Pastry Pizza

Feel like pizza but don’t want to make it from scratch? Have no pizza base or many ingredients? Perfect meal if you are currently in lockdown due to COVID-19.

I always have puff pastry sheets ready in my freezer, so when I feel like pizza I just make a pizza…on a puff pastry sheet. You can buy these puff pastry sheets from most stores and they are a staple in my house.

Not only is this actually a great meal it’s a brilliant snack for after work or school for all ages. It’s also substantially healthier than pizza’s as you don’t have that much cheese as well as a low carb base option.

Ingredients

The best thing about this recipe is that you can put whatever you want on top and it’ll taste bloody delicious, here is a rough ingredient list but like I said, put whatever you have.

• Pasta sauce or tomato sauce for a base – I always have leftover tomato sauce from pasta jars, a small quantity that is too little for pasta but just the perfect amount for this puff pastry pizza
• Mushrooms
• Capsicums (red, green or yellow)
• Onion
• Leftover salad leaves such as spinach or even rocket
• Shredded cheese, or any cheese you can break up over the pizza
• Herbs (optional: Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme, Onion salt, Garlic salt, Paprika, chilli flakes etc.)
• Olives
• Jalapeños
• Tomatoes / Sun-dried tomatoes
• Anything else you have including eggplant/zucchini etc. You can also add salami or other cooked meat or cured meat (Preferably pre-cooked to make baking time quicker).

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200 celcius (390 F)
2. Thaw the puff pastry, either by leaving it out while you chop all your ingredients to a small dice, or if you forget just pop it in the microwave for 10 to 15 seconds which generally makes it perfect.
3. Add a spoon/two of tomato sauce or pasta, whatever you want for the base. You can even add basil or pesto or even just butter if you have nothing.
4. Top the pastry with all the ingredients you have plus the herbs. For even distribution you can even add all these ingredients to a bowl, add some olive oil and add the herbs/seasonings, otherwise if you’re lazy like me just add them straight onto the puff pastry sheet.
5. Top with the cheese, sometimes I even use just sliced cheese and break it up, but I also just leave the cheese off for a Vegan alternative
6. Cook in oven for 10-15 minutes, check constantly as it doesn’t need that long to cook. Ideally you would have cut all your ingredients small so they all cook quickly. When using eggplant, meat of heavier vegetables you might want to cook them a bit beforehand so they’re not raw.
7. You can drizzle a sauce of your preference on top before serving, or just eat it like that.

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