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Air Fryer Tortilla Pizza

By Wes Ellis2 min read
Two blistered-crust pizzas topped with meat, cheese and sliced onions on a wooden table.
Recipe card
Servings
1
Prep
5 minutes
Cook
5 to 12 minutes
Method
Air fryer
Heat
400°F air fryer
Difficulty
Easy
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Part 9 of the thread Air fryer weeknights

THE SHORT VERSION4 points
  • Pre-crisp the tortilla for 1 to 2 minutes so the bottom doesn't go soggy.
  • Then 400°F for 4 to 10 minutes depending on the tortilla.
  • Start checking at 4 minutes. It goes fast.
  • Turkey pepperoni and low-fat mozzarella keep it high-protein.
THE RECIPE · AIR FRYER TORTILLA PIZZA

Ingredients

You'll need

  • Air fryer
  • Measuring cups

Directions

Crisp the crust

  1. Heat the air fryer to 400°F.
  2. Put the plain tortilla in the basket and air fry 1 to 2 minutes, just until it starts to firm up. Take it out.

Top and cook

  1. Spread the sauce over the tortilla, leaving a thin border. Add the mozzarella, then the pepperoni.
  2. Put it back in the basket and cook at 400°F. Start checking at 4 minutes; it can take up to 10, until the cheese is bubbly and browned and the edge is crisp.
  3. Let it sit a minute or two, then cut into triangles or squares.
Notes Best eaten right away. Leftovers soften in the fridge; reheat in the air fryer or toaster oven. Roughly 360 calories and 41 g protein per serving, give or take.

wesellis.com/blog/air-fryer-pizza/

A tortilla isn't pizza dough, and nobody's pretending otherwise. But crisped properly, it's a thin, cracker-crisp crust that holds a real amount of cheese, and it's done in about the time it takes to find a plate.

The pre-crisp is the whole recipe

Put sauce on a raw tortilla and it soaks in, and the middle never gets crisp. A minute or two in the air fryer before anything goes on it dries the surface and sets it. After that the sauce sits on top instead of seeping in.

Don't let it go too long, though. You want it just firm, not brown. It still has another four to ten minutes ahead of it.

Heads up

The air fryer's fan can flip a bare tortilla or send pepperoni flying. If yours does, set a small metal trivet or rack on top for the pre-crisp, and press the toppings into the cheese.

Toppings, lightly

It's a thin crust, so it can't carry a pile. A single layer of pepperoni and a moderate hand with the sauce work best. Wet toppings like fresh tomato or raw mushrooms will undo the pre-crisp.

For the same toppings folded into a sealed lavashA big, thin, soft flatbread, usually sold in rectangular sheets. It's thinner than a tortilla and crisps up more like a cracker in the air fryer.More: Air Fryer Lavash Pizza Pockets, see the Pizza Pockets. The School Cafeteria Pizza is the rectangle-slice nostalgia version, and the Pepperoni Pizza Frittata is what happens when you skip the crust entirely.

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