Pan pizza with anchovies and herbs
A childhood favorite pan pizza made with older bread, cheese, onions, anchovies, tomato, and dried Provençal herbs, cooked slowly in a pan until crispy and melted.
What you need
How Maurice does it
- 1
Prepare the ingredients: slice the bread, cheese, onions, and tomatoes. Have the anchovies and dried herbs ready.
- 2
Place two slices of bread on a cutting board. Layer with sliced cheese, tomato slices, onion rings, anchovy fillets, and a sprinkle of dried herbs. Repeat with the remaining two slices of bread.
- 3
Heat a metal pan over medium heat. Add a pat of butter and let it melt, then add more butter and swirl to coat the pan.
- 4
Carefully place one assembled bread slice cheese-side down into the melted butter. Place the second assembled bread slice cheese-side down as well. Cook until the cheese is golden and crispy, then flip both slices to toast the other side.
- 5
Sprinkle shredded cheese directly into the hot pan around the bread slices to form a crispy cheese skirt. Remove the pan from heat.
- 6
Using tongs, remove the toasted bread slices with their crispy cheese skirts and place them on a cutting board. Cut each slice diagonally in half and arrange the four triangular pieces on the board. Serve immediately.
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