Delicious Homemade Cuban Pizza


🍕 Homemade Cuban Pizza – Easy and Quick Recipe

If you are looking for how to make homemade Cuban pizza with simple, affordable ingredients and in the traditional Cuban cooking style, this recipe is for you. With a soft and fluffy dough and toppings of your choice, this Cuban pizza recipe is perfect for the whole family. I explain step by step how to make a tasty, classic Cuban-style pizza from scratch.

🧂 Ingredients to Make Cuban Pizza

For the homemade pizza dough:

  • 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 7 grams active dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil or vegetable oil

For the toppings (to your taste):

  • Mozzarella, Gouda, or Patagrás cheese
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Pasta sauce (Vita Nuova or any other)
  • Chorizo, ham, sausage, onion, bell pepper, etc.

 

 

👩‍🍳 Step-by-Step Preparation

1. Activate the yeast

Mix the warm water with the brown sugar. Add the yeast and stir. Let it rest for 10 minutes until foam appears—this indicates it is activated.

2. Prepare the dough

Sift the flour with the salt. Add the oil and the yeast mixture little by little, kneading until a smooth dough forms. Grease a bowl with oil, place the dough inside, cover it with plastic wrap and a cloth, and let it rest for 1½ hours. The dough should double in size.

3. Shape the pizzas

Degas the dough by pressing it in the center. Gently knead it on a floured surface, form a cylinder, and divide it into 4 portions. Shape into balls, flatten them, and place them into greased pans, stretching them until they cover the base.

🧀 How to Prepare Different Types of Cuban Pizza

🍕 Cheese Pizza (Neapolitan Style)

Spread the sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and cover generously with mozzarella or similar cheese.

🧅 Onion or Bell Pepper Pizza

Soak chopped onion or bell pepper in water with vinegar for 10 minutes. Drain well, place them over the sauce, add Parmesan cheese, and then the main cheese. You can identify it by adding a bit of extra sauce on top.

🥓 Chorizo, Ham, or Sausage Pizza

Sprinkle Parmesan cheese, add the ground cured meat over the sauce, and then cover with cheese. To distinguish it, place slices of chorizo on top.

🔥 Baking the Pizza

Preheat the oven to 400 °F (200 °C). Bake each pizza for 15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and lightly golden.

ℹ️ Additional Information:

  • Yield: 4 medium-size pizzas
  • Preparation time: 1½ hours (dough resting) + 1 hour (preparation and baking)
  • Category: Pizzas & Pastas
  • Cuisine: Cuban

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Did you enjoy this Cuban pizza recipe? Leave me a comment and tell me which ingredients you used. We love seeing your versions!

For the Spanish version, visit: Pizza Cubana Tradicional: Receta Casera.