Description
Romantic Italian “Heart-Shaped Pizza” delivers passionate culinary love for date nights or special celebrations. Homemade dough crafted with care melts hearts faster than melted mozzarella, promising delicious memories you’ll cherish with someone special.
Ingredients
Scale
Pizza Ingredients:
Base:
- 6 small naan pitas
Cheese:
- 6 slices provolone cheese
Proteins and Sauces:
- 18 slices pepperoni
- 6 teaspoons (30 milliliters) pizza sauce
Optional Toppings:
- hot pepper oil
- hot honey
- dried oregano
Instructions
- Prepare workspace by heating oven to 400°F and lining baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Carefully cut heart shapes from naan pitas using 3.7-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Slice provolone cheese into 3.2-inch heart shapes using specialized cookie cutter.
- Create miniature pepperoni hearts with 1.2-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter.
- Delicately spread thin layer of pizza sauce across each naan heart, maintaining small border around edges.
- Position provolone cheese heart precisely on top of sauced naan base.
- Strategically arrange three miniature pepperoni hearts on each pizza configuration.
- Transfer prepared pizzas into preheated oven and bake until cheese melts completely and naan edges turn golden, approximately 8-10 minutes.
- Activate broiler for final 30-60 seconds to achieve crispy, caramelized surface with enhanced golden coloration.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately while warm, offering optional garnishes like hot pepper oil, hot honey, or dried oregano for personalized flavor enhancement.
Notes
- Check naan thickness to ensure even cooking and crispy texture, thinner pitas might brown faster.
- Customize pepperoni hearts by using vegetarian pepperoni or replacing with veggie alternatives like sliced bell peppers for dietary preferences.
- Experiment with cheese varieties like mozzarella or gouda for different flavor profiles and melting characteristics.
- Use silicone heart-shaped cookie cutters for precise, clean cuts without damaging delicate ingredients.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 350 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 20 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg