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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.

Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
3 mins
Total Time
13 mins
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian

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

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  1. Preheat the oven to its maximum temperature.
  2. Cut the Ciabatta in half so you have two flattened slices of fresh Ciabatta bread.
  3. Gently flatten both halves of the Ciabatta with your hands.
  4. Put the tomatoes in a glass bowl and add salt to taste.
  5. Break the basil leaves into pieces and add them to the tomatoes.
  6. Use your hands to release the juices from the tomatoes by crushing them gently.
  7. Add a generous amount of sauce to each half of the Ciabatta bread.
  8. Freshly grate the Pecorino or Parmigiano cheese on top of the sauce.
  9. Break the fresh Buffalo Mozzarella into chunks and place them all over on top of the pizza.
  10. Add more basil to taste then drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil on top.
  11. Put your ciabatta in the oven and watch carefully, allowing the pizza to bake until the cheese melts.
  12. Remove from the oven, cut, and serve. This delicious “pizza” is begging, “Eat me, please!”