I wanted homemade pizza one day and was feeling too lazy (and too hungry) to take the time to make dough and wait for yeast to rise. Usually, I’d use pita bread for this, but I didn’t have any. I didn’t have any of the usual substitutes either, (not even an English muffin). Necessity being the mother of invention, I decided to create another “base” for my pizza. The answer was homemade tortilla crust pizza.
It turned out that a tortilla made a perfect crust for my pizza. I didn’t roll it out that much, but left it fairly thick (so it would be more like pita bread).
And, while I was low on pizza base substitutes, I did have sausage, fresh eggplant, and plenty of tomato sauce.
I made a quick tortilla crust, chopped up the veggies, put it all together, and baked it. It made a great, fairly easy lunch.
Of course, if you’re really in a hurry, feeling extra tired, you can always skip making the tortilla and use some from the store instead!
Homemade Tortilla Crust Pizza
Notes
Homemade pizza without waiting hours for the dough to rise.
Ingredients
Tortilla
- 2⁄3 cup flour
- 1⁄4 tsp salt
- 1⁄8 cup canola oil
- 1⁄3 tsp baking powder
- 1⁄4 cup warm water (may need a teaspoon or two more depending on humidity)
Topping
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 chicken sausage
- 2T tomato sauce
- 2-3 slices mozzarella
- 1/4 red pepper, sliced
- 1/2 C eggplant, sliced
Instructions
Tortilla
- Combine the dry ingredients (flour, salt, and baking powder) in a medium size bowl. Stir until everything is incorporated.
- Add the oil and mix with your hands until moistened.
- Now add the water, and stir it all together (with your hands or a mixing spoon) until it forms a ball of dough.
- Remove the ball from the bowl and wrap it tightly in plastic wrap. Let it sit for half an hour (or longer).
- Dust your counter or a cutting board with flour. Get out your rolling pin and dust that with flour as well (this will keep it from sticking to the dough).
- Roll out the ball into a thin circle (about 1/8 inch thick) and cut out two circles.
- Take each circle, place in a small skillet (no oil) and cook on high for about 30 seconds per side. It should get brown spots on both sides.
Topping
- Preheat toaster oven to 450.
- While that's heating, add some olive oil to the skillet you used earlier.
- When that's hot, add the eggplant and sausage and cook until browned (about 10 minutes)
- Add tomato sauce, mozzarella, sausage, pepper, and eggplant to each tortilla. Place in toaster oven and cook at 450 for 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.
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