How to Cook Perfect Pizza Quesadillas

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Pizza Quesadillas. Meanwhile, spread butter over one side of each tortilla. Sprinkle unbuttered sides of two tortillas with mozzarella cheese; top with salami and pepperoni. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and oregano.

Pizza Quesadillas Combine tomato sauce and tomato paste in small microwave-safe bowl. Fold each in half to cover filling. Delicious extras to add to your pizza quesadillas: pepperoni, cooked Italian sausage, sliced chicken, chopped ham, olives, sautéed vegetables such as peppers, onions, and mushrooms Make healthy pizza quesadillas by using wholegrain tortillas, reduced fat cheese, and plenty of fresh vegetables! You can have Pizza Quesadillas using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Pizza Quesadillas

  1. Prepare of burrito size flour tortillas.
  2. Prepare of butter.
  3. Prepare of shredded pizza blend cheese.
  4. Prepare of chopped pepperoni slices.
  5. It's of pizza sauce - divided.
  6. It's of cream cheese - softened.
  7. It's of chopped green onions.
  8. Prepare of ranch dressing mix (optional).
  9. You need of Optional additional fillings.
  10. It's of chopped black olives.
  11. Prepare of minced onion - lightly sautéed.
  12. Prepare of minced bell pepper - lightly sautéed.
  13. It's of chopped canadian bacon.
  14. Prepare of cooked beef or Italian sausage.

The basic idea is that you make a pizza quesadilla, stuffed with your favourite pizza ingredients including pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni and black olives, and then you top the quesadilla with more of the pizza toppings and quickly bake it to melt the cheese on top! How to Make Pizza Quesadillas Start by spreading a thin layer of pizza sauce on one of the tortillas. You don't want a ton because you want the cheese to hold everything together, just enough to give it the flavor and make sure it isn't super dry in the middle. Stir together melted butter, minced garlic, Italian seasoning, and grated Parmesan cheese.

Pizza Quesadillas step by step

  1. In a small bowl combine cream cheese, green onions, and ranch mix until well blended. Heat a large skillet over medium heat..
  2. While skillet heats spread 1 oz of cream cheese mixture on one half of a flour tortilla. Spread pizza sauce over other half..
  3. Add 1/2 tbs butter to skillet. Swirl to coat as it melts. Place tortilla in skillet cream cheese/sauce side up..
  4. Sprinkle 1/4 cup shredded cheese over sauce side. Top cheese with 2 tbs pepperoni and any other desired fillings..
  5. Fold cream cheese side of tortilla over fillings. Gently press together with spatula..
  6. Cook until bottom is golden brown. Carefully flip and cook until second side looks the same. Transfer to plate. Let rest a few minutes before cutting..
  7. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 yummy quesadillas. Serve with additional pizza sauce if desired. Enjoy!.

Heat grill pan to medium heat. Brush tortilla with butter mixture and place buttered side down on grill pan. Spread on pizza sauce, cheese, onions and pepperoni. Flip quesadilla over and continue cooking on the second side, covered, for about an additional minute, until cheese is melty and the second side of the flatbread is a light, toasty golden-brown. Preheat a medium cast-iron skillet over medium heat.