The Best French Bread Pizza

Name: The Best French Bread Pizza
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter; 411 grams crushed tomatoes; 4 cloves garlic, finely minced; 1 large loaf French or Italian bread (see note above), about 18 inches long and 4 inches wide, split half lengthwise and crosswise; 3 servings Kosher salt; 4 Tbsps extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoons dried oregano; 57 grams grated Parmigiano-reggiano; 1 pinch pinch red pepper flakes; 227 grams freshly grated whole milk mozzarella cheese; 59 milliliters minced fresh parsley or basil leaves, or a mix

The recipe The Best French Bread Pizza could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 30 minutes. This recipe serves 3. One serving contains 1550 calories, 49g of protein, and 102g of fat. Plenty of people really liked this main course. If you have oregano, milk mozzarella cheese, bread, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to upper position and preheat oven to 425°F.

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Oven

Heat butter and 3 tablespoons olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat until butter is melted.

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Olive Oil

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add garlic, pepper flakes, and oregano and cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is softened but not browned, about 2 minutes. Stir in half of parsley/basil and a big pinch of salt.

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Oregano

Parsley

Garlic

Pepper

Basil

Salt

Remove from heat.

Place bread cut-side-up on a clean work surface. Using a rimmed baking sheet, press down on bread evenly until compressed to about 2/3rds of its original height.

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Bread

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Baking Sheet

Place bread on top of rimmed baking sheet. Using a pastry brush, brush half of garlic/butter/oil mixture evenly over cut surfaces of bread, making sure to get plenty of bits of garlic and aromatics. Set aside.

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Butter

Garlic

Bread

Cooking Oil

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Baking Sheet

Pastry Brush

Add tomatoes to remaining garlic/butter/oil mixture in pan, stir to combine, increase heat to medium, bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to maintain a bare simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until rich and reduced, about 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt.

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Tomato

Butter

Garlic

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

While sauce cooks, spread 1/4 of mozzarella evenly over surface of bread and transfer to oven. Cook until cheese is barely melted, about 8 minutes.

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Mozzarella

Cheese

Sauce

Bread

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Oven

Remove from oven and set aside until sauce is cooked.

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Sauce

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Oven

Spread sauce evenly over bread, then spread remaining mozzarella on top of sauce.

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Mozzarella

Sauce

Bread

Transfer to oven and bake until cheese is melted and just starting to brown, about 10 minutes.

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Cheese

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Oven

Remove from oven and immediately sprinkle with Parmigiano-reggiano, remaining parsley/basil, and remaining tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil. Allow to cool slightly and serve.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Parmigiano Reggiano