MULTI-CHEESE TOMATO BASIL HAM PIZZA

This pizza recipe has a vegetarian variation. If you want a veggie pizza, omit the ham from its ingredients and you're all set. I've cooked this pizza only twice, the other day and today. When I invented this pizza I realized that I should have used at least 4 red bell peppers because only 1 was available then. Today I decided to put shredded bell peppers in the “mix”, but I think it was better when I cut them into strips and topped the pizza with it, that's what I'll be teaching you. Another thing, the other day I only had mozzarella and Parmesan cheese available, but today I found two other cheese, cheddar and dutch, so that's what I added now to the overall ingredients. Feel free to fix and adjust on your own since this is still a recipe that's not yet final. Expect adjustments if I discover new things and fix this recipe in the future.


INGREDIENTS:
1 Block – Mozzarella Cheese
1 Cup – Parmesan Cheese
1 Block each – Other types of cheese
10 to 12 Pieces – Fresh Red Tomatoes
4 Pieces – Fresh Red Bell Peppers
250 Grams – Sliced Ham
2 Pieces – Pizza Crust (any flavor available at your nearest supermarket or bakery)
100 Grams – Fresh Green Basil Leaves
1 Bottle - Hot Sauce (I use Tabasco)

First, slice the mozzarella cheese into thin strips, enough to completely cover the whole pizza with almost no gaps.


Second, cut the red bell peppers in half and clean the insides keeping only the outer shell. Place them all face down in your oven toaster, or if you don't have one you can pierce them with a barbecue stick and roast them on your stove fire. Do this until the raw crunchy quality of the whole vegetable becomes a bit burnt and soft.


Third, mince and dice up all the other cheese, the basil leaves, and all the tomatoes.




Fourth, cut the ham up to half-inch squares.


Fifth, get a bowl and mix together all the minced and diced cheese, the basil leaves, and the tomatoes. Throw in the Parmesan cheese and mix them all thoroughly.



Sixth, spread the basil, tomato and cheese mix evenly and completely over both pizza crusts. It's a thick spread so don't worry about putting too much. You have 2 pizza crusts anyway so divide the mix among them both.


Seventh, use the mozzarella cheese to completely cover both pizza's. Place the mozzarella on top of the basil, tomato and cheese mix. Don't worry if some of the surface area is not overed since the mozzarella will melt over everything when heated.


Eighth, cover the top of the mozzarella with the ham squares. I recommend you use up all the ham so you don't have any left overs. It doesn't matter whether or not there's enough ham to cover the pizza's. The more the merrier.

Ninth, cut up the bell peppers you roasted earlier to thin strips and place them on top of the ham. You can decorate the top of the pizza any way you want with the bell pepper strips, or you can just throw them on there if you want.



Lastly, place the pizzas in the oven toaster at maximum heat, approximately 10 to 15 minutes depending on the wattage. To make sure you don't burn your pizza, watch it carefully and take note of the time so you can set the timer next time around. Since my oven toaster is small I have to cut both my pizza's in half, and you might have to do this too.



Bon appetit! Slice it up and add Tabasco to taste.


* You don't have to use ham, salami is another very delicious alternative, or any seafood like prawns.