These will make the perfect canapé, but are equally lovely for a cosy weekend treat or for when you don't have the energy/ inclination to make a big meal. I've topped mine with tomato and basil but you could go mad and put anything on that you'd normally put on a pizza, I'm thinking of goats cheese for next time, cheese on cheese has to be the ultimate treat!
Anyway, enough of that let's get onto how you do them. You will need (makes 8 mini pizza bites):
- 50g finely grated parmesan
- Sundried tomato puree- you can use normal tomato puree but sundried is lower in carbs, and more intense tasting
- 4 cherry tomatoes
- a few basil leaves
You can make them right before you want them if you're having them hot, but they equally work well cold:
- Heat a large flat frying pan*
- Put spoonfuls of the cheese onto the pan and leave for a few minutes until starting to come together and harden
- Use a spatula flip over and pop a teaspoon of the tomato puree, followed by your cherry tomato and leave for a further 1-2 minutes.
- Remove, season, top with basil and enjoy!
I can see we'll be making these a lot they feel like such a treat because you get the strong cheesey taste and really do feel like pizza, but actually as well as being very low in carbs, they're low in calories as well because you're hardly using any cheese each time, a little really does go a long way.
These look incredible! I love the idea of the mini pizza bites. They remind me of bagel bites because they were also like mini pizzas. Except there was never enough cheese on them. This is pretty much just cheese and tomato, which is the definition of pizza!! Thanks for sharing! I will definitely need to try this!
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