5 Cheese Pizza is a classic pizza recipe where the base of the dough is topped with marinara sauce, five cheeses, and seasonings. Make this easy and delicious veg pizza with cheese at home for your dinner.
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Classic Cheese Pizza
Cheese pizza may sound simple, but have you tried a blend of cheeses on your pizza? I especially do this pizza with cheese when I have small blocks of leftover cheese in my refrigerator to clear before a long vacation or after a holiday party.
The cheese used on pizza is mozzarella for its texture when cooked. Use only one cheese if you want a traditional pizza flavor and no extra flavors. But if you want to surprise your family with something special for dinner, try this pizza with cheese blend. Use three-cheese, four-cheese, five-cheese, 6 or 7 anything you like.
Today we made fresh pizza dough; my family likes an extra kick in pizza, so we seasoned store-bought marinara (pizza sauce) with seasonings and used five cheese.
I sometimes use four cheeses to make four-cheese pizza (quattro formaggi pizza) popular recipe from Italian cuisine.
The best cheese for pizza
- Mozzarella cheese is a go-to for pizza. It is preferred for its consistency, texture, and flavor.
- The next 4 cheeses that go well with pizza are cheddar, provolone, gouda, and parmesan cheese.
- Some other cheeses that you can blend or substitute for any other are fontina, feta, gruyere, ricotta, and goat cheese.
Ingredients
Pizza dough: You need yeast, salt, sugar, oil, and flour with warm water to make homemade pizza dough. Suppose you are in a rush for dinner, then use store-bought pizza dough.
5 Cheese: Use a blend of mozzarella, cheddar, provolone, gouda, and parmesan.
Sauce: Use marinara sauce and season with onion, garlic powder, basil leaves, and Italian seasoning.
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
Step-by-step instructions
Best Pizza Dough Recipe
- Add warm water and sugar to a bowl. Sprinkle yeast and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate.
- Add salt, olive oil, and flour in increments and knead to get a smooth yet slightly tacky dough.
- Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover, and let it rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Prepare the sauce and cheese
- Add marinara sauce and the optional seasoning mentioned in a small bowl, mix well, and keep it aside.
- In another bowl, combine all the cheese and keep it aside.
Bake the pizza
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease the pizza pan with olive oil or butter.
- Transfer the risen dough to the floured surface and roll it out to a 14-inch or 16-inch circle of desired thickness.
- Transfer this to the prepared pizza pan.
- Top the crust with the sauce, followed by a cheese blend.
- Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until the cheese melts and the crust becomes golden in color.
- Serve and enjoy with broccoli pasta or garlic parmesan bread twists.
Tips
- The time to bake a pizza may vary depending on the oven temperature and settings and thickness of the crust. Bake till the cheese melts and the crust becomes golden from the bottom.
- You can use store-bought pizza dough to make this pizza.
- Garnish pizza with fresh basil leaves and pepper flakes if desired.
- I have used bottled pizza marinara sauce. You can use canned tomato sauce or even ketchup and flavor it for the recipe.
- Adjust all the ingredients to taste.
Variations
- Include Margherita pizza topping like tomato and fresh basil leaves with a drizzle of olive oil.
- Four cheese pizza or quattro formaggi pizza by using mozarella, fontina, parmesan and gorgonzola.
- White pizza by skipping the pizza sauce and adding ricotta cheese.
Recipe FAQs
Quattro Formaggi is a popular pizza with four-cheese from Italian cuisine prepared using mozzarella, gorgonzola, fontina, and parmesan cheese.
Thin crust tastes the best, but you can also use a stuffed crust, thick crust, etc.
A slice of cheese pizza contains 282 calories with 12g of protein.
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Recipe card
5 Cheese Pizza | Homemade Cheese Pizza Recipe
Equipment
- Pizza pan or Baking pan
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 1 package Active dry yeast 2 ¼ tsp
- ¾ cup Warm water
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- ¾ teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoon Olive oil
- 2 to 2 ⅓ cups All-purpose flour
Cheese (shredded or grated)
- ⅓ cup Mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup Sharp cheddar
- ⅓ cup Provolone
- ⅓ cup Gouda
- ⅓ cup Parmesan
Other ingredients
- 1 cup Pizza sauce Marinara sauce
- ½ teaspoon Red chile powder optional
- ½ teaspoon Garlic powder optional
- ½ teaspoon Onion powder optional
- 1 teaspoon Dried basil leaves optional
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
Instructions
Best Pizza Dough Recipe
- Add warm water and sugar to a bowl. Sprinkle yeast and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes. Let the yeast activate.1 package Active dry yeast, ¾ cup Warm water, 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Add salt, olive oil, and flour in increments and knead to get a smooth yet slightly tacky dough.¾ teaspoon Salt, 2 tablespoon Olive oil, 2 to 2 ⅓ cups All-purpose flour
- Transfer the dough to a greased bowl, cover, and let it rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Prepare the sauce and cheese
- Add marinara sauce and the optional seasoning mentioned in a small bowl, mix well, and keep it aside.1 cup Pizza sauce, ½ teaspoon Red chile powder, ½ teaspoon Garlic powder, ½ teaspoon Onion powder, 1 teaspoon Dried basil leaves, ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- In another bowl, combine all the cheese and keep it aside.⅓ cup Mozzarella cheese, ⅓ cup Sharp cheddar, ⅓ cup Provolone, ⅓ cup Gouda, ⅓ cup Parmesan
Bake the pizza
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Grease the pizza pan with olive oil or butter.
- Transfer the risen dough to the floured surface and roll it out to a 14-inch or 16-inch circle of desired thickness.
- Transfer this to the prepared pizza pan.
- Top the crust with the sauce, followed by a cheese blend.
- Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until the cheese melts and the crust becomes golden in color.
- Serve and enjoy with broccoli pasta or garlic parmesan bread twists.
Notes
- The time to bake a pizza may vary depending on the oven temperature and settings and thickness of the crust. Bake till the cheese melts and the crust becomes golden from the bottom.
- You can use store-bought pizza dough to make this cheese pizza.
- Garnish pizza with fresh basil leaves and pepper flakes if desired.
- I have used bottled pizza marinara sauce. You can use canned tomato sauce or even ketchup and flavor it for the recipe.
- Adjust all the ingredients to taste.
Variations
- Include Margherita pizza topping like tomato and fresh basil leaves with a drizzle of olive oil.
- Four cheese pizza or quattro formaggi pizza by using mozarella, fontina, parmesan and gorgonzola.
- White pizza by skipping the pizza sauce and adding ricotta cheese.
What kind of cheese is used for pizza?
- Mozzarella cheese is a go-to for pizza. It is preferred for its consistency, texture, and flavor.
- The next 4 cheeses that go well with pizza are cheddar, provolone, gouda, and parmesan cheese.
- Some other cheeses that you can blend or substitute for any other are fontina, feta, gruyere, ricotta, and goat cheese.
Nutrition
Note: We originally posted this recipe in May 2018. It has now been modified in August 2023 with Expert Chef Tips, FAQs, Storage Instructions, etc.
Jessica Pinney
I just found my next pizza night recipe! Thanks for sharing.