Easy puff pastry pizza

Fancy pizza but no time to make dough? This easy puff pastry pizza recipe is just what you need. Simple to make and quick to cook it’s a hit with the whole family.

We love puff pastry pizza – it’s such a quick and easy way to prepare lunch or tea for hungry kids. And us adults like it too.

Puff pastry pizza toppings

I’ve kept this recipe really simple – just tomato sauce, cheese and oregano. But there’s so much more you could do with it.

Here are some of our favourite additions:

• a few dollops of pesto
• any chopped vegetables that you enjoy eating on pizza
• pineapple
• pine nuts
• raisins
• sweetcorn
• sundried tomatoes
• capers
• sliced red onion
• freshly torn basil
• olives.

Is it worth making your own tomato sauce?

Well, yes I think it is. Homemade tomato sauce always tastes great and it’ll make your puff pastry pizza even more delicious.

For this reason I’ve included a recipe below for how to make your own homemade tomato sauce. However, as I mention above, any tomato based sauce will work well here. Feel free to use shop bought tomato sauce or passata to make this even quicker.

If you want to up the nutritional content try topping with:

• sneaky veg sauce
• hidden vegetable sauce, or
• lentil and roasted cauliflower sauce.

Can this be frozen?

Yes. This easy pizza recipe freezes well. Let it cool completely then cut it into portions (I usually do eight) and pop in the freezer for last minute lunches or to put in a lunchbox.

Freeze for an hour on a tray first or slip a little bit of baking paper between each slice to prevent them from sticking together.

What’s your favourite topping to put on your puff pastry pizza? Let me know in the comments below.

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How to make puff pastry pizza

This recipe really couldn’t be any easier. You can make it your own by adding extra toppings or perhaps using pesto instead of tomato sauce

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Easy puff pastry pizza tart

Fancy pizza but no time to make dough? This easy puff pastry pizza recipe is what you need. Simple to make and quick to cook it's a hit with the whole family.

Course Snack

Cuisine Italian

Keyword puff pastry pizza

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Servings 8 slices

Author Sneaky Veg

Ingredients

• 375 g sheet of ready rolled puff pastry
• 50 g grated cheddar cheese or shredded mozzarella or vegan alternative
• 1 tsp dried oregano

For the tomato sauce

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic crushed
• 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• dash balsamic vinegar
• 1/2 lemon juiced
• 1 tsp dried oregano

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

For the tomato sauce

1. Heat the olive oil over a medium heat in a small saucepan. Add the onion, stir and reduce the heat to low. Cover and sweat for 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until completely soft.

2. Remove the lid, add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and dried oregano.

3. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat to low and allow to simmer for anything up to one hour until the sauce has thickened. Don't worry if you don't have an hour - a few minutes will be fine.

4. If desired you can blend the sauce at this stage.

To make the puff pastry pizza

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C(fan)/200°C/gas mark 6.

2. Unroll the puff pastry and place on a baking tray. Spread with the tomato sauce (you won't need all of it so you can keep the rest for pasta or freeze for a future date).

3. Sprinkle over the grated or shredded cheese and finally the oregano.

4. Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.

5. Allow to cool on a wire rack and then cut into eight slices. Freezes well.