Fruit Pizza Recipe

Name: Fruit Pizza
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 115 g butter, softened; 120 g caster sugar; 1 egg; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 200 g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; ¼ tsp salt; 200 g cream cheese, softened; 80 g icing sugar; 1 tsp lemon juice; 200 g strawberries, sliced; 150 g kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced; 100 g blueberries; 3 tbsp apricot jam, warmed

Fruit Pizza

A giant sugar cookie base spread with sweet cream cheese and topped with sliced strawberries, kiwi and blueberries.

42 min prep and cooking plus 30 min chilling plus time for cooling completely, which the recipe does not time at least 1 hr 12 min start to finish Serves 12 servings Medium

Why This Is Worth Making

It looks like a pizza and eats like a very good fruit tart, which is why fruit pizza has been a summer party fixture across North America for decades. The base is a giant sugar cookie, baked on a pizza tray, and topped with sweet cream cheese frosting and a pattern of fresh fruit.

The cookie base is soft rather than snappy. Press the dough into a 30 cm circle on a lined tray, about 8 mm thick, and bake it until just golden at the edges. It will look slightly underdone in the middle, but it firms up as it cools. A cookie baked until hard breaks when you slice it, while a tender one cuts like a cake.

Cool the cookie completely before spreading. A warm base melts the frosting into a puddle. The frosting itself is made from cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla, beaten until smooth, with a spoon of lemon juice to cut the sweetness. Spread it right to the edge with an offset spatula.

Arrange the fruit in concentric circles, starting from the outside with sliced strawberries, then kiwi, then blueberries, and finishing with a single berry in the centre. A thin glaze of warmed apricot jam brushed over the fruit keeps it from drying out and gives it a shine. Chill for 30 minutes and cut into wedges.

Build the Meal Around Fruit Pizza

Iced tea
Lemonade
Sparkling water
Summer picnic

How to Make Fruit Pizza

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Heat the oven to 180°C / 355°F. Beat the butter and caster sugar for 2 minutes. Beat in the egg and vanilla, then stir in the flour, baking powder and salt.
Press the dough into a 30 cm circle on a lined tray. Bake for 12 minutes until the edges are golden. Cool completely.
Beat the cream cheese, icing sugar and lemon juice until smooth. Spread over the cooled base.
Arrange the strawberries, kiwi and blueberries in circles over the frosting.
Brush with the warmed jam, chill for 30 minutes and cut into 12 wedges.

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A Few Notes

Cool the cookie fully before frosting.

Do not overbake the base.

Glaze the fruit with warmed jam.

Storing and Reheating

Best the day it is made. Keeps in the fridge for 1 day.

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How long does Fruit Pizza take to make?

30 minutes of preparation and 12 minutes of cooking, plus 30 minutes of chilling, so allow 1 hour 12 minutes from start to finish. The method also needs time for cooling completely, which it does not time, so treat that as a minimum. The recipe serves 12.

Nutrition per Serving

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

290Calories

4gProtein

37gCarbs

14gFat

1gFibre

22gSugar

150mgSodium

Vegetarian

Fruit Pizza

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