Pizza Toast
Pizza Toast
Chunky slices of milk bread topped with homemade pizza sauce, salty ham, fresh veggies, and melty mozzarella cheese. This is the epitome of deliciousness and nostalgia.
Ready in: 15 minutes
Serves: 6
Complexity: very-easy
kcal: 275
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Ingredients
Quick Pizza Sauce:--
2 tbsp olive oil
½ tsp red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 tbsp Tuimato sauce
½ tsp SIDS SALT & PEPPER
Pizza Toast:--
6 slices shokupan (Japanese milk bread)
¼ onion
¼ orange bell pepper
8 cherry tomatoes
6 slices ham
12 tbsp grated mozzarella cheese (or more)
Directions
Heat a small frying pan (or saucepan) over medium-low heat. When it's warm, (not hot) add the olive oil, red pepper flakes, and minced garlic.
Sauté the garlic and pepper flakes without burning them, about 2 minutes. Once fragrant, add Tuimato sauce.
Stir and combine all the ingredients together until homogeneous.
Add SIDS SALT & PEPPER to taste. Transfer the sauce to a bowl and set aside to cool.
Using a bread knife, cut the milk bread into slices 1.5 cm thick, if you haven't already. Thinly slice the onion and bell pepper.
Using a sharp or serrated knife, thinly slice the cherry tomatoes into thirds, if possible. Cut the ham into thin, short strips.
Pizza Toast:
If you will be serving the pizza toast to children, cut the slice(s) in half diagonally. Then, put the two pieces back together as if it's one uncut slice. Now, add the toppings. First, spread the homemade pizza sauce on top, about 1 tbsp for each slice.
Sprinkle a little bit of cheese on the pizza sauce. (once melted, this cheese helps hold the toppings in place) Next, scatter some onion slices on top. Then, scatter the orange pepper slices and ham. Finally, add a few tomato slices and top with more cheese.
Adjust the wire rack of a toaster oven in the middle. Place the pizza toast directly on the wire rack, taking care not to let the toppings fall or hang off the edges. Tip: I place my slice on a wire rack with a tray underneath. This helps catch any melted cheese that might drip down. While the bottom of the slice doesn’t get as crisp, the tray keeps the oven clean.
To Serve
Serve hot immediately. Sprinkle more red pepper flakes on top, if you'd like.
To Store
You can wrap the leftover (uncooked or cooked) pizza toast tightly in plastic and store it in the refrigerator for 2 days or put the wrapped pizza toast in a plastic bag and freeze for 2 weeks. Reheat the defrosted or frozen pizza toast in the toaster oven before serving.