When it opened in 2018 , Manhattan bar and vodka distillery Our / New York served makeshift tortilla pizzas that had been quickly brown...
When it opened in 2018, Manhattan bar and vodka distillery Our / New York served makeshift tortilla pizzas that had been quickly browned in a toaster oven behind the bar. Founder and partner Dave Ortiz came up with the idea from his friend Chef Ilan Hall. “Long story short: a famous chef hooked me up,” he said.
The medium-sized flour tortillas – affectionately referred to as “tortizzas” by customers – were draped in tomato sauce, ricotta, and red pepper flakes. They were wonderful (and free).
You’ll have to pay for your own tortillas, but when made at home, tortizza can be a tricky slip of a weeknight’s dream – a life raft when time is of the essence. While you can use corn tortillas for this dish, the moisture in flour tortillas will cause them to puff up in spots when baked in a hot oven, and these bites are the most fun to eat.
Crispy and light, like pizzas with a thin, soft crust, tortizzas can be topped with anything you like and nothing else. These tortizzas include a layer of grated mozzarella cheese which, when melted in the oven, creates a strong barrier for the toppings. A dusting of dried oregano is sort of the taste of the pizzeria incarnate. The garnish, inspired by a Greek salad – and more precisely, Californian pizza cuisineThe now abandoned Greek pizza – is a mix of cucumbers and diced tomatoes and creamy avocado slices. The feta offers spice and dreaminess, just like the simple garlic yogurt sauce (a few ingredients tzatziki).
As with Best Boy Groups, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Flavors, and School Group Projects, the salad topping is far greater than the sum of all of its fresh ingredients. Enjoy the motley crew of tastes and textures.
Don’t skip the last part: honey. It might seem out of place here, but this golden sweetness, poured at the end over the veggies, really brings all the disparate bits together in this otherwise tasty recipe. Either way, honey is a popular accompaniment for Italian pizzas with soppressata and is also proving to be a favored pizza dip in South Korea.
These tortizzas are eaten flat like tostadas but are more productive, like solo pizzas. But it’s your life: don’t hesitate to fold them like tacos or gyroscopic wraps. When it comes to tortizza, all that matters is that it ends up in the mouth.
Perhaps the best part about this dish is that it takes around 15 minutes to prepare from start to finish, leaving plenty of time to get on with your day. A helpful tip is to make the salad topping and yogurt sauce ahead of time, both of which will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a day or two. That way when you need a quick bite to eat, all you have to do is reheat the tortillas and stack the toppings.
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