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

Here’s a very quick lunchtime meal recipe. We tend to have it at the weekends when I don’t feel like spending hours in the kitchen.

The beauty of this recipe is that you can put different combinations on each of the four corners according to personal preference, so everyone gets exactly the lunch they fancy. It feeds four.

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

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

12 mins

Total time

32 mins

 

A super easy to make pizza with a simple homemade sauce that can be on the table in under half an hour.

Author: Emily Leary

Recipe type: Pizza

Serves: 6

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
• ½ 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

1. 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.
2. 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

1. Meanwhile, unroll the puff pastry - trim if necessary so that it will fit on your baking tray.
2. 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

1. 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
2. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza, followed by ham. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden around the edges
4. Chop into six squares and serve with plenty of fresh salad.

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