Air Fryer Pitta Pizzas are the perfect quick and easy recipe for a favouite meal. Make these super simple pizzas with ready made flatbreads, a homemade tomato sauce and the toppings of your choice.
5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 5 minutesmins
Cook Time 3 minutesmins
For the sauce 10 minutesmins
Total Time 19 minutesmins
Course lunch, Snack, supper
Cuisine Italian
Servings 4pitta pizzas
Calories 453kcal
Equipment
Air Fryer
small saucepan
Sharp knife
chopping board
dessert spoon
baking parchment
Ingredients
4pitta breadsor flatbreads
For the sauce
1tspolive oil
1clovegarlic
400grams can cherry tomatoes
1teaspoondried oregano
pinchsalt
1teaspoonsugar
For the toppings
200gramsmozzarella
10gramsfresh basil
100gramsfresh mushrooms
20gramsbutter
10gramsfresh parsley
40gramssliced pepperoni
Instructions
For the sauce
Put 1 tsp of olive oil in a pan and add one clove of garlic (crushed) and fry until just changing colour.
Add 400 g (1½ cups) canned cherry tomatoes, 1 tsp dried oregano, a pinch of salt and 1 tsp of sugar to the pan and simmer for 10 minutes.
Lay out the 4 Pitta breads or flatbreads on baking parchment squares and spread with the sauce. You will have extra sauce which you can keep in the fridge or freezer to make more pizzas or to add to a pasta dish.
Pre heat the air fryer (if required).
Cover the tomato sauce with 50 g (4 slices) mozzarella. Set the air fryer to 180C (350F) and cook for 3 minutes until the pizza is warmed through and the cheese has started to melt.
OR use 50 g (¼ cup) grated mozzarella. Set the air fryer to 180C (350F) and cook for 3 minutes until the pizza is warmed through and the cheese has started to melt.
Marguerita Pitta Pizza
Add basil leaves and a drizzle of olive oil to the Air Fryer Pitta Pizza for a Marguerita pizza.
Mushroom Pitta Pizza
Slice 100 g of mushrooms. Heat butter in a frying pan and gently saute the mushrooms. Then top the baked Pitta Pizza with the mushrooms and sprinkle over some chopped parsley.
Pepperoni Pitta Pizza (makes 2)
Cover the melted mozzarella on each Pitta Pizza with 20 g of sliced pepperoni. You can pop the pizzas back in the air fryer for a further minute if you want the pepperoni warmed or serve just as they are. Then scatter over a little chopped parsley, if liked.
To serve
Serve the pitta pizzas with salad and/or air fryer chips (fries).