Cajun Pizza

Alex and I couldn’t resist coming up with another new pizza flavor to accompany our homemade pizza dough video! This variation is one of our favorites yet, with spicy Cajun seasoning taking center stage. We’ve paired it with our best homemade pizza sauce and a surprise ingredient – smoked gouda cheese – which takes the flavor up a notch! Keep reading for the Cajun pizza recipe.

How to make Cajun pizza

We hate picking favorites, but this Cajun pizza ranked number one of all the pizzas we made in a recent taste test. For the base of this pizza, it’s spread with our favorite Homemade Pizza Sauce, which takes just 5 minutes to whiz up in the blender and tastes incredible. The pizza sauce is sprinkled with Cajun seasoning to give it some spicy flair! Then add red onion, green pepper, spicy jalapeno pepper, and corn. And the best part: it’s topped with smoked gouda cheese, which gives it a meaty undertone. Of course feel free to customize the pizza toppings to your own spice level and ingredient preferences!

How to make pizza dough

For this Cajun pizza dough, we have a few pizza dough recipes that you can make depending on your tastes and equipment. Our Best Pizza Dough is our preferred method; we make it using stand mixer, but you can also knead it by hand. Our Easy Thin Crust method is similar but makes a thinner dough that you roll out. Or for even easier methods, you can try Sheet Pan Pizza or Cast Iron Pizza. Here’s a video of Alex showing how to make and stretch the Italian pizza dough. Fast forward to 1:45 minutes to watch the stretching process!

Looking for more pizza recipes?

Outside of this Cajun pizza recipe, here are a few more pizza recipes we love:

Best Margherita PizzaSpicy Vegetarian Diavola PizzaOur Best Vegan PizzaPerfect Neapolitan Style Pizza RecipeEgg Pizza with ScallionsVeggie Pizza with AvocadoRoasted Poblano and Corn PizzasLoaded Mexican PizzaEasy Cheese Pita Pizza“Get Your Greens” Naan PizzaHealthy Pita Pizza with Goat Cheese Thai Curry Naan PizzaQuick Veggie Pita PizzasRoasted Red Pepper Pita Bread PizzaKitchenAid Pizza Dough RecipeAll Our Homemade Pizza Recipes