Puglian Mini Pizzas

Ingredients

  • 1 LB Pizza Dough

  • Pint Cherry Tomatoes or Pizza Sauce

  • 3 to 4 cloves of Garlic

  •  ½ lb Fresh Ball of Mozzarella

  • A Brick of Parmesan Reggiano 

  • Basil 4 to 6 leaf’s 

  • ½ teaspoon dry Rosemary 

  • Cookie Sheet

  • Parchment Paper 

  • Sea Salt 

  • Black Pepper 

  • Vito and Joe’s Olive Oil

How to Prepare

  1. Preheat Oven to 375 Degrees. 

  2. Cut your cherry tomatoes in half and place into a Medium size Bowl

  3. Use about half of the required Rosemary and Sprinkle it on top of the cut up Cherry Tomatoes. 

  4. Add about a ¼ teaspoon of Sea Salt and ¼ teaspoon of Black Pepper on the Cherry Tomatoes as well. 

  5. About 5 Leafs of the Basil, roughly tear them up and place in the bowl with the cherry tomatoes. 

  6. About 4 to 5 cloves of garlic. Use a garlic press and press the garlic and add it to the Cherry tomatoes. And then give the Mix a stir a few times until well mixed together.

  7. After Mixing the Tomatoes and other ingredients, add about 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil. and Mix Again. 

  8. Then on a large Cookie Sheet, Place a Large piece of Parchment paper and then spread the Cherry Tomato mixture on the parchment paper. And bake in the oven at 375 degrees for about 20 Minutes or until the tomatoes look roasted. 

  9. As the cherry tomatoes are cooking in the oven, on a well floured counter top, knead the pizza dough a few times and then roll it out. Leave the Pizza dough thickness anywhere between ¼ and ½ inch. You can either leave it as is or use a cookie cutter and make fun shapes for the Kiddos who like to help in the Kitchen. 

  10. After the Tomatoes are done in the oven, place them back into a Bowl, (it can be the same one as before.) and then place a new piece of parchment paper on the cookie sheet. 

  11. Place your Pieces of Pizza dough on the parchment paper. And cook them in the oven for about 15 minutes at 375 until they are a very light brown as you will be putting them back in the oven and don't want them to dark just yet. 

  12. While the pizza dough is cooking in the oven, you start shredding your cheeses. You will need about ½ cup to ¾ cup of both Mozzarella and the Parmesan Reggiano. 

  13. When the pizza dough is done cooking for about 15 minute, take it out and let it cool, just enough for you to be able to touch it. Once it's cool you're going to cut the pizza dough in half like you're cutting open a bagel.

  14. Once you have cut open your pizza Doughs your going to spread a little bit of olive oil on both sides and then place a little bit of both cheeses on one side and push them down and then add about 4-5 of the roasted Cherry tomato mixture that you made, and then put the other side of the cut in half pizza dough on top and then bush aq little more olive oil on top of that and then sprinkle with a little sea salt and a tiny bit of rosemary. 

  15. Repeat to other cutouts of Pizza dough if you choose to make little ones. 

  16. Once they are all put together, pleace them back in the oven for about another 10-15 minutes at 375 degrees.

  17. Then take them out and let cool for a few minutes and then Enjoy!