Pizza Bread

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INGREDIENTS­

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½ bell pepper

1 small onion

8 slices bread

1 teaspoon oregano or pizza seasoning

24 slices pepperoni

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

½ cup pasta sauce (8 times at 1 tablespoon)

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SPECIAL UTENSILS

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mandoline (optional)

parchment paper

9″ * 12″ baking tray

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Serves 4 or makes 8 pizza breads. Takes 20 minutes.

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PREPARATION

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Seed bell pepper. Use mandoline on bell pepper to make ¼”-thick rings. Dice onion. Spread 1 tablespoon pasta sauce over each bread slice. Sprinkle oregano equally over bread slices. Place 1 bell-pepper ring on each bread slice. Place 3 pepperoni slices on each bread. Sprinkle onion equally over bread slices. Sprinkle mozzarella over  over onion toppings.

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Cover baking tray with parchment paper. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese melts and turns golden.

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TIDBITS

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1) I served “Pizza Bread” to the natives tonight. It was “great.”

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2) On July 11, 1939 President Roosevelt served hot dogs to King George VI of Great Britain.  One version of the menu read, “Hot Dogs (if weather permits).” This fairly formal picnic proved to be front page news. The New York Times ran the headline, “KING TRIES HOT DOG AND ASKS FOR MORE.”

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3) Sad to say, I expect no such headline for my Pizza Bread, although one native ate three pizza breads. King George ate only two hot dogs. Three is greater than two. I win.

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4) What must I do to get the same celebrity status that Roosevelt gained by his hot-dog meal? Simple, I hereby formally invite King Charles III for tacos at my humble manor. Any date he desires. There, that ought out to do it. I’ll keep you posted.

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

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