Puff Pastry Pizza

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You know what I love? A pantry meal.

That’s what I call the type of meal that needs no trips to the store, no fancy recipes, just a little creativity + using ingredients already in your house. The delicious pizza above was a pantry meal I whipped up a few days ago, for Week 15 of my One-New-Dinner-A-Week challenge. And people, it turned out so good – you’ve gotta try it!

I had a sheet of puff pastry in the freezer that I wanted to use up, leftover tomatoes from this pasta salad, + pepperoni + mozzarella from making pizza a few weeks ago. Seeing those ingredients, I got an idea – a puff pastry pizza!

I rolled out the puff pastry, baked it ’til golden, popped on our favorite toppings, baked it for a few more minutes + voila – done + delicious! The puff pastry lends such a lovely, buttery flavor – it’s a wonderful twist on traditional pizza.

One puff pastry sheet pizza makes just enough for a light dinner for two, so if you’re serving a crowd, double the recipe, or make a salad to accompany it. The one thing I can promise? Everyone will love it – my husband + I were so impressed that such a quick, easy pantry meal turned out so incredibly tasty!

Puff Pastry Pizza

A quick and easy pantry meal using puff pastry as the crust. Perfect for a light dinner for two, this buttery pizza is ready in under 30 minutes.

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Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Servings: 2 servings

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian-American

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1 sheet store-bought puff pastry thawed (i use pepperidge farm)
• 1/4 teaspoon of italian seasoning or more to taste
• 1/4 cup of marinara or pizza sauce homemade or store-bought (i like classic for store-bought)
• 1 cup of mozzarella shredded
• toppings of your choice – i opted for a handful of pepperoni + some chopped tomatoes

Method

 

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Take the thawed puff pastry sheet and roll it out to a rectangle or oblong shape about 11” x 15”.
3. Using a fork, prick the entire puff pastry except for about a 1/4” strip around the outside edge. This outside edge will be the crust.
4. Bake for about 15-20 minutes, until the puff pastry is golden brown and slightly puffed.
5. Remove the baked crust from the oven.
6. Top the puff pastry crust with the marinara/pizza sauce, 1/4 teaspoon of italian seasoning (or more to taste), mozzarella cheese and any other toppings you choose (i used pepperoni and tomatoes).
7. Put the pizza back in the oven and bake for about 5 minutes until the cheese is melted.
8. If you like your cheese slightly browned (like i do), turn up the oven to a low broil and broil for about 3 minutes, or until your cheese is perfectly browned.
9. Slice and serve!

Notes

One puff pastry sheet pizza makes just enough for a light dinner for two. If serving a crowd, double the recipe or make a salad to accompany it. For browned cheese, broil on low for about 3 minutes.