Garlic Bread Mini Pizzas (Muffin Tin) Recipe

Mini Pizzas in GARLIC BREAD cups, made in a muffin tin! Don’t chortle while you see what I take advantage of to chop the rounds. It really works! That’s what issues!

These mini pizzas had been an invention out of necessity. I had mates with youngsters round and had deliberate to make mini pizzas. For the youngsters, that’s. (OK that’s a lie. For us grown ups too).

In typical kind, I assumed I used to be tremendous duper organised, whirling across the kitchen with the music pumping, getting ready the meals for lunch. Solely to grasp on the final minute that I had forgotten to purchase frozen pastry for the mini pizzas. I didn’t even have tortillas or any flatbread round to make use of as a substitute. And I definately didn’t have time to make my very own pastry.

However I did have BREAD! And that’s how these mini pizzas got here to be a daily in my “get together meals” repertoire. 🙂 See how simple they’re to make?

I informed you I minimize the rounds out weirdly! It’s simply the tin from canned tomatoes – a big tin (28oz/800g), not a small one. I’m not a kind of ultra-thrifty-repurpose-everything varieties. I take advantage of the tin to chop the rounds as a result of the scale is PERFECT to make deep dish pizzas in muffin tins! I don’t even know if you should buy pastry cutters that dimension. All of the spherical pastry cutters I’ve are too small to make rounds for muffin tins.

The additional little step of brushing the bread with garlic butter is so value it. It makes the crust fantastically golden and actually makes it style like a cross between garlic bread and pizza. I don’t find out about you, however once I order pizza, it goes with out saying that garlic bread needs to be ordered too. Pizza with out garlic bread can be like having sausage rolls with out sauce. It’s simply not the “completed factor”. 😉

These work nicely for making upfront. Bake them rather less so the cheese isn’t too golden brown, allow them to cool, then you possibly can reheat them on a baking tray – simply 5 minutes within the oven does the trick.

Yum! I do know that is extra of a celebration meals, however I’d fortunately have these for DINNER too! (Downside is, I’d eat manner too a lot of them…)

Garlic Bread Mini Pizzas (Muffin Tin) Recipe

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Serves: 12 Prep Time: 15 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes 10 minutes

Nutrition facts: 108 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 12 slices white sandwich bread , fresh (Note 1)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce (Note 2)
• 1/4 cup red onion , finely diced
• 1/3 cup mushroom , finely chopped
• 3/4 cup grated cheese , melting (I used a mix of mozzarella and tasty, equal amounts)
• 1/4 cup sliced small pepperoni (Note 3)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180C/350F.
2. Use a large empty can (800g/28oz canned tomato can) to cut out rounds from the bread. (Note 4)
3. Mould into a muffin tin.
4. Place butter, garlic and salt in a microwave-proof bowl or mug and microwave in 30 second increments until the butter is melted.
5. Brush cups with butter, ensuring you use the garlic too.
6. Divide the pizza sauce between the cups, then top with onion and mushrooms.
7. Top with cheese then with pepperoni.
8. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and bread is golden on the edges.
9. Serve warm!

Notes

1. The bread must be fresh so it moulds into the muffin tin easily. If the bread is stale, it will crumble when you mould it in and it won't hold it's shape. If you are using bread that is slightly stale, my suggestion is to brush it generously with extra butter (to moisten the bread first) before moulding it in.
2. To make a quick pizza sauce, mix the following in a small bowl: ½ cup tomato paste, 1½ tbsp water, ¼ tsp garlic powder, ¼ tsp onion powder, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp sugar, ½ tsp dried oregano and black pepper. Use as per recipe instructions.
3. I am yet to see pre sliced mini pepperoni here in Australia though I do know they are sold in America. You can find long thin pepperoni at some Woolworths stores (not all), but I typically use "twiggy sticks" which I slice. "Twiggy sticks" are short mini pepperoni pieces that are sold in the deli and refrigerated section of supermarkets. You only need about 75g/2.5oz.
4. A 800g/28oz large can of tomatoes is the perfect size of cutting rounds that fit snugly into muffin tins. I do not even know if you can buy round pastry cutters this size! The other option is to just cut the crust off then mould the square bread into the muffin tin. Rounds just look neater, that's all!
5. To make in advance, bake them until the cheese is melted and the bread is a light golden. Remove, allow to cool and store in the fridge. Reheat on a baking tray at 180C/350F for about 5 - 7 minutes or until heated through and the cheese is re-melted.
6. Nutrition per pizza.