Salmon Pizza (Australia)

Salmon Pizza
Salmon Pizza

Salmon

Originally from Australia, this Salmon pizza is a luscious seafood pizza worth making at home.

Made with care, this pizza style provides an exquisite flavor, matching the utopian scent.

Make sure to always use the best ingredients and complement them with a delicious crust for you and family to savor a scrumptious pizza feast.

If you’re in the mood for a Seafood pizza with White sauce here is the sign you need to get one.

Pizza making is a fun activity that brings people together. Whether you’re a group of friends, family or coworkers, it’s an interactive and social activity that allows everyone to get creative with their toppings and make their own personalized pizza.

Plus, it’s a great way to bond and spend time together while creating something tasty. You can make the dough from scratch or use pre-made dough, and have a mini pizza making party. It’s a great activity for kids and adults alike, everyone can get involved and have fun.

Making pizza together is a great way to break the ice and get to know each other if you are in a new group. Whether you are experienced or new to making pizza, it’s a fun and tasty way to bring people together and make memories.

Pizza in Australia

Did you know? Pizza is Australia’s favourite takeaway food by far. 34% of Australians say it’s their preferred choice. The next most popular takeaway is Chinese at 15%.

Take a look at some of the other pizzas from Australia here.

Salmon Pizza at a glance
Origin Australia
Type Seafood
Sauce White Sauce

Salmon Pizza Recipe

There is a recipe below for you to make a Salmon Pizza either in your wood oven or your typical kitchen oven.

Preparation time
Dough 2 hours
Assembly 10 minutes
Baking 12-20 minutes

Salmon Pizza Ingredients

Buy enough pizza toppings for the amount of pizzas you plan to make. The dough and sauce amounts below are for 3-4 medium sized pizzas, so scale up or down, based on your requirements.

Salmon Pizza

Simple Pizza dough

  • 250 ml (1 cup) lukewarm water
  • 2 2/3 cups (400 grams) 00 fine flour
  • 7 grams (2 tsps) dried yeast
  • 1/4 cup (3 tbsp) olive oil
  • 2 tsps salt

Salmon Pizza Toppings

Toppings used in this pizza recipe, are;

  • Salmon
  • Cheese
  • Lime Juice

Salmon pizza recipe

Easy White Sauce

  • 2 tbsp unsalt butter
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 1/4 full cream milk
  • 1/4 parmesan (shredded)
  • 2 x cloves garlic (shredded or minced)
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/8 tsp black pepper

Want to try a different sauce? See our article on the different types of pizza sauces.

TIP

You can click on any of the tags at the bottom of this page, to find other pizzas besides Salmon Pizza, that use that topping.

Homemade pizza dough

Pizza Dough Method

If you don’t have much time, grab a premade pizza base at your local grocery store, or create your own homemade pizza dough following the simple steps below.

  1. Whisk yeast and lukewarm water in a jug. Leave sitting for roughly five minutes.
  2. Add flour and salt in a large bowl. Create a well in the centre of the flour. Pour in the liquid yeast mixture and the oil.
  3. Using dough mixer or hands, gently mix dough until smooth. Place pizza dough on a lightly floured work surface and then knead by hand for five minutes.
  4. Lightly oil a bowl, and place mixture in and cover with plastic wrap. Leave in a warm place to rise until the dough doubles in size.
  5. Pour dough mix out onto a clean, floured surface. Now hand knead gently for another five minutes.
  6. Divide dough mixture into equal sized balls. Hand stretch or roll out the bases to the expected size.
  7. Spread some flour on kitchen bench before rolling, in order to prevent sticking.

TIP: We have other dough recipes if you would like to try your hand at sourdough, poolish or more.

Easy White Sauce

Perfect White Pizza Sauce Method

You can make this delicious pizza sauce following the simple steps below, or you can purchase a pizza sauce at your local store.

