The Pizza Boutique Blog
Recipes, dough guides and honest advice from a Belfast sourdough pizzeria — make a great pizza at home while we're closed.
We're not firing the ovens right now, but the knowledge is still here. These are the recipes and guides we'd share with anyone who wants to make a proper sourdough, stone-baked pizza at home — plus how to choose the two things that matter most: your flour and your tomatoes.
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White Pizza (Bianca)
No tomato at all — creamy ricotta, mozzarella, garlic and rosemary. Proof that a great pizza doesn't need a red sauce.
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Garden Vegetable (Ortolana)
A proper vegetable pizza — roasted courgette, pepper and aubergine over mozzarella, bright and not soggy.
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Nduja & Hot Honey
The modern favourite — spreadable spicy nduja that melts into the cheese, cut with a drizzle of hot honey. Sweet, hot, …
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Funghi (Mushroom) Pizza
Earthy, savoury and simple — well-cooked mushrooms, mozzarella, garlic and thyme. The best vegetarian pizza there is.
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Prosciutto & Rocket
A pizzeria classic finished off the heat — salty cured ham, peppery rocket and shaved parmesan piled onto a hot …
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Quattro Formaggi
Four cheeses, balanced not heavy — mozzarella, gorgonzola, fontina and parmesan on a white or lightly sauced base.
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Pepperoni Diavola
The nation's favourite done properly — spicy salami that cups and crisps, good mozzarella and a bright tomato base.
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Neapolitan Marinara
No cheese, no fuss — tomato, garlic, oregano and oil. The oldest pizza in Naples and a brilliant test of your dough and …
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Classic Margherita Pizza
The benchmark — tomato, mozzarella, basil and good olive oil on a blistered sourdough base. The pizza every kitchen …
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Our Sourdough Pizza Base
The naturally leavened dough behind every Pizza Boutique pizza — a slow-proved sourdough base you can make at home.
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How to Choose Tomatoes for Pizza
San Marzano, passata vs polpa, whole peeled tomatoes and how to build a great pizza sauce with almost no cooking.
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How to Choose Flour for Pizza Dough
Protein, W-strength, 00 vs bread flour and how flour choice changes your pizza. A practical guide from a sourdough …