This is the pizza of the summer!! Corn Cilantro Jalapeño Pizza with a little chorizo to boot!
You guys - last summer was all about the basil vinaigrette. This summer is 100% cilantro vinaigrette focused. Pizza is on the agenda today and it's loaded with mozzarella, jalapeños, chorizo, corn, scallions, salt and pepper. Boom. If I could eat pizza every day I would be a happy camper! This Corn Cilantro Jalapeño Pizza creation came to life a few weeks ago when we had friends in from NYC and we've been whipping it up ever since. Every slice is a little slice of summer and you'll be obsessed.
Check out some of my other favorite pizzas here:
- See all my Pizzas here
- Three Cheese Pizza
- Green Pizza (with Asparagus, Peas, Mint and Burrata)
- White Pizza with Spinach and Lemon
- Sweet Corn and Basil Pizza
- Garlic Mushroom & Spinach Pizza
- Burrata Snap Pea and Asparagus Pizza
- Southwestern Taco Pizza
- Broccolini Sausage Pizza
Corn Cilantro Jalapeno Pizza
This is the pizza of the summer!! Corn Cilantro Jalapeño Pizza with a little chorizo to boot!
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Homemade Pizza Dough
- 1 large ball of fresh mozzarella torn
- 1 cup shredded pepperjack cheese
- 1 cup roasted corn
- Sliced jalapeños
- chorizo or soy-rizo cooked and crumbled
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
- red pepper flakes
For the Cilantro Vinaigrette
- 1 shallot roughly chopped
- 2 cups tightly packed fresh cilantro leaves stems removed (about 4 ounces)
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ teaspoons red pepper flakes
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees. Thirty minutes before cooking the pizza, put your pizza stone in the oven.
- Divide the pizza dough into 2 even pieces. Stretch each piece of dough in a circular motion, then lay them both out on a flat surface and flatten out using a rolling pin. If you have a pizza peel, sprinkle some flour on it and place the stretched out dough on the peel.
- Once your 2 pizza doughs are flat and ready to be cooked, use a spoon to spread the cilantro vinaigrette around the dough leaving a little bit for the crust.
- Tear the mozzarella into pieces and top each pizza with equal amounts of the mozzarella, pepper jack cheese, corn, jalapeños and chorizo. Transfer the pizzas into the oven and bake for 12-13 minutes until the crust is golden.
- Remove pizza from the oven. Season with salt and pepper and additional red pepper flakes if needed slice and serve.
Notes
If you aren't a fan of chorizo, use cooked and crumbled bacon.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 801kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 52g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 26g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 1822mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1315IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 508mg | Iron: 4mg
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Photo by Matt Armendariz / Food Styling by Adam Pearson / Recipe from What’s Gaby Cooking
This pizza sounds perfect for summer.
I'm assuming this is Mexican chorizo? Do you cook it before adding to the pizza?
yes, cook before!
We don’t even really like cilantro and this was delicious. Wondering if it could be done with my fave basil vinaigrette or best to stick with the recipe?
totally can!!
This was incredibly delicious! So much flavor! Thank you for another wonderful recipe, I will be making this often.
I saw this picture for this week’s menu and had to make it. This pizza did not disappoint! SO so good!! I didn’t realize that I was supposed to blend the cilantro vinaigrette (I just shook mine up in a mason jar)- still delish. I used the frozen roasted Mexican corn from Trader Joe’s and cooked some pork chorizo. Even the kids loved it. Will definitely repeat!
hey gaby! How do you cut the chorizo so that it looks like this?
Tried the pizza yesterday and apart from what it looked like it was amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Antonia
I just crumble it up while it cooks!!
This pizza is AMAZING! First, the cilantro vinaigrette.... I want to dip everything in it, Drink it like a smoothie, swim in it. It's that good. The pizza is so flavorful and so so so delicious! And it is so pretty looking haha. Love the colors. Going to be making this a lot in the future. Thanks for such a great recipe!
accidentally looking at this while hungry.
oh dear it Looks delicious!!! can't wait to try.
Looks amazing! Any advice for grilling it instead? I'm just getting the hang of grilling.
grilled pizza is the BEST! I did a post on how I do it: https://whatsgabycooking.com/grilled-white-pizza/
This looks like summer heaven!
What a nice summer corn pizza!