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Pizza style puff pastry slice – a recipe for a quick, satisfying lunch

Published on 17 September, 2012
Last Updated on 2 February, 2018 by 45 Comments

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Here’s a very quick lunchtime meal: puff pastry pizza! The beauty of this is that you can put different combinations on each of the four corners, so everyone gets exactly the lunch they fancy.

Ingredients

For the tomato sauce

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
  • 200g (7 oz) tinned tomatoes
  • 1/2 tsp dried oregano

For the base

  • 1 roll of puff pastry

To top

  • 100g (3.5 oz) cheddar cheese, grated
  • 3 thin slices of cooked ham (or veggie alternative), torn into strips

Instructions

To make the tomato sauce

Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a pan, warm the olive oil over a medium heat and fry the onion and garlic gently until soft.


Add the tomatoes and oregano, then simmer until it reduces by half. It should take about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.

To prepare the base

Meanwhile, unroll the puff pastry – trim if necessary so that it will fit on your baking tray.


Lay the pastry in the tray and prick with a fork to stop it from puffing up, then cook for 5 minutes until it feels slightly dry.

To assemble

Take the pastry out of the oven and spread with the tomato sauce you made earlier over the pastry base, leaving a 2cm border clear all round


Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza, followed by ham. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges

Chop into six squares and serve with plenty of fresh salad.


Fancy trying it? Let me know if you do! Here’s the recipe in printable form.

Pizza style puff pastry slice - a recipe for a quick, satisfying lunch

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 32 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Emily Leary
A super easy to make pizza with a simple homemade sauce that can be on the table in under half an hour.
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Ingredients

For the tomato sauce

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion finely chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic finely chopped
  • 200 g 7 oz tinned tomatoes
  • 1/2 tsp dried oreganoFor the base
  • 1 roll of puff pastryTo top
  • 100 g 3.5 oz cheddar cheese, grated
  • 3 thin slices of cooked ham or veggie alternative, torn into strips

Instructions

To make the tomato sauce

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/390F (180C/355F fan). In a pan, warm the olive oil over a medium heat and fry the onion and garlic gently until soft.
  • Add the tomatoes and oregano, then simmer until it reduces by half. It should take about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.To prepare the base
  • Meanwhile, unroll the puff pastry - trim if necessary so that it will fit on your baking tray.
  • Lay the pastry in the tray and prick with a fork to stop it from puffing up, then cook for 5 minutes until it feels slightly dry.To assemble
  • Take the pastry out of the oven and spread with the tomato sauce you made earlier over the pastry base, leaving a 2cm border clear all round
  • Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza, followed by ham. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges
  • Chop into six squares and serve with plenty of fresh salad.
* Note: nutritional information is estimated, based on publicly available data. Nutrient values may vary from those published.
Course: Pizza
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  7. I wouldn’t have thought of using puff pastry as a base. It looks so simple and I bet it tastes so good. My daughter would love doing this so we’ll definitely have a go at making it ourselves.

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  8. These look SO yummy, so simple yet so delicious! I will definitely try to make these soon, they seem like the perfect comfort food for this time of year!

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  18. Aw wow this sounds amazing. Puff Pastry is one of the things that I really miss since being gluten free. The gluten free ones just aren’t as good!

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  19. Aw wow this sounds amazing. Puff Pastry is one of the things that I really miss since being gluten free. The gluten free ones just aren’t as good!

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  20. I think this is a great idea of a recipe! I have never had puff pastry pizza before but I can imagine how soft it is and how delicious the base tastes.

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