easy tortilla pizza with blue cheese, pear, coppa and rocket
I got into making pizzas using tortillas as a base last year and find them to be the perfect way to get a pizza fix in a hurry. I always have flour tortillas on hand either in my cupboard or in my freezer, so within 10 minutes you can knock up a delicious snack. The thinner base means you just need a light smattering of toppings so there is none of the heavy, stodginess of an ordinary pizza base, but all the taste.
I was making a pear, blue cheese, and walnut salad with rocket, and figured these ingredients would work well on a pizza.
- preheat the oven to 200 C
- brush a flour tortilla with olive oil (I used the Willowcreek parmesan infused olive oil)
- grate a light dusting of pecorino or parmesan over the base
- scatter small chunks of blue cheese fairly liberally over and arrange a few very thin slices of pear around
- I tore up 2 slices of Richard Bosmans coppa
- bake for 4 – 5 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown and all the cheese has melted
- sprinkle over chopped walnuts and fresh rocket
It’s rich and creamy, salty and sweet, and would be perfect with drinks.
My previous tortilla pizza recipe can be found here.
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Now THAT looks like my kind of snack!
What a great way to get a pizza fix (which seems to be a constant craving lately) but without the mass of calories from a standard pizza loaded with cheese and a thicker base. Stunning.
Looks fantastic and I love the idea of using the tortillas! It’ll be great if you grill the pears before hand and can even add a few asparagus spears!
Thanks William, asparagus would be lovely.
Evidently I need to get in on that coppa action…
Richard Bosmans coppa is lovely. I like that it is quite dry and not too fatty, whilst delivering on the salty ‘bacon-ey ness”. A nice alternative.
Thank you – I loved this idea. I used bottled sauce and made a classic pepperoni and it was fantastic. My best was with chopped artichoke hearts, chopped mushrooms that had been sauted in butter, and asparagus pieces (can be grilled first). Then a small bit of mozzarella.
I didn’t realize that the oven temperature was in Celsius – it came out much better when I turned it up to 400 degrees F.
So far I’ve made 2 things from your blog and they have both been amazing.
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Janet
Thanks so much for the nice comments Janet and glad you enjoy. I love your ideas too, especially the artichokes.
Sam
I just made a vegetarian version of this for lunch! Wow! So delicious. I used some fresh figs instead of coppa as my boyfriend is vegetarian. I will definitely me making more tortilla pizzas in the future. They get so wonderfully crispy.
Thats Great Jo – thanks for the comment.
I’ve just discovered your blog and this recipe! You have saved my evening. Dinner is sorted!
I Hope you enjoyed the pizza.