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Fast and Easy Greek Pita Pizza

Try these pizzas for a quick dinner. Serve with a Greek salad and you have a complete meal. Greek cheeses can be found in the deli section of your market. One package of 6 pitas will do for ths recipe.
Course Side or Main
Cuisine Greek
Keyword cheese, feta, olives, pesto, pizza
Author Mary Papoulias-Platis

Ingredients

Three-Greek Cheese Pizza

  • 1 cup grated myzithra cheese
  • 1 cup crumbled feta
  • 1/2 pound of halloumi, thinly sliced
  • Olive oil
  • Honey for topping
  • 6 Greek pita breads

Homemade Pesto

  • You can use mint, which I prefer, basil or parsley
  • 2 cups mint, or parsley or basil
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 cup walnuts
  • 1/2 cup mizithra or parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 cup olive oil

Mint-Pesto Pizza

  • 2-3 tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup sliced Kalamata olives
  • 1 cup crumbled feta

Instructions

Three Cheese Pizza Directions

  1. Place the pita on a cookie sheet and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.
  2. Place the halloumi in thin slices to cover the pita. Add feta, then mizithra.
  3. Drizzle with honey and bake in the oven until melted.

Mint-Pesto Pizza and Topping

Mint-Pesto Topping

  1. Place mint, cloves , walnuts, and cheese in food processor and blend until fine.
  2. Slowly, while machine is running drizzle in olive oil.

Mint-Pesto Pizza

  1. Place pita on a cookie sheet or sheet pan and add a thin layer of pesto on the pitas.
  2. Add thin slices of tomato.
  3. Cover with olives and feta.
  4. Bake in the oven on 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes until melted.
  5. You can microwave the pizzas, for 1-2 minutes. (The crust will be soft)