Recipes - Dough Dorks Style

🍕 20 Dough Dorks Pizza Ideas

Twenty brilliant ways to top your Dough Dorks pizza.

From proper classics to bold, spicy and indulgent combinations, choose your favourite and make pizza night your own.

🍕20 recipesClassic, spicy, veggie and indulgent.
🤲Made for 12-inch basesPerfect for Dough Dorks dough balls.
🔥Pizza or home ovenEvery recipe works with either method.
✨Finish freshAdd herbs, oils and greens after baking.
1

Classic Margherita

Classic

Ingredients

  • 1 Dough Dorks dough ball
  • 100g Dough Dorks premium tomato sauce
  • 125g fresh mozzarella, torn
  • Fresh basil
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Sea salt

Method

Stretch to a 12-inch base. Add sauce (leave a 1-inch border), then mozzarella. Bake. Finish with basil, olive oil, and a pinch of sea salt.

2

Pepperoni Perfection

Meat

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 150g mozzarella, shredded
  • 50g pepperoni slices
  • Dried oregano

Method

Sauce → mozzarella → pepperoni → oregano. Bake until the edges are golden and the pepperoni crisps.

3

Four Cheese Heaven

Cheese

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 50g mozzarella
  • 50g gorgonzola
  • 50g parmesan, grated
  • 50g ricotta (dollops)

Method

Sauce, then scatter cheeses evenly. Bake until bubbling and melty.

4

Prosciutto & Rocket

Fresh

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 6 slices prosciutto
  • Handful of rocket
  • Parmesan shavings
  • Balsamic glaze

Method

Bake the pizza with sauce + mozzarella. Top immediately after baking with prosciutto, rocket, parmesan, and balsamic.

5

BBQ Chicken Delight

Meat

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g BBQ sauce
  • 150g cooked chicken, shredded
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 50g red onion, sliced
  • Fresh coriander

Method

BBQ sauce base, then chicken, mozzarella, onion. Bake and finish with coriander.

6

Mediterranean Veggie

Veggie

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 50g roasted red peppers
  • 50g courgette, sliced
  • 30g olives
  • 30g feta
  • Fresh oregano

Method

Bake with sauce, mozzarella, peppers, courgette, olives. Add feta + oregano after baking.

7

Spicy 'Nduja

Spicy

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 80g 'nduja
  • Fresh basil
  • Honey (light drizzle)

Method

Dot 'nduja over mozzarella. Bake, then finish with basil + a little honey.

8

Mushroom & Truffle

Indulgent

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g white sauce or crème fraîche
  • 150g mixed mushrooms, sliced
  • 100g mozzarella
  • Truffle oil
  • Fresh thyme
  • Parmesan

Method

White base, mushrooms, mozzarella. Bake, then finish with truffle oil, thyme, and parmesan.

9

Hawaiian Twist

Dough Dorks Edition

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 100g ham, diced
  • Absolutely not pineapple
  • Jalapeños

Method

Ham + jalapeños on top of mozzarella. Bake and serve hot.

10

Garlic Bread Pizza

Simple

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 50g butter, melted
  • 100g mozzarella
  • Fresh parsley
  • Parmesan

Method

Brush garlic butter over the base, add mozzarella, bake. Finish with parsley + parmesan.

11

Breakfast Pizza

Brunch

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 4 rashers bacon, cooked
  • 2 eggs
  • Fresh chives

Method

Bake with sauce, mozzarella, bacon for ~2 minutes, then crack eggs on top and bake until set. Finish with chives.

12

Pesto Chicken

Fresh

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g basil pesto
  • 150g cooked chicken
  • 100g mozzarella
  • Cherry tomatoes, halved
  • Pine nuts (toasted)

Method

Pesto base, then chicken, mozzarella, tomatoes. Bake and finish with pine nuts.

13

Spicy Salami

Spicy

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 60g spicy salami
  • Fresh chilli, sliced
  • Chilli oil

Method

Bake with sauce, mozzarella, salami, chilli. Finish with chilli oil.

14

Goat Cheese & Onion

Sweet

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g white sauce
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 80g goat cheese
  • 100g caramelised onions
  • Fresh thyme
  • Honey

Method

Bake with sauce + cheeses + onions. Finish with thyme and a light honey drizzle.

15

Seafood Special

Seafood

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g white sauce or garlic oil
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 100g mixed seafood (prawns, squid)
  • Cherry tomatoes
  • Fresh parsley
  • Lemon wedge

Method

Bake with sauce, mozzarella, seafood, tomatoes. Finish with parsley + a squeeze of lemon.

16

Pulled Pork BBQ

Meat

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g BBQ sauce
  • 150g pulled pork
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 50g red onion, pickled
  • Spring onions

Method

Bake with BBQ sauce, pork, mozzarella. Finish with pickled onion + spring onion.

17

Spinach & Ricotta

Veggie

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g white sauce
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 100g ricotta
  • 80g spinach, wilted
  • Garlic, minced
  • Nutmeg

Method

Mix spinach with a little garlic. Bake with white sauce, mozzarella, ricotta, spinach. Finish with a tiny pinch of nutmeg.

18

Meat Feast

Meat

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 125g mozzarella
  • 40g pepperoni
  • 40g ham
  • 40g sausage
  • 30g bacon

Method

Sauce, mozzarella, then layer the meats. Bake until sizzling.

19

Fig & Prosciutto

Gourmet

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g white sauce or crème fraîche
  • 100g mozzarella
  • 4 fresh figs, quartered
  • 6 slices prosciutto
  • Rocket
  • Balsamic reduction

Method

Bake with white sauce, mozzarella, figs. Top after baking with prosciutto, rocket, and balsamic.

20

Vegan Delight

Vegan

Ingredients

  • 1 dough ball
  • 100g tomato sauce
  • 100g vegan mozzarella
  • 50g mushrooms
  • 50g peppers
  • 30g olives
  • 30g sweetcorn
  • Fresh basil

Method

Top and bake as normal. Finish with fresh basil.

Top Tips for Perfect Pizza Every Time

🌡️

Bring dough to room temp

2–4 hours before stretching = easier shaping + better rise.

🍕

Don't overload toppings

Less weight = crispier base, better bake.

🌿

Finish fresh

Basil, rocket, parmesan, balsamic, chilli oil, EVOO — add after baking for max flavour.

Oven Guide

🍕 Pizza Oven

430–480°C for approximately 60–90 seconds

🏠 Home Oven

Preheat to maximum temperature, ideally 250–290°C, and bake for approximately 5–7 minutes.
Best on a fully preheated stone or steel.