Pizzas, Cheese Crisps and Quesadillas

A collection of Southwestern pizzas, cheese crisps and quesadilla recipes from the Sonoran desert region north of the Arizona-Mexico border.   
Tortilla Crust White Pizza with Mushrooms

Tortilla Crust White Pizza with Mushrooms

Recipe for a tortilla crust mushroom pizza. This thin-and-crispy pizza is topped with lemon infused ricotta, garlic & parmesan, lion’s mane and blue oyster mushrooms. White Sonoran Wheat helps give large Sonoran-style flour tortillas their elasticity which makes a perfect pizza crust.

Crustless Pizza Recipe: Parmesan Crust Pizza with Pepperoni

Crustless Pizza Recipe: Parmesan Crust Pizza with Pepperoni

If you bake a layer of Parmesan cheese in the oven it will crackle and pop after a while, turning into a crispy, cheese cracker that’s much tastier than any pizza crust I’ve encountered. I topped this baked cheese crisp with pizza spices and toppings before sliding it into the oven. The results: crustless pizza!

Three Sisters Pizza with Masa Harina Crust

Three Sisters Pizza with Masa Harina Crust

Corn, beans and squash are three of the earliest domesticated crops grown by Native Americans in the Sonoran region. For this recipe, prepared corn masa, which is usually used to make tortillas or gorditas, is pressed into a cast iron skillet for the crust. If you’ve never tried tepary beans, this recipe is an excellent way to experiment with them, but you can substitute black beans instead if you want.

Thin Crust Pizza Recipe with Premade Dough

Thin Crust Pizza Recipe with Premade Dough

How to make a thin crust pizza at home using a non-stick 16″pizza tray with holes with a my step-by-step procedure for getting the dough almost paper thin. Video included. The pizza toppings are written in the ingredients section of the recipe below.

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