Lazy Girl Pizza Margherita

Recipe By Alex
Rating
Published Jun 17th
Prep 10m Cook 20m Additional - Ready In 30m
Servings 2 small pita pizzas Calories 447.2

Not a gourmet pizza by any means, but it’s a quick and tasty snack or light lunch.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 2 pocketless Greek pita breads
  • ¼ cup basil pesto
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 2 Roma tomatoes, sliced

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  2. 2 Place pita breads on a baking sheet.
  3. 3 Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned and slightly crisp, 8 to 10 minutes.
  4. 4 Spread pesto onto each pita bread and top with mozzarella cheese and tomato slices.
  5. 5 Bake in the oven until cheese is melted and tomatoes are tender, about 10 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 447.2
  • Carbohydrate 33.9 g
  • Cholesterol 46.2 mg
  • Fat 23.9 g
  • Fiber 2.7 g
  • Protein 24.4 g
  • Saturated Fat 9.6 g
  • Sodium 858.8 mg
  • Sugar 2.9 g

Chef's Notes

I find the Greek pitas to be a good size and thickness for personal-size snack pizza, but any sort of flat bread with a bit of thickness (e.g. naan bread) will do. Or you can use actual pizza crust.

Reviews

  1. Rocketgranny Evony May 25, 2016 04:25 AM
    Pretty Good. My own twist is to first brush the Pita bread with some Pizza-Sauce you can buy premade at the store. Then the Pesto Sauce Tomatoes (what ever variety is on hand) and Mozarella. I usually use an 8" Cast Iron Pan w/Lid on the stove top. About 10-15 min on med-low. Quick & - Read more ...
  2. CookWrite40 Nov 23, 2014 09:54 PM
    I like this recipe because nowhere else could I find the obvious pesto-for-sauce idea that made perfect sense to me. I kept it lazy used a prepared pizza crust fresh tomatoes and sliced up a ball of mozzarella. I did use fresh basil leaves chopped garlic and Italian seasoning drizzled with olive oil and it - Read more ...
  3. lutzflcat Nov 13, 2014 12:02 PM
    I used oat bran & whole wheat pita bread, added a few olive slices, and since I had no roma tomatoes on hand, just sliced some grape tomatoes which worked fine. Using pesto sauce as a base is flavorful, but I found pre-cooking the pita bread for 8 minutes was too long; the timing may - Read more ...
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