Trust me on this one…

If you love a tuna melt, you will love my Mom’s tuna melt pizza.  This recipe snuck into our family dinner rotation and at first, I was hesitant, but after one taste, I was hooked.  Tuna melt pizza is the perfect dish when your bank account is low or when you want a quick and easy meal after a long day.

The Shopping List

Can of tuna, drained
Ranch Dressing
Pizza Crust – I use Boboli Thin Crust
Mozzarella Cheese

The To Do List
1. Pre-heat the oven according to the pizza crust instructions.

2. Spread ranch dressing on the pizza crust.

3. Spread the drained tuna on top of the ranch dressing.

4. Top with mozzarella cheese or any cheese of your choice.  Cheddar, Monterey Jack or Swiss would taste great as well. 



5. Bake until cheese is golden brown.

You can also top your pizza with anything that you would throw in your traditional tuna salad: celery, onions and pickles. 

Give it a chance and let me know what you think!

You think you know good pizza...

But until you have tasted it in Napoli (Naples), you haven't discovered what a true pizza is about. It is believed that pizza was invented in Napoli and after I had my first taste, I was definitely a believer! We ate at Sorbillio, which is near the Napoli Underground tour, you can find their website at http://www.sorbillio.it/.

We ordered two pizzas and each were fantastic. Pictured above is the traditional Margareta pizza. What makes Italian pizza stand out from it's American counter part is the tomato sauce. The sauce is the star of the pizza and does not become upstaged by the cheese. The crust is thin and cooked in a brick oven fire until perfectly crispy on the outside, while still providing a chewy inside. Small dollops of mozzarella highlight the tomato sauce and provide the perfect creamy texture to balance this slice.

I ordered a pizza dia vilo, which was topped with parma (ham), salam(Salami) and pepperonchini. The sauce was slightly spicy and the entire pizza was topped with red pepper flakes that complimented the spicy bite to the Italian meats.

If I were eating pizza at home, I would be on the search for Ranch dressing, garlic butter or a side of tomato sauce to compliment my slice. I realized in Italy that this pizza requires no condiments to enhance it's flavor, it is perfect on its own.