Being a great fan of pizza in any form this one is really special to me. When I dont have a pizza base ready at hand and really want a bite of a cheesy pizza I make these little Toastizzas.
I bought a bottle of Maggie Pizza Sauce a few months ago. It had a recipe booklet inside which suggested many different types of Pizzas. I liked Toastizza the most among them.
Toastizza is like an open sandwich which you can close with a grilled butter toast if you like. This is my entry to the Sandwich Festival hosted by Anupama.
Ingredients :
- 2 bread slices
- 2 tablespoons of Pizza sauce
- 1/2 cup of chopped mixed veggies (onion, capsicum, mushroom, Fresh corn, Spring onions)
- Grated cheese
Procedure :
- Heat oil. Cook mixed veggies until soft.
- Place bread slice on a greased oven plate.
- Apply Pizza sauce on it. Spread cooked veggies on it and sprinkle with some grated cheese.
- Preheat oven at 180 Deg C. Bake Toastizzas for 3-5 mins, till cheese melts.
Variation :
- If you dont have Pizza sauce then blanch tomatoes and fry the puree in oil with some salt and pepper till it reduces to a sauce.
- If you want to eat it as a closed sandwich apply butter on a plain slice of bread and bake it along with your toastizza, by the side. Once done, close the toastizza with the grilled bread and enjoy your pizza sandwich.
Please NOTE :
- Check if your Pizza sauce already contains salt. Accordingly add salt to your veggies. The Pizza sauce I used had so much salt in it that I am glad I didnt add any salt at all!
- My Oven provides me a setting in which only the top filament gets heated in the oven. In dishes where the base is already cooked and only the top coat needs to be cooked ( like our toastizzas ) this mode should be used.
Superb idea
Thanks so much EC!
delicious!!!so simple and yummy:)
Simple and elegant! Nice entry.
Nice one Roma. You can try with chapathis as base too.
One question regarding oven. One of my friend is in India and had asked me about buying an oven there. I don’t have any idea. Could you tell me what oven you are using, which is the best brand and the price etc.
I use a brand called Singer. Its quite good. Even HomeLite is a good brand.
Sure, will try Pizza on chapati next. What better way to consume remaining chapatis after a meal.
Hi Roma,
I am a great fan of Pizza myself. I too use bread slices as pizza base quite often. The name Toastizza is so cute. Never thought of it myself. Thanks for this delicious entry.Photograph is so enticing.
hey Anupama, Thanks so much!
This is such a kid friendly recipe, thanks Roma.
Glad you liked it. Thanks, Trupti.
Hello, Love the blog and the recipe. I just grilled some pizza on the BBQ and thought I would pass it on. Please come by and take a look when you have a chance and let me know what you think.
Thanks!
Joe
http://cookingquest.wordpress.com
Hi,
Just wondering if you baked or grilled the toastizzas.
Thanks.
Hi Anju,
I baked the toastizzas. Actually, my oven specifies using just the upper coil also as baking.
Thanks for dropping by.
Roma