Stove top flatbread pizza creates a crispy crust topped with loads of melted cheese. A quick and easy dinner or lunch, with no oven required …perfect to satisfy your pizza craving.
Soooo it’s the start of a new week, busy, catching up on work and chores and thinking up an elaborate dinner is probably the last thing that you want to do right? Stove top flatbread pizza is the easy solution to a delicious and easy dinner.
A few weeks ago I shared a recipe for Greek pita flatbreads and I also stashed a few in the freezer to save for an easy dinner like this one.Thicker than other flatbreads like tortillas and naan, Greek pita flatbreads make the perfect base for these stove top pizzas. Unlike the bread like frozen store bought pizza bases, these are crispy, light and so so delicious. I stopped buying these frozen pizza bases a long time ago, because besides it being so overpriced , they do not even taste that good. Replaced by my favorite Greek pita flatbread, I have been using these as a pizza base ever since and absolutely loving it.
In this recipe, I use my favorite, a basic mozzarella, tomato and basil topping, but feel free to add other ingredients and herbs as you prefer. The flatbreads are already cooked so you just want to crisp it up a bit. Let me show you just how easy these are to put together
How to make stove top flatbread pizza
Brush both sides of the flatbread with oil. You can use olive, canola or sunflower oil
Heat a heavy based skillet or pan on medium low heat. Place the flatbread on the pan and just toast for about 30 seconds to a minute on each side until lightly crisp. Remember the flatbreads are already cooked, you just want create a crispy base texture.
Remove from the heat and start adding your toppings. In keeping with the convenience and ease of this recipe, I use store bought pasta sauce to spread as the tomato base topping. I love the one with olives and a bit of chili but again feel free to add the tomato base according to your liking.
Mozzarella cheese is grated over the pasta sauce and a few slices of tomato are added. Sprinkle on some mixed herbs and black pepper. Place the flatbread on the pan with the heat turned down to low. You want the cheese to melt but do not want to burn the base. To speed up the process a bit, I put a lid on the pan to cover the pizza. This keeps the heat in and the cheese is perfectly melted.
Using a wide spatula remove the flatbread pizza from the pan….just wait for about a minute for it to cool a bit before adding the basil leaves. The basil leaves tend to wilt and turn black with the heat of the pizza…so just allow a minute to cool to ensure that the basil leaves keeps their bright green colour. Cut into slices and devour.
Cheaper than store bought plus Easy, quick convenient and delicious, this is a great recipe to try for those busy days or for those hot summer days when you do not want to turn on the oven.
So go on give it a try, what’s not to love, its pizza after all…just so yum
Enjoy ♥
- 4 cooked Greek pita flatbreads
- 15 ml / 1 Tablespoon oil
- 250 ml / 1 cup pasta sauce
- 2 cups grated cheese
- 1 tomato sliced
- Black pepper
- Mixed herbs
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Brush both sides of the flatbread with oil.
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Heat a heavy based skillet or pan on medium low heat. Place the flatbread on the pan and just toast for about 30 seconds to a minute on each side until lightly crisp. Remember the flatbreads are already cooked, you just want create a crispy base texture.
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Remove from the heat and start adding your toppings Start by spreading the pasta sauce on each flatbread
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Sprinkle the grated mozzarella cheese over the pasta sauce.
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Arrange the sliced tomato over the cheese.
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Sprinkle on some mixed herbs and black pepper.
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Place the flatbread on the pan with the heat turned down to low. You want the cheese to melt but do not want to burn the base. To speed up the process a bit, put a lid on the pan to cover the pizza. This keeps the heat in and the cheese is perfectly melted.
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Using a wide spatula remove the flatbread pizza from the pan and place on a plate….just wait for about a minute for it to cool a bit before adding the basil leaves. The basil leaves tend to wilt and turn black with the heat of the cooked pizza pizza…so just allow a minute to cool to ensure that the basil leaves keeps their bright green colour.
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Cut into slices and serve.
