Air fryer Pizza toast | homemade pizza toastie recipe

Italian cuisine is a very vegetarian friendly cuisine. Best part, you can easily customize it according to your taste for an easy meal and even make it vegan. Most recipes are wholesome and filling for a quick lunch. One of the best recipes that have come out of Italian kitchen is a traditional pizza. Whenever it is time to celebrate, most people call for a pizza. If you are short on time, and have guests coming over. Another great recipe is air fryer pizza toast. You do not need frozen pizzas, just a demi baguette is enough. Works out cheaper too.Classic pizza flavors but on a slices of bread. Great snack for bento boxes. Bye bye pizza cravings!

Air fried pizza toast is an easy snack. Use any supermarket based white/ multigrain bread if you do not have a bakery nearby. It is an easy side to some good wholesome soup like Tuscan bean soup or Minestrone soup for dinner. You can serve it along with some garlic toast or a good bowl of pasta salad. Some of the other snack recipes that can be prepared in the airfryer include pizza bagels, easy homemade pizza, vegan bread, english muffin pizza, naan pizza.

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• Air fryer pizza toast recipe | pizza toastie recipe
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Equipment

• Air fryer
• pastry brush
• knife and chopping board
• Grater (optional, if using cheese block)
• Pepper mill optional

Ingredients

• demi baguette or any other bread loaf cut into slices
• tomato passata (store-bought sauce)/ homemade pizza sauce
• cherry tomatoes
• arugula / rocket leaves
• shredded cheese (cheddar cheese or mozzarella cheese or any other cheese that you like and can melt)
• oil

Instructions

Apply oil on baguette slices with a pastry brush. Meanwhile, preheat the air fryer at 190 deg C or 375 deg F for 5 mins.

Apply layer of sauce on each bread slice.

• Layer cheese over the tomato paste.

• Layer the thick baguette slices in the air fryer basket without overlap. Add some sliced cherry tomatoes on top.Season with salt and pepper.

Air fry toast for 5 mins at 170 degrees C | 355 degrees F.

Serve immediately. Garnish with arugula leaves

Variation

• You can use a mix of pizza cheese or use any gourmet cheese like Edam, Monterrey jack or Gouda. You may even use vegan cheese instead of regular dairy based cheese if you want a vegan treat.

Substitution

• If you do not have baguette with you, you can use any soft bread slices. Remember, it will get crusty once air fried. Hence, if a bread is hard already, it will get even harder later.
• You can easily make pizza toast even in a grill pan or an oven if you are not using an air fryer.

Storage

• You can store pizza toasties in refrigerator for 1-2 days. Always air fry before you serve. You may also make and store ingredients separately. Air fry fresh and serve immediately.

FAQs

Does cheese go on first on pizza?

Sauce goes first and cheese on top. This helps cheese bubble and get brown. Also, allows toppings to get crisp. Gooey cheese and crisp toppings, ah heaven!

What kind of cheeses do you put on a homemade pizza?

Mozzarella, parmesan, cheddar are generally put on pizza. Most supermarkets even sell a mix cheese blend known as pizza cheese blend. However, you can always buy individual cheese and mix according to your choice.

Which cheese is best for pizza mozzarella or cheddar?

Mozzarella cheese is a soft stringy cheese which melts. Cheddar is a hard cheese with a bite.

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Serve your air fryer toast pizza with a big smile and lots of love 🙂It is a great option for school snack with different toppings.