Every now and then, I've made mini-pizzas using
flour tortillas, piling on ingredients, and covering
with thin slices of cheese (made with a potato
peeler). I'd make them in my large cast iron pot,
over the stovetop on its lowest setting, baking
until the cheese was completely melted.

Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
thickness and greater body makes for a much better
mini-pizza crust.

Of course, there are flat breads such as Boboli
marketed as ready-made pizza crusts, however I find
them too thick. I want the thinnest possible crust.
But to paraphrase Einstein, a pizza crust should be
as thin as possible but no thinner.

Oh pshaw, on Sat 23 Sep 2006 05:09:38p, Mark Thorson meant to say...

> Every now and then, I've made mini-pizzas using
> flour tortillas, piling on ingredients, and covering
> with thin slices of cheese (made with a potato
> peeler). I'd make them in my large cast iron pot,
> over the stovetop on its lowest setting, baking
> until the cheese was completely melted.
>
> Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
> for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
> costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
> thickness and greater body makes for a much better
> mini-pizza crust.
>
> Of course, there are flat breads such as Boboli
> marketed as ready-made pizza crusts, however I find
> them too thick. I want the thinnest possible crust.
> But to paraphrase Einstein, a pizza crust should be
> as thin as possible but no thinner.

IOW, pita? I've used these for years when I want to have minimal fat and
calories from the crust. They do make a delicious thin crust "pizza".

--
Wayne Boatwright
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What a long, strange trip it's been!

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> Oh pshaw, on Sat 23 Sep 2006 05:09:38p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>
> > Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
> > for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
> > costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
> > thickness and greater body makes for a much better
> > mini-pizza crust.
>
> IOW, pita? I've used these for years when I want to have minimal fat and
> calories from the crust. They do make a delicious thin crust "pizza".

No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
than pita bread.

Mark Thorson wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>> Oh pshaw, on Sat 23 Sep 2006 05:09:38p, Mark Thorson meant to say...
>>
>>> Recently I've discovered an improved substitute
>>> for tortillas. Trader Joe's Middle Eastern Flatbread
>>> costs $1.09 for six pieces, and its slight additional
>>> thickness and greater body makes for a much better
>>> mini-pizza crust.
>>
>> IOW, pita? I've used these for years when I want to have minimal
>> fat and calories from the crust. They do make a delicious thin
>> crust "pizza".
>
> No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
> They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
> and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
> than pita bread.

Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone doesn't
have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose someone could slice
through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and use it that way to make mini
pizzas.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
.. .
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>
> >
> > No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
> > They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
> > and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
> > than pita bread.
>
> Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone
doesn't
> have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose someone could slice
> through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and use it that way to make mini
> pizzas.
>
> Jill
>
>

We've made mini pizzas using the whole pita. It's kind of too thin to make
a pizza with the pita sliced.

kili

kilikini wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> .. .
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> No, these are much thinner than pita bread.
>>> They're about halfway between a flour tortilla
>>> and pita bread. They also have a finer texture
>>> than pita bread.
>>
>> Doesn't pita bread have a pocket for stuffing things in? If someone
>> doesn't have a Trader Joe's nearby (which I don't), I suppose
>> someone could slice through a pita to make two slimmer pieces and
>> use it that way to make mini pizzas.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> We've made mini pizzas using the whole pita. It's kind of too thin
> to make a pizza with the pita sliced.
>
> kili

But Mark said he thought pita bread was too thick, as compared to this stuff
he got at Trader Joe's. Just a suggestion anyway. I don't often make
anything like pizza at home. If you consider spiced ground beef cooked with
chopped green chilis or jalapenos topped with cheese and then broiled on top
of a tostada shell a "pizza" that may qualify

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> But Mark said he thought pita bread was too thick,
> as compared to this stuff he got at Trader Joe's.

But splitting a pita wouldn't give me something
like TJ's Middle Eastern Flatbread. A pita has
a much more coarse texture, and most pitas are
hard to split without tearing. TJ's MEF is
ready to go right out of the package.

Unlike TJMEF and pita bread, a tortilla is not
a bread -- it is not risen. TJMEF hits the
sweet spot of being not too thick (unlike pita)
but having a risen texture (unlike tortillas).