Remember this is a basic and simple topping recipe so feel free to add any other ingredients or herbs you love on a pizza
Other ingredients and topping suggestions include
Sliced mushrooms
Pineapple pieces
Olives
Onion
Ham
Bacon bits
Feta and cream cheese.
I love that this pizza is on a flatbread and made on the stovetop! Pinned because I am going to have to make this for my boys during the week 🙂
Thank you Kelly, I hope that your boys enjoy this pizza too 🙂
I love the idea of using those Greek pita flatbreads you made previously as the base for this easy stove top flatbread pizza recipe Ashika. I haven’t got a lid for my skillet so in thinking through this recipe, after topping the flatbread with the cheese, I think I would quickly put it under my grill to finish it off. Yum, delcious. Dinner served! 🙂
Thank you Neil, these flatbreads are so versatile, that you can use it in so many ways too.
If you do not have a lid for your skillet, it is fine to just cover it with a sheet of foil, it will work just as well as a lid 🙂
Sounds really delicious! I love the flavors here too, basil really is awesome on pizza! Good tip on letting it cool off before adding that. Nobody wants wilted basil! Never though of using pita bread as a topping but i think we have some pita bread around here that just found a use! 😀
Thank you Matt. Yes pitas make a great pizza base, crispy and delicious…hope that you give it a try too 🙂
As if I needed another reason to make pita bread :). This looks SO GOOD! I love pizza but I just don’t make it enough at home. That needs to change!
Thank you Kelsie, homemade tastes just so good…go ahead and give it a try 🙂
I’m with you on the store-bought pizza bases – they’re really not that good! Pizza is a big staple in our house, and doing it on the stove-top is a great way to change things up and do it a bit quicker!! Great idea, Ashika!
Thank you Katherine…definitely stove top pizzas taste so good and is convenient too 🙂
Lovely pizza with full of cheese…It’s yummy Ashika.
Thank you Puja 🙂
OMG way to make pizza easy and sexy at the same time!!! People love EASY AND SEXY paired together 😉
Haha thank you Gigi, easy and sexy is definitely a great combination 🙂
This looks absolutely delicious. I love thats it done on the stove top, my daughter would flip for making this, she loves making her own pizza!! Take care.
Thank you Stacey. I am glad you like the recipe and I hope that your daughter loves it too 🙂
I’ve been enjoying flatbread pizza quite a lot lately, but I’ve never tried this stove top method – that’s even faster. Although a flatbread pizza isn’t the same as a regular one, it’s so convenient when you don’t have much time (or just lazy) 🙂
Thank you Ben, flatbread really makes great pizza bases, I hope that you get a chance to try it too 🙂
You have my vote for this Mediterranean wee dinner. Thank you !
Thank you 🙂 I am so glad that you like the recipe too 🙂
What a fun, quick, and satisfying dinner! I love simple toppings for my pizza. I normally use crushed tomatoes instead of pizza sauce but I love recipes like this because they are easily adaptable. My mouth is watering thinking about this flatbread pizza. YUM!
Thank you Christina…I really hope that you try this recipe…it is seriously easy and so delicious 🙂
I love it…its a great idea to use se left over pita breads… Simple and delicious plus no fancy microwave cooking…. What else I need for the lazy weekend!
Who wouldn’t love this recipe? Easy, quick comfort food ready in a few minutes totally screams my name. My son will eat pizza three times a day, if only given the opportunity. So, this is just perfect recipe for him. I’m gonna make it sometime this week for an after school snack and I bet he’ll devour every bite.
Thank you Maria…haha,that will be a great after school snack surprise, I am sure that he will love it:)
I love this stovetop flatbread pizza idea!! You don’t have to fire up the oven and the pizza comes out crispy on the bottom and the cheese is perfectly gooey on top!
A perfect quick and easy dinner! I am with you flat breads have far more flavour than bland frozen pizza bases.
Thanks so much,awesome recipes…very handy and so easy to make.