Recipe
March 6, 2009
Pepperoni Pita Pan Pizza With Tomato Dipping Sauce
Step 1: Place a 1-quart sauce pan over medium heat and add olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and sauté with out colouring for 1 minute. Add the crushed tomatoes and oregano and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Step 2: Season with salt, pepper, and stir in the Parmesan cheese. Add hot sauce if desired. Set aside.
Step 3: To make pita pizza place a 10” nonstick pan over medium to high heat add the pita and fry for 1 minute on each side to heat through. Remove pita to a plate. In the same pan over medium to high heat lay down the slices of pepperoni, sprinkle over the sliced onions, sliced peppers and cook for 30 seconds with out moving ingredients. Add the torn basil leaves and sprinkle over the cheese. Top with the warmed pita and press down lightly and give a slight twist motion to help the pepperoni and other ingredients help to release. Allow to cook for about a minute, place a plate on top of the pan and one motion invert the pan to put the pita pizza onto the plate.
Step 4: Season with cracked black pepper and the dipping sauce.
Directions
Yield:
Step 1: Place a 1-quart sauce pan over medium heat and add olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and sauté with out colouring for 1 minute. Add the crushed tomatoes and oregano and simmer for about 15 minutes.
Step 2: Season with salt, pepper, and stir in the Parmesan cheese. Add hot sauce if desired. Set aside.
Step 3: To make pita pizza place a 10” nonstick pan over medium to high heat add the pita and fry for 1 minute on each side to heat through. Remove pita to a plate. In the same pan over medium to high heat lay down the slices of pepperoni, sprinkle over the sliced onions, sliced peppers and cook for 30 seconds with out moving ingredients. Add the torn basil leaves and sprinkle over the cheese. Top with the warmed pita and press down lightly and give a slight twist motion to help the pepperoni and other ingredients help to release. Allow to cook for about a minute, place a plate on top of the pan and one motion invert the pan to put the pita pizza onto the plate.
Step 4: Season with cracked black pepper and the dipping sauce.
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