Name: Desi-inspired French Bread Pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Tandoori Masala; 2 medium-sized French baguettes or batons (around 35 cm/14 inches); ½ tsp salt; 2-4 green chillies, sliced into thin strips; 1 x 300-g (10½-oz) can crushed tomatoes; 1 tsp sugar; 175 g (6¼ oz/1½ cups) grated (shredded) low-moisture mozzarella; 2 large garlic cloves, minced; A handful of grated (shredded) Pecorino Romano, or any vegetarian hard cheese; 100 g (3½ oz/scant ½ cup) salted butter, softened; 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley; 1 red onion, finely sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

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Sanjana Feasts

By Sanjana Modha

Published 2024

About

Hello, 1999 calling. Crusty baguette pizza slicked with tandoori butter, onions, chillies and cheese was the revision-break snack of choice throughout my teens and is still a favourite today. There was a summer when only Gregg’s French bread pizzas would power me through GCSE French and Latin revision. You can indeed make this using store-bought naan too, but crusty French bread is both robust and satisfying. Be sure to flatten the baguettes with as much force as you can without tearing the