Homemade Pizza Seasoning Recipe – Waste free culture (2024)

Why buying pizza seasoning sachets when you can make them at home? In order to have a low waste pizza, we have to say no to these pizza seasoning sachets that come for free with our ordered pizza. So, how do you enhance the flavour without those sachets? Don’t worry, I’ve shared the homemade pizza seasoning recipe to accompany your great pizza! To make it zero waste consider buying the following herbs and spices in sustainable packaging like glass jars. If you could find the herbs in the farmer’s market, that’s great too!

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Homemade Pizza seasoning recipe:

Ingredients:

Oregano – 3 tablespoons
Basil – 3 tablespoons
Garlic powder – 1/2 tablespoon
Dried onion flakes – 3 tablespoons
Thyme – 1/4 tablespoon
Fennel – 1/4 tablespoon
Crushed Red Pepper Flakes – 1/4 tablespoon
Salt – 1/4 tablespoon

Instructions:

Mix all these ingredients and store it in the airtight container.

Dominospizza seasoning recipe:

Ingredients:

Oregano – 1 ½ tablespoon
Basil – 1 ½ tablespoon
Garlic powder – 3 tablespoons
Rosemary – 1 tablespoon
Crushed Red Chilli Flakes – 1 teaspoon
Black pepper – 1 ½ tablespoon (powdered)
Salt – 1 ½ tablespoon

Instructions:

Take the above ingredients to the mortar pestle and crush well. Then store it in the airtight container.

Pizza seasoningpowder:

If you need the pizza seasoning in the powdered format, just take the above-mentioned ingredients and grind well. You can use a food processor or even a mortar pestle. But when going for a small quantity, the food processor doesn’t grind well. In that case, go for the mortar pestle.

Storage:

Store the homemade pizza seasoning in an airtight container. To increase the shelf life, you can even refrigerate it. It comes from 6 to 8 weeks.

Perfect gift:

Pizza seasoning makes a perfect gift for your beloved pizza lovers. Just fill your homemade pizza seasoning in tiny glass jars to gift them. But make sure to write the expiry date on the jars.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

What seasonings are good on pizza?

Oregano and basil make the pizza seasoning just perfect. They are the key ingredients for the good pizza seasoning. So, if you’re buying the pizza seasoning in bulk or package-free, always check whether it includes these 2 ingredients for sure. To enhance the flavour of your homemade pizza seasoning you can add the other ingredients like dried onion flakes as mentioned above.

How to usepizza seasoning?

You can either use in the crispy or powdered form, it’s up to you. Take a little amount of your homemade pizza seasoning in a dry spoon and sprinkle them on your delicious pizza! Or you can just store them in the salt shakers to sprinkle on the pizza.

How do you spice up homemade pizza?

Just add a little more of red pepper flakes than the suggested amount in the above pizza seasoning recipe to spice up a homemade pizza.
If you like the pepper flavour, you can also add the black pepper powder instead of the red pepper flakes.

What can we use instead of oregano in a pizza?

Marjoram is a great alternative of oregano in pizza. You can also substitute the oregano with basil and thyme.

What is the green seasoning on pizza?

They are nothing but oregano, basil and thyme.

Is pizza seasoning the same as Italian seasoning? And how do you make Italian seasoning from scratch?

No, in Italian seasoning, we’ll add the Italian herbs like marjoram, oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary in the dried form (combine them and store it in an airtight container and your Italian seasoning is ready) whereas we add dried onion flakes, garlic powder and other extra ingredients in the pizza seasoning to enhance its flavour.

Is oregano the same as Italian seasoning?

Now you know the answer to this question. The answer is no. We’ve seen the ingredients used in the Italian seasoning.

Since this pizza seasoning is homemade, we know what is going inside of our body which makes it healthy! What do you think?

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FAQs

What is pizza seasoning made of? ›

It contains dried basil, dried oregano, onion flakes, garlic flakes, fennel, smoked paprika (my secret weapon when it comes to epic flavor), and crushed red pepper. Of course, you can add whatever you want to make your's a signature spice seasoning, if you wish.

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What seasoning do restaurants put on pizza? ›

Italian Seasoning

Italian seasoning combines herbs like basil, thyme, chili flakes, garlic powder, rosemary, parsley and oregano. Some blends also incorporate dried sage or fennel seeds. Italian seasoning adds extra flavor to traditional-style pizza.

What is the name of the four seasons pizza? ›

Quattro stagioni loosely translates to four seasons in English, meaning the pizza is dubbed the “four seasons” pizza. To illustrate this on the pizza, the pie itself is divided into four separate sections. Each of these sections has different toppings on it to “represent” the four seasons.