Beer adds a nice flavor and fragrance to this easy to make pizza crust.
We are baking flat breads with yeast for this month’s Bread Bakers. Our host for this month, Sonia Gupta (Sonilicious) wanted us to get creative and bake a single-layered or double-layered flat bread that is leavened with yeast. To be honest, there were way too many options to choose from but since pizza is always a hit with my family, I made this Quick Beer Crust Pizza.
As with any baking recipe, I went to King Arthur flour for flat bread recipes. There were a ton of recipes that I really wanted to try, but I chose this beer crust pizza in the end. My husband bought a case of beer from Costco for a dinner party couple of months ago and still had a few in the fridge. So I thought this would be the best chance to use one.
The best part about this beer crust pizza is that it needs only 30 minutes of rising time. If you have time, then you can allow the dough to rise for up to 2 hours. You can make thin, medium or thick crust pizza, just let the dough rise for the second time,if you want thicker crust.
I don’t drink beer and so I was worried if the pizza would have a lingering alcohol taste. But I was pleasantly surprised that there was no tell-tale sign of beer. It adds a nice flavor and fragrance to the crust. I topped our pizza with pesto, zoodles (zucchini noodles, spinach and cheese). Do try this beer crust pizza recipe is you have a bottle of beer sitting in the fridge.
Don’t forget to check out what flat breads the other Bread Bakers have made for this month:
- Bacon and Leek Flamiche from Food Lust People Love
- Chole Kulche Delhi Style from The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen
- Creamy Garlic Flatbread Pizza from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Detroit-Style Pepperoni Pizza from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Foccacia Bread from Cook with Renu
- Gözleme from All That’s Left are The Crumbs
- Manakish Za’atar from Herbivore Cucina
- Methi Naan from Mayuri’s Jikoni
- Naan from Ambrosia
- Nángbĭng from A Shaggy Dough Story
- Paneer Kulcha – Indian Flat Bread from Sonlicious
- Quick Beer Crust Pizza from Cook’s Hideout
- Sourdough Flatbread from Sneha’s Recipe
- Tajik Non from The Schizo Chef
- Yemeni Malooga Bread from Gayathri’s Cook Spot
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Beer Crust Pizza
Ingredients
- 1½ cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1½ cups Semolina flour Substitute with all purpose flour, if you don't have semolina flour
- 1 tbsp Pizza dough flavor (optional)
- 2 tsp Instant Yeast
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1½ cups Beer, at room temperature I used India Pale Ale
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Mix and knead until a smooth, soft dough forms.
- Cover and set aside to rise for 30 minutes or for up to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 450°F with a baking stone (if you have one) on a lower rack.
- Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a 10" or 12" round.
- Place the dough on a parchment paper (if using the baking stone) or on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake the pizzas right away for thin crust pizza, but for thicker crust, allow the crust to rise for 30~60 minutes.
- Transfer the pizzas along with the parchment paper to the baking stone. Or place the baking sheet in the oven.
- Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and top as desired, and baked for an additional 8~12 minutes, or until the bottom crust is crisp and the cheese is melted and bubbling.
- Remove from the oven and serve hot.
Karen @Karen's Kitchen stories
This is such a beautiful pizza! The sauce looks so creamy, and the veggies so fresh. Beer in the crust sounds wonderful!
Wendy
Pizza is always a hit here too and I’m happy to have another dough recipe. Thanks.
Mayuri Patel
Pavani I’ve yet to try baking with beer. Pizza looks so delicious. Love the zoodles you’ve added as topping.
Lauren
Pizza is my weakness, and this looks so delicious! I also love that the dough only needs to rise for 30 minutes!
Veena Azmanov
I have only eaten beer pizza crust once and it was so delicious. I’m saving this recipe to try soon. Sounds so yum! Cannot wait to try this. The toppings on this look so refreshing. Love a bit of green in my pizza too!
Gloria
Well we love bread and pizza. Homemade pizza dough is THE BEST. We will have to give this a try…especially since grilling season is here…and we love cooking pizza outside.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
Pizza is always a hit at my house as well and I love trying out new recipes. Glad that you mentioned that the crust did not have any lingering beer flavor. Love your zoodles topping.
sneha datar
A Delicious and a healthy version of Beer Pizzza.
Priya Srinivasan
Such a beautiful pizza pavani !! Love the colors on top!! I have never baked with bee, looks quite interesting ❤️
swathi
I am yet to try beer crust pizza, it sounds delicious and flavorful. Beer is best when comes as an ingredient. Your pizza looks delicious I need to give it a try.
Karyl Henry
Wow, I’ve never thought to add beer to pizza crust! What a great idea. I’ve found that heat always cooks out the alcohol taste, but just leaves a wonderful depth of flavor. I’m going to have to try this
Catherine
Oh what a fantastic idea! I will have to give this a try…your pizza looks so good!
Priya @priyascurrynation
Crust pizza is always welcome… I love this recipe. It is new and just refreshing 😉