🕷️ Black Widow Pizza – Halloween Pizza Edition 🎃

Halloween is just around the corner – and what could be better than a pizza that looks like it came straight from the underworld? 😈

The Black Widow Pizza is a real eye-catcher: black dough with cuttlefish ink, creamy ricotta cream, and a spiderweb made of chili oil or sweet chili sauce, which not only looks spooky but also tastes fantastic.

A recipe that’s perfect for Halloween – visually spectacular, balanced in taste, and easy to make. 🖤

⚫ Ingredients (for 4 pizzas)

For the black dough

• 660 g pizza flour (Tipo 00)
• 450 ml water (≈ 68% hydration)
• 18 g fine sea salt
• 1 g fresh yeast
• 2 sachets of cuttlefish ink (4 g each, food-grade)

For the ricotta cream

• 250 g ricotta
• 30 g grated Parmesan
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt & pepper
• Optional: a small pinch of nutmeg
• (If necessary, 1–2 tsp milk or cream to smooth out)

For the spiderweb & decoration

• Chili oil, chili sauce or sweet chili sauce (depending on desired spiciness and consistency)
• Black olives (halved & cut into strips for the “spider legs”)
• Optional: fresh spinach or arugula for draping

🍕 Preparation

1️⃣ Prepare the dough

For the Black Widow Halloween Pizza, the dough is traditionally made in a spiral mixer:

1. Add flour to the mixing bowl.
2. Add water and dissolve the yeast in it.
3. Add the cuttlefish ink directly.
4. Knead until the ingredients are combined.
5. Add salt and continue kneading until the dough is smooth and elastic.
6. Remove the dough from the bowl, shape it into a ball, and let it rest for 0.5 hours at room temperature.
7. Then, divide the dough into portions, shape them into balls, and cold ferment for 24–48 hours (in the refrigerator at approx. 4 °C).

💡 Note: With warm dough fermentation, the amount of yeast should be reduced accordingly, otherwise the dough will rise too quickly.

2️⃣ Ricotta cream

Stir ricotta, Parmesan, lemon juice, and olive oil until smooth.

Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

Make it creamier with a little milk or cream if needed.

3️⃣ Topping & Baking

Spread the dough, spread with ricotta cream, and distribute mozzarella / Fior di Latte and Parmesan on top.

The pizza is baked in a gas oven or pizza oven at about 430–450 °C for approx. 90 seconds, until the crust has risen nicely and is lightly browned.

4️⃣ Decorating

After baking, draw a spiderweb pattern on the surface with chili oil, chili sauce, or sweet chili sauce. 🕸️ (Tip: A small squeeze bottle makes the pattern particularly beautiful.)

Then, place the olive slices as spider bodies and legs.

Optionally, you can place a few leaves of raw spinach or arugula over the pizza – this way the spiders hide a bit and the spooky effect is even stronger 😅🕷️

💡 Tip

👉 The spiderweb works best if the sauce has cooled slightly and is not too runny.

👉 Sweet chili sauce is ideal if you prefer it milder – it remains clearly visible and adds a slightly sweet and spicy note.

👉 Arugula or spinach provide additional color and texture – and make the pizza even spookier. 👻

🔥 Conclusion

The Black Widow Pizza – Halloween Edition is the perfect recipe for anyone who wants to bake something special for Halloween.

It combines creativity, taste, and appearance into an extraordinary pizza that is sure to impress.

Whether with chili oil, sweet chili sauce, or fresh arugula – this pizza is spooky, delicious, and simply unforgettable! 🖤

Black Widow Pizza – Halloween Pizza Edition 🕷️ 🎃

Die Black Widow Pizza – Halloween Edition kombiniert schwarzen Sepiateig mit cremiger Ricotta-Creme und einem feurigen Spinnennetz aus Chiliöl oder Sweet-Chilisauce.

Optisch spektakulär, geschmacklich ausgewogen und perfekt für Halloween! 🎃

Mit ihrem tiefschwarzen Teig, dem hellen Belag und den kleinen Olivenspinnen sorgt sie garantiert für Wow-Momente – spooky, lecker und ein echter Hingucker! 👻🍕

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Prep Time 2 days d

Cook Time 2 minutes mins

Course Pizza

Cuisine Italian

Servings 4 Pizzen

Ingredients

  

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Pizzateig

• 660 g Pizzamehl Tipo 00
• 450 ml Wasser 68 % Hydration
• 18 g feines Meersalz
• 1 g frische Hefe / Germ
• 2 Säckchen Sepiatinte à 4 g

Ricotta-Creme:

• 250 g Ricotta
• 30 g Parmesan gerieben
• 1 TL Zitronensaft
• 1 EL Olivenöl
• Salz
• Pfeffer
• Prise
• Muskat

Deko:

• Chiliöl / Sweet-Chilisauce / Chilisauce für Spinnennetz
• Schwarze Oliven für Spinnen
• Optional: frischer Spinat oder Rucola

Instructions

 

Teig:

• Mehl in den Spiralkneter geben. Wasser, Germ & Sepiatinte hinzufügen und kneten.
• Salz dazugeben, fertigkneten, dann zu einer Kugel formen.
• 0,5 h Stockgare, danach Teiglinge abstechen und 24–48 h kalt fermentieren (bei ca. 4 °C).
• (Bei warmer Teigführung weniger Germ verwenden.)

Ricotta-Creme:

• Ricotta, Parmesan, Zitronensaft & Olivenöl verrühren, mit Salz, Pfeffer & Muskat abschmecken.

Belegen:

• Teig ausbreiten, Ricotta-Creme auftragen, Mozzarella darüber.
• Mit Chiliöl oder Sweet-Chilisauce Spinnennetz aufmalen 🕸️

Backen:

• Im Pizzaofen bei 430–450 °C ca. 90 Sekunden backen, bis der Rand schön aufgegangen ist.

Finish:

• Oliven-Spinnen auflegen, optional mit Spinat oder Rucola garnieren.

Notes

💡 Tipp

Sweet-Chilisauce bleibt schön sichtbar und ist milder als Chiliöl.

Spinat oder Rucola geben extra Farbe – und verstecken die Spinnen „gruselig gut“. 😅

Keyword Halloween Pizza, schwarze Pizza

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