Skillet Pizza

This is probably the easiest and quickest pizza you'll ever fix.  I don't remember when or where I first heard of this pizza.  Many times it is called Bar Pizza when you see it online.  This is not original to me but what is original to me is to tell you to experiment to your heart's content with this.  Most recipes I've seen for this are very particular about telling you what to put on the pizza.  The only warning I will give is to not overload your pizza.  You'll see why shortly.


If you have a cast iron skillet you have the best vessel for making this pizza.  Drizzle a little vegetable oil in the skillet and heat it on the stove until the oil just reaches the smoking point.  Using paper towels wipe out the excess oil while making sure the skillet has a good coating all over.


Put a flour tortilla in the skillet.  Tortillas have two sides, one with many small bubbles and one with just a few large bubbles.  Put the tortilla in the skillet with the small bubble side down.  It is up to you whether you take the skillet off the heat at this point or not.  Taking it off the heat gives you more time to build your pizza.  Leaving it on the heat gives you a crisper crust.

Put this side down

Put on the sauce of your choice.  Go light with the sauce but you can go out to the edge if you want.


Top with your ingredients of choice.  Don't go overboard with quantity here.  After all, this is a quick light pizza and a tortilla won't support too much.

The good wife's cheese pizza

Some of this cheese blend upped the flavor profile of the good wife's pizza

After the cheese is on the pizza, sprinkle the whole thing with grated parmesan cheese.  Make sure some of the parmesan ends up on the skillet as this will make a nice crunchy ring.




Uncle T's pepperoni pizza.  Note the ring of parmesan cheese on the edge.

Put the skillet in the oven on broil.  It will only take a few minutes for the cheese to be melty and start browning.  When it is as brown as you want it take it out.

The good wife's cheese pizza with crispy parmesan edge

Uncle T's pepperoni pizza with crispy parmesan edge

Use a small turner to loosen the pizza from the skillet and then slide the pizza out of the skillet.

Cut into 4 - 6 slices and enjoy.

See, quick and easy.  I did two of these in less than 20 minutes.  I guess I could have used two skillets and been done in less than 10 minutes then I'd have had to wipe out two skillets.

So, the next time you want pizza and are limited in time or not hungry enough for a regular pizza give this one a try.  They are so quick and easy it is your chance to try a variety of new toppings without committing to a full pizza.  I think you'll like this one.

Uncle T