Saturday, May 20, 2006

Pizzaritos

Yep, that's right. Pizzaritos. A burrito using pizza toppings. Pizzaritos are great for those situations where you and yours want pizza but can't agree on what toppings you want. They are easy and pretty quick to make, and you don't even need any special equipment.

Ingredients:
  • 2 burrito-sized tortillas
  • your favorite pizza toppings
  • your favorite pizza sauce (for dipping)

Hardware:

  • two cast iron skillets (one should fit inside the other)

The Method:

Heat both skillets over high heat till they're pretty darned hot. Warm each tortilla about 30 seconds per side until nice and flexible, then lay on your counter and fill with your favorite pizza toppings. Chop up larger ingredients before hand (makes things easier), and don't overfill, or you'll have trouble wrapping. Wrap your pizzarito by folding over the sides, then flip the end closest to you over your fillings and roll. Once you've got both pizzaritos rolled, take both skillets off the heat, place the pizzaritos flap-side down in the larger skillet, and put the smaller skillet on top of the pizzaritos. Let sit for about 5 minutes. While the pizzaritos are heating through, heat up your pizza sauce for dipping.

Yummm....

Or you could try pizzadillas, which are quesadillas with pizza toppings. Same concept, slightly different in execution. You throw a tortilla in a hot skillet, throw on toppings, throw a tortilla on top, then put another hot skillet on top. Couldn't be easier.

Now, I'm special and have two largish cast iron skillets. If you don't and decide to try doing this, lemme know how you compensate for the lack of skillet(s).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I make quesadillas in my electric frying pan. Not quite as satisfying as using cast iron, but works well just the same. (I do use a little bit of olive oil to make it easier)

Bald Man Tom said...

Ah, the electric frying pan. *looks around kitchen* Nope, we don't have one of them. Sweetie, any chance we could get one? :)