So I thought I'd try something new as I was really craving pizza, but at about 1,000 calories per pizza it can't be worth it. So I tried these 'wrap style' pizzas! I was making pizzas for 5 people, so in some of the pictures you'll see meaty pizzas and full fat cheese, but I had cottage cheese and veggies (picture at the bottom of page). I recommend one wrap pizza serves one person, unless you swap a slice or two for a hearty salad.
Cooking and preparation time: 20 minutes (+5 minutes for each extra wrap pizza)
You will need:
- Passata or homemade tomato purée
- Cottage cheese
- Wraps (ideally wholegrain)
- Assorted veggies (e.g sweetcorn, mushroom, peppers)
- Cooking oil/spray/low fat butter
- Pizza tray (or any other flat-based, non-stick oven tray)
Steps: (1 serving)
- Preheat the grill to the maximum heat and leave the oven door agar.
- Pour the desired amount of passata (depending on number of wrap pizzas) into a pan, cook until boiling and then turn to the lowest heat to simmer. If you don't have passata, you can use a tin of tomatoes or even fresh tomatoes, blend into a purée, season to taste and cook this in the same way.
- Once the passata is simmering, use no more than a table spoon of cooking oil/spray/low-fat butter to lightly fry any veggies or meat toppings for your pizza.
- Once the veggies are cooked, place a wrap onto the pizza tray and 1-2 tablespoons of passata to the wrap and smooth into a circle, leaving the edges uncovered. Then add your choice of cheese until the passata is mostly covered. If using cottage cheese, you will need approximately 2 tablespoons of cheese.
- Finally add your toppings on top of the cheese and place under the grill on the highest tray. Depending on the power of your oven and how well-cooked you prefer your cheese, the pizzas should take approximately 4-5 minutes to grill. Once cooked, remove from the oven, use a pizza cutter to slice and serve.
Helpful/healthy tips
- Cottage cheese, especially if you purchase low-fat, is the least calorific and fattening cheese and actually tastes great on these wrap-pizzas.
- Fry veggies with low-fat butter instead of oil.
- As a healthier option, choose wholegrain wraps.
- The passata will go a long way, so you could cook one packet of passata, a pack of 8 wraps, a pack of assorted veggies, 2-3 tubs of cottage cheese and make 8 wrap pizzas. This could either feed a family or group of friends, or the pizzas could be reheated to eat for lunch with salads.
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