Spicy Pineapple & Bacon Pizza with Fresh Basil and Hot Honey
Sweet pineapple, smoky bacon, fresh basil, and hot honey come together on a thin, stone-baked crust for a bold, fast-fired pizza that hits every note at once.
Equipment
- Pizza stone
- Pizza shield (if using Frigidaire stone-bake mode)
- Pizza Peel
- Bench scraper or hands for shaping
- Oven
Ingredients
- 2 fresh pizza dough balls store-bought or homemade
- 1 cup diced fresh pineapple
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Pinch of red chili flakes
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1 cup cooked crumbled bacon
- 1/2 cup fresh torn basil
- 2 tablespoons hot honey
- 1/2 cup cornmeal for the peel
Instructions
- Preheat your oven on stone-baked pizza mode with the stone and shield inside.
- Let dough rest at room temperature until relaxed and easy to stretch.
- Toss pineapple with olive oil and chili flakes to lightly coat.
- Dust your surface with cornmeal and stretch dough thin to a 14-inch round.
- Spoon 2–3 tablespoons of marinara over the dough and spread thinly.
- Scatter half the pineapple and bacon evenly across the pizza.
- Sprinkle with half the mozzarella.
- Slide pizza onto a cornmeal-dusted peel and transfer to the hot stone.
- Bake for exactly 2 minutes.
- Remove, drizzle with hot honey, and finish with torn basil.