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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » minor holiday recipes » Father's Day

    Shirt and Tie Pizza

    Published: Jun 6, '11 · Modified: Aug 29, '23 · By: Beth Klosterboer · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Make a homemade pizza for your hardworking dad! This Shirt and Tie Pizza is the perfect meal for Father's Day.

    shirt and tie pizza.

    Make one of these imaginative pizzas for the hardworking man in your life to celebrate Father's Day, a promotion at work, a new job, a retirement, or any other special occasion you see fit.

    Shirt and Tie Pizza (serves 4-6)

    Ingredients

    ½ bulb of garlic (about 6-7 cloves)
    1 teaspoon olive oil
    2-3 slices of mozzarella cheese
    2 slices cheddar cheese
    1 Pillsbury Thin Pizza Crust
    1 tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    1 (6 ounce) jar of marinated artichokes, drained well and chopped
    1 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken
    2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

    Supplies

    baking sheet lined with non-stick aluminum foil
    Cheese Slicer
    Xacto knife, or small sharp knife
    pizza wheel
    wooden pizza peel, metal pizza peel or an oven spatula

    Template

    Make a homemade pizza for your hardworking dad! This Shirt and Tie Pizza is the perfect meal for Father's Day, and it'll give him a good laugh!

    Print out a copy of the template below. Click on this link for a full page printable template. 

    You will need to use a copy machine to blow up the image so that the shirt fits within the dimensions of your baking sheet. Every pan size varies but make it about 11"x12". Cut out the shirt and all of the shapes.

    Instructions

    roasting garlic.

    Roast your garlic:

    Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. I went ahead and roasted the whole bulb of garlic, but you just need half for this recipe. Cut garlic bulb in half (or use 6-7 whole cloves). Set on a piece of tin foil.

    Drizzle olive oil over garlic.  Fold the foil and pinch the edges closed. Roast in the oven for 35-45 minutes until garlic is golden brown.

    Allow the garlic to cool to room temperature. Squeeze the halves of the garlic to expel the soft roasted garlic. Don't turn the oven off, you'll need it heated for the pizza.

    cutting out a tie from white and orange cheese and a pocket from white cheese.

    Cut collar, tie, and pocket shapes out of cheese slices:

    Set the cut template pieces for the collar and the pocket on the mozzarella cheese slices. Use an Xacto knife (with a clean blade) or a small sharp knife to cut out around the template pieces.

    Set the tie pieces over slices of cheddar cheese and cut them out around the template pieces.  I used long slices of cheddar cheese but still had to cut my tie at the dotted line.

    If you use shorter cheese slices, you will have to move the cut line closer to the middle of the tie. Arrange the cut cheese pieces together. You may have to cut the edges so they match up just right. Cover and refrigerate until needed.

    fitting the shirt and tie template to the pizza dough and brushing the dough with olive oil.

    Make shirt pizza:

    Unroll the pizza crust onto a non-stick foil-lined baking sheet. Set the shirt template over the crust and stretch the crust to completely fill the area of the template. Remove template.

    Brush oil over the surface of the crust.

    Bake for 8-12 minutes until the crust is golden brown. (I should have baked my crust longer, it was too white.)

    cutting the baked pizza crust using the shirt template and topping it with artichokes and chicken

    Cut out the pizza shirt and add toppings.

    Remove the crust from the oven and let it sit until it is cool enough to handle.  Move the crust to a cutting board.

    Set the shirt template over the crust and use a pizza wheel to cut it out around the template.  Spread roasted garlic over the entire surface of the crust. Cover the crust with chopped artichokes and shredded chicken.  Use your hands to press the artichokes and chicken down into a flat layer on the crust.

    top the pizza with cheese, bake, and add the tie and pocket.

    Top with cheese, bake, and decorate.

    Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.  Use a  wooden pizza peel or an oven spatula to pick the pizza up and place it back on the baking sheet (not pictured.) Heat in the oven for 5-8 minutes until the cheese is melted.

    Remove the pizza from the oven and use the pizza peel or oven spatula to move your pizza to a nice serving platter or a nice cutting board.

    Add the collar, tie, and pocket cheese shapes, and serve immediately.

    More Father's Day Recipes

    Make your dad feel special on Father's Day by making him a cute edible craft. Each of these Father's Day Recipes include tutorials to show you how to create some festive desserts, snacks, and meals for your number one dad.

    Check out all of my Father's Day Recipes.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Maria

      June 13, 2013 at 2:36 pm

      What a cute idea!!!! So fun and whimsical! (And delicious looking, too!)

      Reply
    2. stonemaven

      August 17, 2011 at 10:49 am

      This would be so easy to convert to a Shaun of the Dead pizza for Halloween!

      Reply
    3. Lorie

      June 10, 2011 at 12:01 pm

      My kids will think this was SO FUN!

      Reply

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