This fruit pizza stands out with its buttery puff pastry crust and rich cheesecake filling. It’s perfect for summer desserts or brunch.
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What is fruit pizza
Fruit pizza is basically a pizza-inspired dessert. The crust can range from regular pizza dough to sugar cookie dough to puff pastry.
Instead of tomato sauce, something sweeter is used like icing, cream cheese frosting or whipped cream.
Then, pepperoni and sausage are subbed out for slices of fresh fruit.
This fruit pizza recipe is unique and absolutely fantastic because it starts with a buttery puff pastry crust and is baked with cheesecake filling right on top. Then, it’s finished with homemade whipped cream and sliced fruit.
Fruit Pizza with Cheesecake and Puff Pastry
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- pinch salt
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp sanding sugar, optional
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 2 cups fresh fruit
Instructions
- Heat Grill: Place a pizza stone inside your grill. Heat the grill to 375F degrees. For the Ninja FlexFlame, use the roast/bake setting.
- Make Cheesecake: In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, yogurt, 1 egg, vanilla and salt.
- Create Dough: Unfold the puff pastry sheet. Place it on a sheet of parchment paper. Use a rolling pin to roll it out to 10×14 inches.
- Score: Place a knife 1/2 inch in from the edge of the dough. Score a rectangle all the way around. Be sure not to cut all the way through the dough. This helps form the crust.
- Sauce: Spread the cheesecake filling over the pastry inside the rectangle you created.
- Crust: Brush the outer edge with a beaten egg. Sprinkle sanding sugar around the entire crust.
- Bake: Keep the pizza on the sheet of parchment paper and transfer it to the preheated pizza stone. Close the lid. Bake for 15-18 minutes, rotating half way through the cook. The cheesecake will rise. That's normal.
- Cool: Remove the pizza from the grill. Let it cool for 15 minutes.
- Make Whipped Cream: Place the whipping cream in a small bowl. Whisk until stiff peaks form. Add the powdered sugar and whisk a few more seconds.
- Top: Spread the whipped cream over the cooled pizza. Decorate with sliced fruit or berries.
- Serve: Slice and enjoy!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Ingredients
- Puff Pastry: This is what you’ll use for the crust. I buy the Pepperidge Farm puff pastry sheets. They can be found in the freezer section. The box contains two sheets. You’ll only need one for this recipe.
- Cream Cheese
- Granulated Sugar
- Greek Yogurt
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Sanding Sugar: This is optional but it gives the edges of the crust a sweet crunchy finish.
- Whipping Cream
- Powdered Sugar
- Fresh Fruit: You can use any colorful fruit variety. Some great choices include strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi, grapes, mangos, mandarin oranges and bananas.
Substitutions: Instead of making your own whipped cream, you can also buy whipped topping.
See the full recipe card above for servings and a full list of ingredients.
How to bake cream cheese puff pastry fruit pizza
Place a pizza stone in your grill or oven and preheat it to 375F degrees. For the Ninja FlexFlame, use the roast/bake setting.
- STEP ONE: In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, Greek yogurt, 1 egg, vanilla and salt. Mix until smooth.
- STEP TWO: Unfold the puff pastry. Place it on a sheet of parchment paper. Use a rolling pin to roll it out to about 14 inches and 10 inches.
- STEP THREE: Place the tip of a knife about 1/2 inch in from the edge of the dough. Score a rectangle all the way around. Don’t let the knife go all the way through. This will allow the crust to rise.
- STEP FOUR: Spread the cheesecake mixture over the puff pastry within the rectangle you just made.
- STEP FIVE: Brush the crust with beaten egg and sprinkle with sanding sugar.
- STEP SIX: Keep the fruit pizza on the sheet of parchment paper and transfer it to the preheated pizza stone on the grill. Bake for 15-18 minutes, rotating halfway through the cook.
PRO TIP: The cheesecake will rise as it cooks. This is normal. Once it cools, it will flatten.
- STEP SEVEN: Remove the pizza from the grill. Transfer it to a pizza pan or cutting board and allow it to cool for 15 minutes.
- STEP EIGHT: Place the whipping cream in a small bowl. Use a hand mixer to whisk until still peaks form. Add 2 tablespoons powdered sugar and whisk for a few more seconds to combine.
- STEP NINE: Spread the whipped cream over the cooled pizza.
- STEP 10: Place slices of fruit or berries on top of the whipped cream. Slice and serve.
How to make 4th of July Fruit Pizza
This is a great red, white and blue dessert pizza to serve up on Independence Day.
To make a 4th of July pizza, decorate with sliced strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.
You can do simple stripes, or place the blueberries in the top left corner to symbolize the stars. Then, add stripes of raspberries to create a U.S. flag fruit pizza.
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Storage
Store leftover fruit pizza in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
GCG Pro Pitmaster Tips
- Use frozen puff pastry to save time
- For the cheesecake filling, make sure your ingredients are at room temperature
- Play around with different fruits and patterns
Frequently Asked Questions
Use any colorful fruit variety. Some great choices include strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, kiwi, grapes, mangos, mandarin oranges and bananas.
To make fruit pizza, you can use regular pizza dough, a sugar cookie crust or puff pastry. This recipe uses frozen puff pastry.
You can make fruit pizza up to one day in advance. After that, the crust will lose it’s crispiness.
If you want to prepare it before that, make the cheesecake filling and whipped cream a few days in advance. You can also pre-slice the fruit. Then, bake the pizza fresh the day you plan to serve it.
