When you add up how much money your family spends eating out you might be surprised. That's why I've tried to recreate our favorite take out dishes at home. It is possible for these handmade foods to taste just as good. We put away the money we save and use it for future vacations. Serve this grilled Margarita Pizza for your next dinner, and you'll be sure to have a happy crowd.
Here's how you make it:
Reynolds Wrap Non-Stick Foil
2 8" pizza crusts
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
½ medium red onion, cut into thin strips
2 plum tomatoes, sliced thin
½ jar (from a 6 oz jar) marinated
¼ cup sliced black olives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
PREHEAT grill to medium-high. Place each sheet of Reynolds Wrap Non-Stick Foil with non-stick (dull) side towards food on a cookie sheet to transport pizza to and from the grill.
CENTER Italian bread crusts, bottom side up, on foil sheet. Combine olive oil and garlic. Brush over pizza crust.
SLIDE foil sheet with pizza crusts onto grill.
GRILL pizza crusts 2 to 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Slide foil sheet with pizza crusts back on cookie sheet to add toppings. (You will need to remove the crusts from the grill while adding toppings to prevent the crust from continuing to brown.) Using a spatula, turn crust over.
TOP pizza crust with red onion, tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives and basil. Sprinkle with cheese. Slide foil sheet with pizzas from cookie sheet back onto the grill.
GRILL 3 to 4 minutes in covered grill until cheese is melted. Slide foil sheet with pizzas back onto cookie sheet to remove from the grill.
Moms, what else would you add to this pizza to make it a family favorite?
My husband doesn't like artichoke hearts, atlhough I do. I might add some pineapple.
I lived in Italy and the Margherita pizza consisted of what the OP has here, including the basil for "green", tomatoes for "red", mozzarella for "white" and the olives (don't know why). The "red", "green", and "white" represents the Italian flag.
From Wikipedia:
In 1889, during a visit to Naples, Queen Margherita of Italy was served a pizza resembling the colors of the Italian flag, red (tomato), white (mozzarella) and green (basil). This kind of pizza has been named after the Queen as Pizza Margherita.[5]
I'd leave off the olives. I'd add mushrooms, I'd add pineapple. I might put more onion on it and more tomato. Put some red sweet peppers and maybe yellow sweet peppers on it. I'd make the crust as thin as I could and add sesame seeds around the edge of it. I am not sure if they would klike artichoke hearts but think that if they were grilled just abit and put on that I'd like them. Sounds great. I just ate a veggie pizza but didn't have the artichoke but had most of the rest. I skipped olives for the pineapple. I loved it. i bought mine but think I would make it if I could get a really good thin crust.
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