Mini Pizza Bites

Originated in Naples, Italy, pizza is a kind of flatbread usually served for lunch or dinner. Dough is often covered with tomato sauce and cheese and topped with different ingredients. Having countless variations worldwide, pizza is the favorite course of many people, especially the kids. So I decided to make some more variations for my men at home and improvised this mini pizza bites recipe.

For most of us having pizza means ordering online or stopping by a pizzeria. Yes, we like it a lot, but we are not sure how healthy those pizzas are, or whether they really have fresh ingredients. Of course we’ll go on visiting the pizzeria on the corner and ordering pizza, but sometimes making your own feels really good, so let’s try these mini pizza bites.

The best thing about making your own pizza is that you are not limited to the pizza menu: use anything you like! Anchovies, prosciutto, veggies, some red hot chili pepper, sausages, your favorite cheese, and whatever you like…

I only used what we had in the refrigerator. The good thing is that you can make special pizzas to everyone’s taste. My husband is a prosciutto addict, and I made a special one for him, the kids like it with corn and sausage, so they had their special mini pizza bites.

Whatever you see on the top, the real secret of your pizza lies behind your tomato sauce and the cheese. In the season fresh tomatoes make it great, but using puree or tomato paste when you don’t have real tomatoes grown under real sunlight is also a good alternative. And of course feel free to add any spice you like to your tomato sauce. And for cheese, mozzarella and parmesan on the top are the best all the time. But sometimes some local cheese types are also used.Let’s make a change and make your own pizza. Mini pizza bites are just for you if you’re not living in Naples or Campania  or have Italian neighbours.

Yields 25-30

Mini Pizza Bites

Mini pizza bites make a great snack for your family. Wanna eat whole ’nother pizza?

40 minPrep Time

20 minCook Time

1 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

Dough
• 2 cup milk
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp dry yeast
• 1 egg
• 1 cup olive oil
• 4 ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
Sauce
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• 1/8 cup hot water
• 1/8 cup olive oil
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried basil
Top
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella
• ½ cup sliced olives
• ½ cup sliced sausages
• Any other topping you like

Instructions

Dough
1. In a bowl mix the milk, sugar and the yeast using a fork or whisk
2. In another small bowl beat the egg and add to the mixture
3. Add the salt to flour and add them to the mixture
4. Add the olive oil and knead until you have a soft dough
5. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes at room temperature
Sauce
6. Mix all the ingredients in a pan and mix until well combined
Baking
7. Pre heat oven to 350 F
8. When the dough is ready, divide it into 25-30 small pieces
9. On parchment paper press the small dough pieces firmly with your fingers until about 4 inches in diameter each
10. Spread the sauce with a brush or spoon on small pieces of dough
11. Divide 1 cup mozzarella equally on small pizza rounds
12. Bake for 10 minutes
13. Equally divide the rest of mozzarella and top with anything you like
14. Bake for another 10 minutes (or until cheese melts)
15. Serve hot or warm

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