Best Pickle Pizza Recipe (Tangy, Creamy & Totally Dill-icious) 2025
Lina
This dill pickle pizza is bold, cheesy, and surprisingly addictive. Get the step-by-step recipe + tips for crusts, sauces & toppings!
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 13 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Servings 5
Calories 280 kcal
For the garlic-dill sauce
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
- 1 teaspoon pickle juice
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
For the pizza
- 2 1-pound balls pizza dough, homemade or store-bought, at room temperature
- All-purpose flour for dusting the countertop
- Cornmeal to dust the peel or baking sheet
- ¾ cup garlic-dill sauce divided
- 2 cups jarred dill pickle slices patted dry, divided
- 2 cups shredded whole-milk low-moisture mozzarella cheese divided
- ½ cup finely grated Parmesan cheese divided
- 1 teaspoon dried dill divided
Preheat the oven to 500°F:
Prepare the sauce:
In a medium bowl, whisk together the sour cream, mayonnaise, dried dill, dill pickle juice, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Stretch the dough:
Take one ball of dough and flatten it with your hands on a lightly floured work surface. Starting at the center and working outwards, use your fingertips to press the dough into a 12 to 14-inch circle. You can also hold up the edges of the dough with your fingers, letting it hang and stretch while working around the edges. Repeat with the second ball of dough.
Build the pizza:
Lightly sprinkle a pizza peel or rimless baking sheet with cornmeal. Transfer one prepared dough round to the peel. Spoon on half the sauce (about 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) and spread it in an even layer using the back of a spoon, leaving 1/2-inch from the edge bare. Arrange 1/2 cup pickles over the sauce, followed by 1 cup mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese. Top with 1/2 cup pickles and 1/2 teaspoon dried dill.
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Prevent soggy crust, drizzle oil, sprinkle dill seasoning.
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Dough options: homemade vs store-bought vs cauliflower crust (like Caulipower gluten-free version).
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Torque cheese: fresh grated mozzarella vs pre-shredded, cheese-blend tips
Keyword CREAMY PIZZA, PICKLE, PIZZA