Frozen Pocketless Pizza

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 10 pocketless pita breads
• 28 ounces ragu traditional pizza sauce
• 8 ounces part-skim mozzarella cheese (low-fat)
• 40 slices pepperoni, heated and patted dry to remove fat
• crushed red pepper flakes
• spicy pizza seasoning
• canned mushroom, drained
• diced red peppers or green pepper
• canned sliced jalapeno
• sliced olive

Recipe

• 1 on paper plate, place layer of paper towels.
• 2 place single layer of pepperoni, repeat with paper towel, until all pepperoni are on paper towels, ending with paper towel on top.
• 3 microwave on defrost setting just until pepperoni is warm and has released it's fat.
• 4 do not overcook.
• 5 press top paper towel to remove as much fat as possible.
• 6 pick up paper towels and gently shake over a clean paper towel to release pepperoni into a pile.
• 7 set aside.
• 8 place poctketless pita on several large cookie sheets so that they do not overlap.
• 9 using equal ingredients on each pita, place in this order: spread sauce over pita.
• 10 sprinkle seasonings over sauce.
• 11 sprinkle with cheese.
• 12 top with 4 slices of pepperoni.
• 13 (optional: sprinkle any or all optional veggie ingredients over pepperoni.) place cookie sheets in the freezer and freeze about 2 hours or until pizza is completely frozen.
• 14 to store: i use pocketless pita bag sitting upright and stack pizzas, separating them with square of waxed paper.
• 15 keep frozen until ready to cook.
• 16 bake in preheated toaster oven about 14-15 minutes, or until crust is golden and cheese is melted.
• 17 toaster ovens vary, so check it after about 12-13 minutes.
• 18 let them cool for 2-3 minutes and cut into eight mini-slices.