Ciabatta Bread Pizza Recipe
This simple pizza recipe is perfect for when you’re short on time and don’t want to use a
processed, fake pizza base from the store. Ciabatta bread made fresh in a bakery creates the
perfect base for a delectable, healthy pizza that you and your loved ones will want to devour.
Servings 4
Equipment
- Chopping-board
- Bread knife
- Glass bowl
- Cheese grater
- Baking Tray
- Parchment paper
- Cutting knife
Ingredients
- 1 Ciabatta Bread fresh from a bakery
- 400 grams San Marzano peeled tomatoes 14oz
- Fresh Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese. As much as preferred
- Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese As much as preferred
- Fresh Basil As much as preferred
- Salt As much as required
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil As much as required
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to its maximum temperature.
- Cut the Ciabatta in half so you have two flattened slices of fresh Ciabatta bread.
- Gently flatten both halves of the Ciabatta with your hands.
- Put the tomatoes in a glass bowl and add salt to taste.
- Break the basil leaves into pieces and add them to the tomatoes.
- Use your hands to release the juices from the tomatoes by crushing them gently.
- Add a generous amount of sauce to each half of the Ciabatta bread.
- Freshly grate the Pecorino or Parmigiano cheese on top of the sauce.
- Break the fresh Buffalo Mozzarella into chunks and place them all over on top of the pizza.
- Add more basil to taste then drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil on top.
- Put your ciabatta in the oven and watch carefully, allowing the pizza to bake until the cheese melts.
- Remove from the oven, cut, and serve. This delicious “pizza” is begging, “Eat me, please!”