California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza Recipe

California Pizza Kitchen’s Greek Pizza is a Mediterranean-inspired delight, featuring a crispy thin crust topped with Kalamata olives, feta cheese, red onions, tomatoes, and a zesty tzatziki sauce, offering a harmonious blend of fresh, savory, and tangy flavors. It’s a delicious representation of the restaurant’s commitment to creative, California-style pizza.

Make our California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Greek Pizza will taste just like California Pizza Kitchen.

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Greek Pizza

Greek pizza is a uniquely American pizza style that differs greatly from Italian versions.

Like it’s Italian cousin, Greek pizza is built on a dough crust and usually includes mozzarella cheese. But it also includes a scattering of feta cheese, giving a distinctive base taste. And that’s where similarities end. After that it veers completely away from Italy and straight into Greece with the toppings.

The topping usually consist of traditional Greek and Mediterranean salad ingredients and herbs such as black olives, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, and occasionally, gyro meat. And the topping are often added cold after cooking the crust and cheese as they are in our California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza recipe.

While not as famous as New York-style or Neapolitan pizza, Greek pizza has a dedicated following, particularly in the Northeastern United States, offering a delightful and flavorful pizza experience with its unique blend of ingredients and textures.

California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza

California Pizza Kitchen knows how to do pizza. So it is no surprise that their version of Greek Pizza is a good interpretation of the style of pizza that has become popular in bars and pizzerias around the US. Their flavorful Mediterranean-inspired creation embodies the essence of Greek cuisine with a virtual symphony of fresh ingredients for a delightful contrast of textures and tastes: Olives, cucumbers, Roma tomatoes, red onions, garlic, oregano, feta cheese and parley are all there.

And CPK throws a Greek curveball into the mix by substituting Tzatziki Sauce, usually enjoyed on gyros, for the tomato sauce.

Whether you’re a fan of traditional Greek cuisine or simply seeking a unique pizza experience, California Pizza Kitchen’s Greek Pizza is a delicious and culturally-inspired option worth savoring.

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California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza Recipe

Make our California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Greek Pizza will taste just like California Pizza Kitchen.

Prep Time45 minutes mins

Active Time15 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Pizza

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: California Pizza Kitchen, Pizza, Tomatoes

Yield: 1 Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 recipe Traditional Pizza Dough, store bought or homemade, of choice (See Box Below for Links to Recipes)
• 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 cups grated Mozzarella Cheese
• 2 grilled Greek Chicken Breasts, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (See Box Below for this Recipe)
• 1 large English Cucumber peeled and diced 1/2-inch
• 2 medium seeded Roma Tomatoes diced 1/2-inch
• 1 medium Red Onion peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup pitted Kalamata Olives drained and cut in 1/2 lengthwise
• 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
• 1 teaspoon Red Wine Vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon Sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon minced Garlic
• 1 teaspoon dried Oregano Leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon Salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground Black Pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 cup Tzatziki Sauce store bought or homemade, of choice
• 1/4 cup crumbled Feta Cheese crumbled (about 1/4 cup)
• 2 teaspoons Flat Leaf Parsley chopped

Instructions

Pizza Dough and Baking

• Preheat oven at 450°F, for at least 30 minutes.
• Prepare Traditional Pizza Dough according to the recipe on package, if needed, or using one of the recipes linked to in the Box below.
• Brush dough with olive oil.
• Spread evenly with mozzarella cheese, leaving about 1/2 inch uncovered around the outer edge.
• Scatter prepared chicken over cheese.
• Place dough in preheated oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the crust is golden brown and the cheese at the center is melted and bubbly.
• While dough is cooking, prepare Greek salad.

Greek Salad

• In a large mixing bowl, combine English cucumber, tomatoes, onion, and olives.
• In a small bowl, add lemon juice, vinegar, sugar, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine and dissolve salt and sugar.
• Add dressing to salad mixture and toss to mix well. Set aside.

Greek Pizza

• Slice baked pizza into pieces as desired (before adding cold topping).
• Spoon Greek salad topping over pizza.
• Sprinkle with feta cheese.
• Drizzle with about 1/2 cup Tzatziki Sauce.
• Sprinkle with parley.
• Serve immediately with remaining Tzatziki Sauce on the side for dipping.

California Pizza Kitchen Greek Pizza

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