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    Home » Recipes

    Making Mini Heart Shaped Pizzas for Valentine's Day

    February 7, 2020 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

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    Single heart shaped pizza above text with a pan of pizzas below

    These mini heart shaped pizzas are easy to create and make a perfect meal for Valentine's Day or other special occasions.

    Two mini heart shaped pizzas on a plate

    Valentine's Day is just around the corner and this year I thought it would be fun to make something other than a dessert. I've made Chocolate Heart Cookies and Heart Cinnamon Rolls and Raspberry Heart Hand Pies. So this year I'm making Mini Heart Shaped Pizzas.

     

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    Heart pizza ingredients. Refrigerated pizza dough, marinara sauce, basil, cheeses.

    How to Make Heart Shaped Pizza at Home

    I decided to use refrigerator pizza dough for this recipe. It's pretty flexible and the taste, while not as good as homemade, or straight from the pizza shop, it's still pretty good.

    Any brand will work, and you could also try this on your own homemade dough.

    Round and square biscuit cutters on pizza dough

    Here's the trick. I think I learned this as a kid. Maybe as a Girl Scout. And, it may have been done with paper. Anyway, you need to cut out the dough with one round and one square cookie or biscuit cutter. I'm using these round cookie/biscuit and square cutters for my pizzas.

    Square cutout pizza dough and round dough cut in half.

    Use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut the round cutout in half.

    Square pizza dough and round halves on sides.
    You can do this heart trick with cake or paper to make the perfect heart shape.

    Now, place the half rounds on the sides of the square. See how it makes a heart? Magic!

    Heart shaped pizza dough

    The hard part is getting the dough to stick together. Try pinching and do this on both sides of the heart.

    Mini heart shaped pizzas with marinara and basil
    Just a little marinara or pizza sauce goes a long way.

    Place your hearts on a non-stick or greased cookie sheet to pre-bake. Then add your toppings.

    Making Homemade Marinara Sauce

    You can use jarred marinara or pizza sauce for this, but I love using homemade marinara for pasta and it worked really well on this pizza recipe. It's really easy to make and you are left with 2.5 cups which gives you plenty leftover to use with pasta on another night.

    The key is using San Marzano tomatoes. You can find these canned in just about any grocery store. I really like them because they are a plum tomato making them meatier and they have fewer seeds typically than a regular tomato. However, you can make this with any canned tomato.

    Another trick that I learned from watching the famous Italian Chef, Giada De Laurentiis, is adding a bit of butter to the sauce. This will make the sauce richer and balance the acidity. Some people also do this with a little sugar.

    Mini heart shaped pizzas from the oven.

    The Best Cheese for Pizza

    We are lucky to have some pretty good pizza shops where I live. So, if you are making a homemade pizza you need to really up your game or what's the point. 

    I've just given you a good idea for sauce and next comes the most important part of the pizza. The cheese. I like to use a combination of mozzarella and provolone. This combination is the perfect balance of elasticity and oil that gives a nice tasty cheese topping that browns well.

    Heart pizzas on a plate with san marzano marinara sauce behind.

    Finally, You could probably make a giant heart pizza with this idea by using two packages of pizza dough.

    However, I think the smaller individual hearts are nice to serve on a plate for everyone you love.

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    2 heart shaped raspberry pies

    P.S. Wouldn't these heart shaped hand pies be great for dessert. Which one will you eat? A Kiss (X) or a Hug (O)?

     

    Mini heart shaped pizza for Valentine's Day

     

    Two mini heart shaped pizzas on a plate

    Mini Heart Shaped Pizzas

    These mini heart shaped pizzas are easy to create and make a perfect meal for Valentine's Day or other special occasions.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Cook Time 15 mins
    Additional Time 2 mins
    Total Time 47 mins
    Course Recipes
    Cuisine Entree
    Servings 8 -10
    Calories 142 kcal

    Equipment

    • Bakerpan Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Square Set of 2
    • Bakerpan Stainless Steel Cookie Cutter Round Biscuit (2 Inch & 3 Inch)

    Ingredients
      

    Heart Mini Pizzas

    • 1 package of refrigerated pizza dough 13.8 oz
    • 1 cup Homemade Marinara Sauce or your favorite jarred sauce
    • Fresh basil leaves
    • 1 cup freshly grated mozzarella cheese
    • 1 cup grated provolone cheese

    Homemade Marinara

    • 1 can San Marzano tomatoes 28 oz
    • 4 cloves garlic - grated
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
    • 1 tablespoon butter
    • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
    • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional

    Instructions
     

    • Make the homemade marinara by sauteing garlic in the olive oil for about 30 seconds.
    • Add tomatoes, and use a potato masher to break the tomatoes up.
    • Add salt, basil, and butter.
    • Turn to low heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the sauce reduces, stirring occasionally.
    • Next roll out the pizza dough.
    • Use a square and a round biscuit cutter to cut out a square and round shape.
    • Cut the round shape in half with a sharp knife or pizza cutter.
    • Place each half of the round shape to an adjacent side of the square to make a heart.
    • Firmly pinch the dough and place the heart on a greased baking sheet or non-stick baking sheet.
    • Pre-bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees.
    • Remove and add some marinara, fresh basil and a handful of grated cheese.
    • Return to the oven and bake for 6 minutes.
    • Set under the broiler for another minute to brown the cheese.

    Notes

    The marinara recipe makes about 2.5 cups of sauce.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 142kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 7gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 477mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    Comments

    1. Luisa Bellissimo

      February 07, 2020 at 8:33 am

      Hi Patti,
      Great idea. I have a few heart pans. Would that work with the pizza dough?
      I know it works with cakes!
      Thanks. I love your site!
      Luisa an Italian Canadian from Woodbridge, Ontario Canada

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        February 07, 2020 at 9:31 am

        Luisa, I do think cake pans would work. I haven't done it but my guess is that it might take a little longer to bake and might end up a little thicker but that may be very tasty too. Let me know how it turns out.

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