Pizza brings back nostalgic memories to me. There is a chaat center in Malleshwaram 8th cross who sells not only amazing chaats but also delicious small pizzas. When I was in my college I used to go and have their pizzas almost every day and I also remember the pizza guy asking me if I ever eat anything other than pizza 🙂 and those pizzas were just 8 rupees back then now I am sure they must have increased the price. So thats how I was introduced to pizza and after coming to US my craving for pizzas have never ended. I love to try different ingredients on pizzas each time I bake one. My husband and I both like Greek pizza a lot. Artichokes are another favorite for us. So this time I tried using all these on one base and it made for a tasty pizza!
Serving-2to3
To make pizza sauce:
Ingredients:
Tomato paste- 16oz/ 1 can
Warm water- 1 cup
Minced garlic- ½ Tsp
Honey- 2 Tbsp
Onion powder-¾ Tsp
Dried oregano- ½ Tsp
Dried basil-½ Tsp
Ground black pepper-¼ Tsp
Red pepper flakes-¼ Tsp
Salt – to taste
Preparation:
In a bowl mix all the above ingredients well and the sauce should sit for 30 minutes to blend flavors. I took the pizza sauce recipe from all recipes.com and. I omitted few ingredients for my own taste.
To make pizza:
Ingredients
Pizza base-12 inches
Corn meal -1 tsp (optional)
Pizza sauce – as desired
Shredded mozzarella cheese-6 tbsp
Feta cheese-2 tbsp
Canned artichoke hearts – 6 to 8
Pitted Kalamata olives – 10
Pitted green olives – 4
Red onion – ½
Roma tomato – 1
Dried oregano – 1/2 tsp
Preparation:
Cut tomato and onions into thin slices and grate mozzarella cheese. Cut the olives lengthwise into halves and artichokes into small bite sized pieces.
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Coat a large pizza tray with cooking oil and sprinkle the corn meal. Place the pizza base on the sheet and evenly spread pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, artichoke hearts, tomato slices, onion slices, olives, feta cheese. Sprinkle oregano on top.
Place in the oven and bake for 15-18 minutes or until it is cooked. Remove from oven and slice. Enjoy!
