Italian-Style Pizza with Asiago is simple and easy to make for any meal such as lunch or dinner. It combines a super-fast homemade pizza sauce with any favorite Pizza shell of your choice, fresh, delicious toppings such as  Asiago cheese, garden-fresh plum tomatoes, fresh spinach leaves, ripe black olives, and sweet onions.

Our household has always been pretty diverse in how we like our Homemade Pizza; my husband is more of a meat and heavy cheese lover, my son, however,  has always been the average meat and a few choice veggies, myself, I am more for lots veggies, lots of colors, and a variety of scrumptious toppings the more, the better in my book.

 

 

I found it a long time ago. It was just easier to make or even buy smaller pizza shells from my favorite local Bakery. If you are in a hurry, you can purchase plenty of decent ones from the local neighborhood bakery or even your favorite marketplace.

I also noted they were super fast to make for our lunches, snacks for the kids when they had friends over, or my husband to nibble on when hungry. The great thing is you can customize the pizza to reflect your family’s tastes. You can also make several pizzas with all different toppings and make it a bit of a Smörgåsbord for some family dinner variety!

Last night, Kory and I choose our favorite Italian-Style Personal Pizza to share with you today. Kory is my favorite 23-year-old Marine son. He is currently in Germany and missing home my cooked meals. We were having such a great time last night on the phone. We talked about the recipes we love the most. This was one of them. I guess it’s my way of sharing dinner with my baby since he can’t be home with us tonight. I hope you don’t mind. I know tonight he will be reading this–so I have a short message.

“I LOVE you, son. You make me a very proud Mom! I miss you and can’t wait to see you…”

–Mom

 

 

 

Italian-Style Pizza with Asiago

• 6 – “6” inch Small pizza shells per person
• 2 cups homemade pizza sauce recipe below, or your favorite store brand
• 2 cups Asiago cheese
• 2 Roma or plum tomatoes diced
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 / 2  cup black olives halved
• 1 / 4  cup chopped fresh basil
• olive oil, to brush on crust
• kosher salt
• fresh group pepper

NOTES: These toppings are not written in stone. You can add or subtract any of the toppings of your choice. Feel free to add bacon, sausage, pepperoni, and any other veggies with it!

 

 

 

To make Quick Pizza Sauce For Italian-Style Pizza with Asiago

• 1 cup tomato puree
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• kosher salt to taste
• fresh ground black pepper to taste

 

 

Directions for a quick sauce

1. In a  medium saucepan, combine the tomato purée, water, and olive oil. Add garlic, salt, and pepper to taste, oregano, basil, and rosemary.
2. Cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes.
3. Pre-Heat oven to 400

 

 

Pizza assembly of Italian-Style Pizza with Asiago 

1. If using a Pizza shell that your neighborhood bakery has already cooked, brush crust with a small amount of olive oil if desired.
2. Add pizza sauce, spread evenly. Careful not to add too much sauce, or your pizza will be a bit soggy, I have found.
3. Add a light layer of Asiago cheese, continue with toppings such as tomatoes, spinach leaves, olives, and onions. If desired, add a bit of kosher salt and pepper. Top with Asiago cheese.
4. Place on Pizza stone or pan. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 400 degrees for 8-12 minutes, depending on the crispness of the pizza shell you desire.
5. Place in a heatproof area and let cool 6-10 minutes before slicing and serving.

 

Suggested Recipes to try.

• Cajun Style Andouille and Shrimp Pizza is one fantastic lunch or dinner menu item with spicy andouille sausage, delicious shrimp seasoned with Cajun Spices, then topped with spicy tomatoes, onions, red and yellow bell peppers, and warm gooey cheese.
• Homemade Pizza Sauce and Pizza Bagels are a perfectly quick way to have a delicious Pizza snack or lunch for the kids or even adults, ready in no time flat. This delightful Homemade pizza sauce can be frozen or canned if desired for future Pizzas or snacks for your family or friends.
• Fresh Veggie Pizza is one of the best super-simple retro recipes to this day, with all of those fabulous textures on top of a soft fluffy crescent roll crust, slathered with cream cheese, herbs, and organic crisp fresh veggies. It’s guaranteed to fly off the table in no time flat this season.

 

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