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Top Hat Pizza
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(Recipe ID: 51)
Serves 1
Preparation time: 15 minutes; Cook time: 15 minutes
Source: Merry Thomas M.S. RD. L.D.
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Ingredients
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- 1 7-7 1/2 inch round whole-wheat pita or pocket bread
- 3 Tablespoons Prepared pizza sauce *
- 1/4 Green or red bell pepper
- 1/4 Small onion
- 1/8 teaspoon Dried Italian seasoning *
- 1/2 ounce Part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1 teaspoon Grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Equipment Needed:
Cutting board, small sharp knife, kitchen scissors, baking sheet, oven mitts, wire cooling rack, measuring spoons, and small spatula or spoon.
- Peel and chop onion. Measure out 2 teaspoons and set aside.
- Rinse bell pepper and place on cutting board. Remove seeds and white pit from inside the pepper. With small, sharp knife, chop pepper. Measure out 1 tablespoon and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Using kitchen scissors, cut out a circle from the top layer of the pita bread, leaving 1 inch to form a border. Save cut-out circle.
- Place the bottom of the pita on the baking sheet. Using oven mitts, put on the the middle rack in a hot oven. Bake 5 minutes.
- With oven mitts, carefully remove from oven and place pan on wire cooling rack. Cool slightly.
- Place cooled pita on cutting board. Using small spatula or spoon, spread pizza sauce evenly on top and also under the edge of the pita bread. Sprinkle bell pepper, onion, Italian seasoning, and mozzarella cheese evenly on top of the sauce. Top with reserved circle of pita bread to form a "hat".
- Return complete pizza to the baking sheet. Bake in hot oven for 8 to 9 minutes.
- Carefully remove from the oven to cooling rack.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and let stand for a few minutes.
- Place pizza on cutting board. Cut in half with knife or kitchen scissors.
Serve hot.
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