This week I featured an easy pizza recipe which actually does not use pizza dough. Instead it uses ciabatta bread (ciabatta bread pizza recipe)!
Of course you can do a variety of toppings, but this one is simple and uses basic ingredients most of us have on hand anyway.
This recipe was given to us from my sister in law. When he told her I was doing this month on pizzas she gave us this recipe. I hope you try it!
Since I provide the full detailed recipe on my website, I won’t repeat myself in detail. Here is the basic idea:
Brush the ciabatta bread (sliced lengthwise) with some olive oil. Add some garlic or garlic salt. (I rubbed the bread with the garlic).
Drain and rinse a can of diced tomatoes. Make sure to drain well.
Add some dried oregano, grated Romano on top, along with a dash of black pepper. (I skipped the black pepper).
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 45 minutes or longer until done.
A few things I learned from making this:
1. The ciabatta bread stays soft on the inside. I thought baking it would make it hard from outside in. Not the case. It was crisp on the outside and perfectly soft inside.
2. You can prebake the bread a bit, if concerned it will be too soft or soggy. I did not find this a problem as long as the tomatoes were drained enough. But you can prebake them for about 10 minutes if you desire.
3. Giving specific measurements simply cannot be done for this type of recipe. You have to judge based on the size of your bread loaf. No measurements were given to me and it turned out just fine.
Ciabatta Pizza
4. Some stores sell ciabatta bread in small square single sandwich type sizes. You can use those too, but they will not require as long to bake due to they are thinner.
5. A good extra virgin olive oil is key. Remember, much of Italian cooking is based on quality ingredients. The second time I made this I had run out of extra virgin olive oil, so I had to resort to the bland pure olive oil. Yes, there was a big difference! Use extra virgin if at all possible.
6. What I liked about this recipe is that it didn’t use a regular pizza sauce. You got the pizza flavor thanks to the oregano. The tomatoes did not taste like yucky canned diced tomatoes at all.
I hope you try the recipe, it was so good and easy to make!
Liz
http://www.simpleitaliancooking.com/recipes/ciabatta-bread-pizza-recipe.htm
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