Want a romantic lunch? These homemade pizza pockets will make your heart skip a beat.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Recently, I noticed Leo taking a liking to pizza pockets. Every time we go to my parents’ place, my mom has a box of frozen pizza pockets ready to be nuked in the microwave.
Then I thought: Why can’t we just make our own? And so, I recently whipped up my very own homemade pizza pockets.
At first, I was a little intimidated. I told myself: “You’re totally cray-cray, girl! That dough will be impossible to make!”
Well, I should have more faith in myself. Yes, these make take longer than your typical store-bought lunch. But I am loving the fact that I know exactly what ingredients are going in them.
Plus, being able to shape my homemade pizza pockets into hearts makes it that much more fun!
Here’s how to make them:
Homemade Pizza Pockets for Valentine’s Day
For the dough:
- 1 large egg
- 6 tbsp milk
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ finely grated parmesan cheese
- Pinch salt
- ¾ tbsp baking powder
- ¼ cup butter, cold
For the filling:
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- ½ cup sharp cheddar, shredded
To assemble:
- Heart-shaped cookie cutter
- Melted butter + brush
Yields: Approx. 6 heart-shaped pizza pockets (depending on the size of your cookie cutter)
Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
Begin by mixing egg, milk, and garlic in an electric mixer (with a dough hook, if you have one).
In a separate bowl, sift together parmesan, salt, baking powder.
Cut your cold butter into cubes and add into your dry ingredients. Use a pastry cutter to blend all of the ingredients together.
Add the flour and butter mixture into your wet ingredients, while mixing on medium speed.
Once the dough has formed, sprinkle a clean working surface + your rolling pin with flour.
Roll the dough so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick. Use your cookie cutter to cut them into heart shapes.
Place each heart-shaped dough on your lined baking sheet.
Fill every other heart-shaped dough with tomato paste and cheese. Top with another heart-shape and use a fork to press & seal all around the edges.
Brush each pizza pocket with melted butter and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until the crust starts to turn golden brown.
Let me know if you end up making these delicious pizza pockets! What are your plans for February 14?
Heart Shaped Homemade Pizza Pockets
Ingredients
For the dough
- 1 large egg
- 6 tbsp milk
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- pinch salt
- 3/4 tbsp baking powder
- 1/4 cup butter cold
For the filling
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper, set aside.
- Begin by mixing egg, milk, and garlic in an electric mixer (with a dough hook, if you have one).
- In a separate bowl, sift together parmesan, salt, baking powder.
- Cut your cold butter into cubes and add into your dry ingredients. Use a pastry cutter to blend all of the ingredients together.
- Add the flour and butter mixture into your wet ingredients, while mixing on medium speed.
- Once the dough has formed, sprinkle a clean working surface + your rolling pin with flour.
- Roll the dough so that it’s about ¼ of an inch thick. Use your cookie cutter to cut them into heart shapes.
- Place each heart-shaped dough on your lined baking sheet.
- Fill every other heart-shaped dough with tomato paste and cheese. Top with another heart-shape and use a fork to press & seal all around the edges.
- Brush each pizza pocket with melted butter and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until the crust starts to turn golden brown.
While you guys enjoy my homemade pizza pockets, you should also consider these fun Valentine recipes and DIYs from some of my favourite Canadian bloggers!
- Judy from Life is Better at Home and her Valentine’s Chocolate Fondue
- A Valentine’s Day At-Home Spa idea by Dannyelle at Life is a Party
- The sweetest Valentine’s Day Confetti Cookies by Emily at Daydreaming of Elsewhere
- Jane & Sonja of Sustain my Craft Habit came up with these oh-so pretty Valentine’s Day Painted Pots
- The incredibly talented Andrea of Harlow and Thistle and her modern Valentine’s Day Table
These looks so simple and delicious! This would be the perfect lunch to make with my nieces!
OMG, these are super cute. I bet they taste amazing too. Gonna give these a try.
Oh these are so cute! Both my son and husband would love them for a lunch (anytime of the year!) I think I will surprise them with these soon!
These are adorable and my kids love anything pizza. This is such a cute idea and I like that it is finger food. Easy enough for me to make, too 🙂
These are a super cute idea for Valentine’s date in-home! I know I would love a pizza pocket!
these are the cutest! I can’t wait to try these for myself! 🙂
These are SO cute! I definitely need to pin this to make for my kiddos!
I think this is a Valentine’s Day treat that I can get behind. My kids and husband would love it.
What a cute (and delicious) idea!
Nothing says “I love you” like pizza. Unless that pizza is heart shaped… I love this.
My girls are not fans of the frozen variety, but I bet they would love these! How cute you made them festive for the upcoming Valentine holiday too!
These are so very cute! My husband loves Hot Pockets – so these would totally be the way to his heart.
My daughter will be through the moon when I serve these for Valentine’s Day! She loves pizza and these are too cute!
These pizza pockets are so cute! As much as we love pizza, I know this is going to be a hit. Thanks for the recipe. I will surprise my family with this on Valentine’s day.
That’s way easier than I thought it sounded at first! I was in awe of the heart shape. They sound really yummy!
Great idea to make these for Valentine’s Day. We love pizza regardless of what shape it’s in 🙂
That is an awesome recipe idea! Just in time for Valentine’s. I will save the recipe and I know I won’t wait for Valentine’s day to make these. Tomorrow will be the day we’ll enjoy these pizza pockets!
So cute!! And a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day. I think my whole family would get a kick out of the way they look.. and the taste of course!
Omg this is adorable. I am having a Galentine’s Brunch I wonder if I can recreate it!
This is such a cute and delicious idea! My kids are going to love these when I make them for their lunch on Valentine’s Day. Thank you!
Our Valentine’s Day tradition is always heart shaped pizzas so I’m really excited to change things up a bit this year and do this instead. Thanks so much for sharing, I can’t wait to try them!
Such a fun idea. These look so pretty and delicious – thank you for sharing!