Thursday, August 11, 2011

Flatbread Pizza!


Over the last two and a half weeks, we've done a lot.  I've signed up for two mommy groups (something I was always too nervous to do in Philadelphia), made some new friends in the area, and have discovered some really great places to eat.

The only thing that I haven't been able to find is really great pizza.  For some reason, the pizza here tastes really bland.  The dough doesn't have that amazing texture that pizzza had back home.  The pepperoni and sauce are missing that really kickin' spice that you can find in PA.  Here, people eat pizza from chains.  At home, we ate pizza from the Italian neighborhood we lived in.

Last Sunday, we went to a Greenville Drive game with a mommy group that I joined.  The game was really fun and the moms' seemed really nice!  After the game, Kyle and Laela were cheering "pizza! pizza! pizza!", so we ran to the store, picked up some ingredients, and I came up with this totally tasty flatbread pizza.


This pizza is practically effortless!

Flatbread Pizza with Tomatoes, Basil, Ricotta Cheese, Pepperoni and Mozzarella
You'll need:
  • 1 tomato
  • 6 basil leaves
  • Pasta sauce (as much or as little as you'd like)
  • Fresh mozzarella (I used mini balls, about 5 will do.)
  • 1 piece flatbread
  • Olive Oil
  • Ricotta cheese (about 4 tsp, depending on how cheesy you want it.)
  • Pepperoni (optional)
Instructions:
  • Heat your oven to 400 degrees.
  • Brush your flatbread on both sides with olive oil.
  • Toast the flatbread for ten minutes in the oven.
  • Take the flatbread out of the oven.
  • Using a cookie scoop or a spoon, scoop about four tsp of ricotta cheese onto the flatbread.
  • Spread some sauce over the ricotta.
  • Slice the tomato into thin slices.  Add the slices to the pizza.
  • Add the basil.
  • Add the pepperoni slices.
  • Slice your mozzarella balls into halves.
  • Place them on the pizza.
Bake for 10-15 minutes.  Serve!!

*Since Kyle does not like tomatoes on their own, I  made him the same thing without the tomato slices.

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