Last updated January 28th, 2025
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This unique BLT pizza recipe tastes like a classic BLT sandwich, but in pizza form! Saucy, savory, and flavorful with crispy bacon, fresh tomato, lettuce, and garlic aioli in every bite.
A big thank you to the trendy caesar salad pizza, for paving the way for lettuce on pizza. That opened the door for one of our new favorite homemade pizza recipes: BLT Pizza.
Piled high with everything you want in a classic BLT sandwich, this pizza lives up to its name. With a thick, fluffy, pizza dough, fresh, flavorful tomatoes, crispy bacon, and the crunch of lettuce you just can’t beat, you’ll be amazed at just how well this pizza replicates the classic sandwich. Oh and we can’t forget the drizzle of garlic aioli every good BLT needs.
What This Recipe Entails
This BLT pizza recipe is pretty much what it sounds like. If you’ve made pizza at home before, this won’t be any different!
- Prep time: 20 minutes to prep bacon, slice tomatoes, and chop lettuce
- Cook time: 20 to 25 minutes to bake your pizza to a delicious golden brown!
Using store bought pizza dough and leftover bacon helps save a good chunk of time making this recipe. However, if you want to make dough from scratch, we love that idea! We recommend a hearty dough that replicates the bread of a BLT. Our favorite homemade dough for this recipe is the Al Taglio dough from the Mastering Pizza cookbook.
BLT Pizza Ingredients
Can you guess what goes on our homemade BLT pizza? Yeah, you probably can. But in case you can’t here is everything you need to make it:
- Pizza dough – Store-bought works well for this recipe, but if you are going to make some from scratch we recommend a thick crust dough. Check out the Al Taglio dough from Mastering Pizza.
- Crushed San Marzano tomatoes – High quality tomatoes make the sauce so much more flavorful and make sure you get tomato in every bite!
- Shredded mozzarella cheese – Grab a block and shred it yourself for best results!
- BLT – Bacon, romaine lettuce, and vine tomatoes make up the majority of our toppings
- Garlic aioli – Because all BLTs deserve a little garlicky flavor and creamy aioli. Just check out our classic BLT with roasted garlic aioli if you need further proof.
How To Make A BLT Pizza
Making a BLT pizza is super simple. Once all your ingredients are prepped, all you have to do is stretch the dough and top with all that deliciousness.
- Prep your ingredients – Stretch the dough, shred the cheese, chop and cook the bacon, slice some tomato, and chop the lettuce.
- Build your pizza – Top the dough evenly with the crushed tomatoes, leaving about a half inch crust around the border. Next, sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza, and top with sliced tomatoes, chopped bacon, and a pinch of sea salt.
- Bake – Cook until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden.
- Finish – Once the pizza has come out of the oven, top with lettuce and drizzle with garlic aioli.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Storing and Reheating Leftovers
BLT pizza can be kept in the fridge for up to 5 days. We like to store it in tupperware so that the toppings don’t get smushed. However, tinfoil works perfectly well for storing BLT pizza as well!
Whenever you are ready to enjoy your leftover BLT pizza, simply heat it in the oven at 350 degrees F for 10 to 15 minutes. You can heat it with the lettuce and garlic aioli right on it. Our recommendation, however, is to give it a fresh drizzle of aioli after reheating for extra flavor and moisture.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
BLT pizza is a fresh and unique take on a classic homemade pizza. The light toppings add a fun flavor, but keep this pizza light. Perfect for a summer lunch or dinner. You’ll be surprised at how much this pizza really does taste like a classic BLT sandwich!
Next time you’re looking for a unique pizza recipe to try at home, give our BLT pizza a shot. Let us know what you think of it in the comments below! And don’t forget to rate and share.
Expert Tips
- Always bake pizza based on the dough you are using. If you make a homemade dough, follow the baking directions for it.
- We always set our timers a little short of how long we expect the pizza to need. This way we can take it out if it is baking faster than expected. Every dough and every oven are different.
- If you’re ambitious and looking for more flavor, make your own easy roasted garlic aioli for a simple yet fun twist to this recipe.
- If you are making bacon fresh for this recipe, chop it into small “crumble sized” pieces before cooking. It helps the bacon cook faster and means no crumbling it afterwards.
- For cleaner cutting, slice the pizza before topping with the shredded lettuce and garlic aioli. This will help make cutting and serving less messy!
- Use offset pizza scissors for cutting homemade pizza. They work especially well for heavily topped pizzas like this BLT pizza! If you’ve never cut pizza with scissors before, you’re missing out. It works like a charm, and means you can cut the pizza right in the pan without scratching it.
- If you have leftovers, drizzle them with some fresh garlic aioli after reheating.
Love this recipe? You may enjoy these recipes, too:
- Chick-Fil-A Pizza
- Buffalo Chicken Pizza
- BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza
- Chicken Bacon Ranchero Pizza
- Meat Lover’s Pizza
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BLT Pizza
Equipment
Ingredients
- 22 ounces pizza dough store bought
- 1 cup crushed San Marzano tomatoes
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 medium vine tomatoes sliced
- 10 strips cooked bacon roughly chopped
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1 to 2 leaves romaine lettuce chopped
- Garlic aioli for drizzling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Lightly flour a rectangular baking sheet for the dough. Using floured hands, stretch the dough to fill the baking sheet.
- Top the dough evenly with the crushed tomatoes, leaving about a half inch crust around the border. Use the back of a spoon to gently spread the sauce over the dough.
- Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza, and top with sliced tomatoes, chopped bacon, and a pinch of sea salt.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden.
- Once the pizza has come out of the oven, top with lettuce and drizzle with garlic aioli. Slice, serve, and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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We love making this recipe with a thick crust dough or even on focaccia. The thicker, oily crust makes this pizza taste that much more like a BLT sandwich.