Heart Shaped Pizzas for Valentine's Day

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

 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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How to Make Heart Shaped Pizza

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.

Step 1. Roll out the pizza dough.

Step 2. 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. 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.

Step 3. Use a pizza cutter or sharp knife to cut the round cutout in half.

Step 4. Now, place the half rounds on the sides of the square. See how it makes a heart? Magic!

Step 5. The hard part is getting the dough to stick together. Try pinching and do this on both sides of the heart.

Step 6. Place your hearts on a non-stick or greased cookie sheet to pre-bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Step 7. Remove the pizzas and top with marinara, cheese, and toppings.

Step 8. Return the pan to the oven and continue baking for another 6 minutes before setting it under the broiler to brown the cheese.

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 plum tomatoes 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.

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.

I'm making cheese pizzas but you can add any toppings, such as pepperoni, mushrooms, other herbs, etc.

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.