artichoke hearts, thinly slice the red onion, and quarter the cherry tomatoes.
- Bake the pizza: When the oven is ready, dust a pizza peel with cornmeal or semolina flour. (If you don’t have a pizza peel, you can use a rimless baking sheet or the back of a rimmed baking sheet. But a pizza peel is well worth the investment!) Stretch the dough into a circle; see How to Stretch Pizza Dough for instructions. Then gently place the dough onto the pizza peel.
- Spread a thin layer of the pizza sauce over the dough. Add the mozzarella cheese. Top with the spinach, olives, artichoke, red onion, and tomatoes. Sprinkle with the feta cheese and dried oregano. Add a few pinches of kosher salt and some fresh ground pepper, to taste.
- Use the pizza peel to carefully transfer the pizza onto the preheated pizza stone. Bake the pizza until the cheese and crust are nicely browned, about 5 to 7 minutes in the oven (or 1 to 2 minutes in a pizza oven).
- Allow the pizza to cool for a minute or two before adding the basil on top (whole leaves, lightly torn, or thinly sliced). Slice into pieces and serve immediately.
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