I'm investigating making some pita pizzas for dinner tonight. All the recipes I've seen say to cut the pita in half and toast it before topping.

Seems like that would be a thin cracker-like crust. We like a thicker, chewier crust.

So I'm wondering if we left it whole, how it would turn out. Would it be too tough and chewy? Should we toast it first? What about stuffing it with some ricotta or mozzarella?

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Originally posted by grrlscout:

So I'm wondering if we left it whole, how it would turn out. Would it be too tough and chewy? Should we toast it first? What about stuffing it with some ricotta or mozzarella?

I have always left it whole..never cut it, and it turns out great. I guess it depends, like Denise said, on your taste...also how long you cook it for. I liked mine crispy so I left it in a bit longer.

Terri

I love to make these! I use the Kangaroo brand pocket pitas in whole wheat and slice 1 pocket in half to make a whole round crust and it's kind of like a thin crust pizza with a nice texture. I always just cut it, put the toppings on and bake, I've never toasted the pita first.

I've made Pita Chips without the cumin (or salt).

I bet pizza ingredients a la 7 layer dip with pita chips would work!

Grrlscout,

I make pita pizzas often for my family, and they've never had any complaints. I just lay the (uncut, untoasted) pita down on a baking sheet and top it with sauce, cheese, etc. I've never found them to be tough or anything....the other things that we will use for improvised pizza crusts are--english muffins, french bread, crisped flour tortillas, and out of pure desperation....slices of ww bread

The first time I tried a whole wheat pita "pizza" - I left if whole and used it like a Boboli and thought it was gross.

Then a couple or seven years went by... and I tried the ww Boboli and really liked it. I ran out of Boboli and tried the ww pita again and thought it was great!

So, obviously some will depend on your taste.

If you have enough pitas... you could try it both ways and see which you like better. That's what I'd do...

But, if you family is sort of "stuck" on white flour Pizza Hut or take out pizza... they may say "ick" no matter what... if you can find a ww Boboli... I was able to slide that past them without toooooo much complaining.