  1. Using a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Once melted, whisk in the flour. Continue whisking for 1-2 minutes.
  2. Add milk slowly, whisking constantly until smooth, thickened, and bubbly.
  3. Add the garlic, salt and pepper whilst whisking.
  4. Add parmesan, then whisk for another 30 sec. Remove from heat and continue whisking until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth. Set aside to cool.
  5. Do not boil after adding cheese. Once cool, cover and refrigerate. Can be used for up to 5 days.

If your sauce is too thick and not spreading easily, a splash of olive oil or water can help to get the right consistency.

Salmon recipe

Preparing Salmon Pizza

Preheat your kitchen oven to approximately 500 degrees.

Roll out the dough to either slightly smaller than your pizza stone (if you have one) or on a metal tray for the kitchen oven.

Alternatively, if you have a pizza oven, roll out to be smaller than your pizza peel.

First, spread the sauce around. This pizza calls for White Sauce. Spread the White Sauce evenly using the back of a large spoon or the blunt side of a knife.

You should start by adding the largest ingredients, then work your way down. The last is any cheese topping, such as Mozzarella, which you should evenly cover the other toppings with, and then finally any herbs.

The toppings to include on this pizza are;

  • Salmon
  • Cheese
  • Lime Juice

Whilst this pizza is awesome as is, or you could pair it with another pizza as well?

Baking time

Put the Salmon pizza in the middle of your oven (on a stone if you have one) and set timer for 10 minutes.

After roughly 10 minutes, check on the pizza.

Pizza should be ready within 15 minutes. However, allow it to cook to personal taste.

Seafood pizza

About Lime Juice

Lime Juice is ideal for seafood, pizza, curries, marinating and drinks. It can be easily made at home, or purchased as a bottle.
Lime Juice is very similar to Lemon Juice, nutritionally, and they also share many of the same potential health benefits. Both Lime and Lemon Juices are acidic and sour, however lemons tend to be sweeter, while limes have a more bitter flavor.

Pizza from Australia

Pizza Tools

When making Salmon Pizza, I always recommend that you use what you have already, and avoid spending a ton of money. My recommended basic pizza tool list is…

Glass Measuring Jug

I hate taking chances with portions, so having a quality glass jug with clear to read measurements a vital kitchen tool for me.

Chef Apron

OK, not really pizza related, but a good chef apron makes me feel the part when I am making my pizzas. I’d probably wear a chef hat if I got one too!

Pastry Brush

A pastry brush is vital if you need to ever coat your dough in water, oil, eggs or more. They are cheap to have and very handy to use.

 

Lime Juice icon

Salmon

One of the most popular types of fish in the world, Salmon is extremely versatile and used in just about every kind of dish that fish is found in. Salmon is a popular fish with high levels of protein, vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids in particular make Salmon one of the healthiest seafoods.

The word “Salmon” comes from the Latin salmo, which in turn might have originated from salire, meaning “to leap”.

Salmon

Pizza Facts

Here are a few interesting pizza facts…

A couple of dollars

As a whole, US pizza restaurants sold US$45.6 billion worth of the good stuff in 2021. That was actually less than the US$46.24 billion the year before.

Don’t worry, be happy

In Cambodia, some pizzerias have marijuana topped ‘happy pizzas’ on their menu.

Celebrate everything cheese pizza

Did you know the US celebrates National Cheese Pizza Day, every 5th of September.

 

Seafood Pizzas

Keen on seeing more than Salmon pizza? We have plenty of other Seafood pizza recipes to look at, as well. Enjoy!

 

Pizza making FAQ

Want to make great pizza at home? Here are some expert answers to some of the most Frequently asked questions.

Why is pizza called pie?

When Italian immigrants first started arriving in the USA during the late 1800s, they started selling pizza, which had plenty of similarities to a typical pie. A circular shape, a crust and sliced triangles. It didn’t take long for someone to start calling it “tomato pie”.

How to freeze pizza slices?

You can freeze pizza slices in small zip lock bags or plastic wrap, as long as it is air tight.

How long does a pizza take to cook?

A pizza can cook in as little as 90 seconds in a very hot pizza oven, or as long as 15-20 minutes in a typical kitchen oven. It also depends on the thickness of the base, and the amount of toppings included.

Salmon pizza from Australia

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