Pizza Cups

               

 Pizza Cups are nothing but pizza in a twisted form which can serve  as a great evening appetizer for kids as well as adults.. When i first saw these cups in one of the forums, i was smitten by the idea of baking pizza in a unique form.. It seemed very exhilarating  to me baking pizza in an unprecedented way..  You can serve individual portions and yeah,  customize the toppings too, according to the choice of your family and friends... All you need is pizza dough, chunky pizza sauce, cheese and some toppings of your choice.. It can be made well in advance and reheated at the time of serving..

I made these pizza cups using muffin moulds(which were deep enough) and also mini tart moulds (which were shallow), to see which served the purpose better for baking the perfect pizza cups.. Both were equally good, with just the difference in size.. Mini ones looked really cute and were the perfect size for kids..

Ingredients:

For the dough

1 cup flour ( I used half all purpose flour and half whole wheat flour)

1/2tsp yeast

1/2tsp salt

1tbsp sugar

1/2tsp mixed herbs              

1/2 cup water and milk mixed and warm

For the filling

1/2 cup chunky pizza sauce 

1/2 cup grated cheese of your choice ( i used amul pizza cheese)

Handful of olives to top

Method: In a bowl mix flour, yeast, salt, sugar and herbs.. Make dough with water and milk mixture and knead for about 10mins using stretch and fold method.. Place it in a greased bowl and cover with cling film.. Leave it to rise till it doubles in size for almost an hour.. Meanwhile keep other ingredients ready.. Grease and dust whichever mould you are using.. Preheat oven at 200c.. Once the dough is doubled in size, punch it back and knead for a minute or two.. Roll it to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into rounds and place it in the greased moulds.. (You can see here that the dough roundels have not covered the moulds fully.. They are only 3/4th way up.. Its ok.. It rose to the top ehile baking giving it the perfect mould shape..) Fill it with chunky pizza sauce, layer with cheese and top it with olives.. Bake at 200c for around 25mins till the cheese melts and top is golden brown.. Remove from oven, leave for 5mins and demould the pizza cups.. Serve warm..

Note - You can either use store bought pizza sauce or make one at home.. Your choice..

Top it with toppings of your choice ie olives, corn, pepper, jalapenos et al.

Roll the dough and cur roundels

 Place it in greased muffin moulds

 Fill it with chunky pizza sauce

Top it with cheese and olives

The same thing in tart mould..

Baked pizza cups