Romesco jalapeño burrata pizza is the ultimate spicy pizza lover’s pizza. Romesco sauce and jalapeño peppers on top of a crispy thin crust with slightly melted burrata cheese.

Let me preface this with, NO I AM NOT PREGNANT!!! Ok, now that we got that out of the way, lemme tell you all about my latest cravings.

PS if Chrissy Teigen can write two cookbooks called Cravings and not get questioned constantly about the possibility of being pregnant, why can’t us bloggers too?

Seriously, any time I post on Instagram about not feeling well, the onslaught of pregnancy questions start flowing.

I know I open myself up to these questions since I put myself, my kids, and our lives out there on the daily. But can’t a girl just have a stomach bug and NOT want to give you all the gory details but still explain at the same time why I am not on the ‘gram?

Phew. Rant over. Sorry.

Back to my cravings.

Jalapeño peppers and all things spicy. Normally Mike is the one that is all about the spicy food. Not anymore friends.

#teamspicy

Pickled jalapeños on everything. Extra red pepper flakes on everything. I would say hot sauce on everything, but I just ran out of my love, Valentina.

If you are like me, and into the spicy foods, then this pizza is for you. Remember those homemade roasted red peppers from the weekend? (Click HERE for the link). Well, we take some of those and make a romesco sauce.

Romesco sauce is basically like a spicy red pepper pesto. It was made to be put on a pizza.

My dad’s last garden haul gave me tons of fresh jalapeño and cayenne peppers. I ended up pickling half the jalapeños and then using the rest on pizzas or in pico de gallo.

I added in everybody’s favorite hybrid cheese, burrata, to calm all that pepper spiciness. If you are still, after all these years, intimidated by make your own homemade pizza dough, this combo would also translate very well to na’an, flatbread, or even a French bread pizza.

Remember, if you make any of my creations, ever, I wanna see them so be sure to tag them with #sarcasticcooking on social media. Thanks for reading and cooking!

Romesco, Jalapeno, Burrata Pizza

Yield: 1, 12 inch pizza

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 42 minutes

Spicy red pepper romesco sauce, thinly sliced jalapeno peppers, and creamy burrata cheese topped thin crust pizza.

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Ingredients

• 1 jarred roasted red pepper
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds, toasted
• 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced
• 4 oz fresh burrata cheese
• 12oz pizza dough

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F with a pizza stone or pizza pan inside.
2. To make the romesco sauce, combine the red pepper, garlic, almonds, parsley, and seasonings in a food processor. Pulse until finely minced. Stream in the olive oil and puree until an almost smooth consistency.
3. Remove the hot pan from the oven, stretch the room temperature pizza dough out to make a 12-14" inch pizza. Place the dough on the pan.
4. Top with about 1/2 cup of the sauce. Top with jalapoeno peppers.
5. Bake the pizza for 10 minutes.
6. Remove the pizza after 10 minutes. Tear the burrata into small chunks. Top pizza with the cheese. Place the pizza back in the oven for 2 more minytes until the burrata has started to slightly melt.
7. Top the pizza with a drizzle of olive oil and crushed red pepper flakes.