Pizza Fritta is a popular street food in Naples! It is basically a fried pizza base topped with pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fresh basil leaves and will be ready in just 15 minutes!
Pizza Fritta Recipe (Fried Pizza)
Friends, I make these small Italian fried pizzas A LOT for my family for lunch or snack, and I usually top them with whatever I have in the fridge: cooked chicken, ground beef, olives, bell pepper or mushrooms.
They are insanely easy and delicious! However, I kept this recipe simple and basic, and I only used the classic pizza toppings, which are pizza sauce, mozzarella and fresh basil.
This fried pizza is a lot crispier than the classic pizza we used. I am sure you will love it.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour: To make the base of the pizza.
- Dried active yeast: It help the pizza base to rise.
- Granulated sugar: Just a tiny amount to help activate the yeast.
- Salt: To taste.
- Sunflower oil: Or use vegetable oil, olive oil, whatever you'd like your Fritte to be fried in.
- Pizza sauce: I used store-bought.
- Mozzarella cheese: My favorite cheese; I use it for all my pizza recipes.
- Basil leaves: Just for topping.
“See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.”
How To Make The Pizza Fritta?
One - Make the pizza dough: In a small bowl, mix together yeast, lukewarm water and sugar. Set aside in a warm place for 8-10 minutes or until bubbles form (photo 1).
Two: Now, take out a second bowl that is larger in size. In this large mixing bowl, add flour, salt and the dried active yeast mixture and knead for 9-10 minutes until it is smooth (photo 2).
Three: Once you are done kneading and a soft dough is formed, transfer it to an oiled bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and let it set in a warm place to rise and double in size (photo 3 & 4).
Four: After the dough has risen to a considerable size, divide it into eight equal portions, and form them into small balls (photo 5).
Five: Using a rolling pin, roll the ball into a 5-inch circle. You can also gently press the ball with your fingers to form the circle if you don't have a rolling pin on hand (photo 6).
Six - Fry the pizza dough: Heat the oil of your choice in a large frying pan. Then, fry the small pizzas in the hot oil until golden brown and drain them on paper towel (photo 7).
Tip: Either use a large frying pan to fry the pizza base or fry them one at a time. This way, they get plenty of room to rise, and their shape won't be ruined.
Seven - Top the pizza: After draining them on paper towels, place them on a serving plate and spread spoonfuls of pizza sauce, followed by mozzarella cheese. Finally, garnish the pizza with 3-4 fresh basil leaves (photo 8).
Voila! A delicious dish, straight from the streets of Naples, is ready!
Expert Tips!
- Dust your hands and the kitchen counter with some flour whilst working with the dough. While kneading it, or forming it into small circles, the dusted flour will prevent your hands from sticking to it.
- A good trick to test if the oil is ready for frying is to insert any of your wooden kitchen utensils into the oil. If the wooden spoon/utensil has bubbles formed around it, then the oil is ready for frying.
- For other topping options, homemade ricotta cheese or Homemade Cream Cheese.
Serving Suggestions
These Pizza Frittas are commonly served as appetizers before a scrumptious meal. But I suggest you plate this with a herby protein salad such as Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad, Italian Shrimp Pasta Salad or Greek Chicken Salad Recipe and make it a whole meal of its own!
Personally, I love to serve them with sauteed veggies, such as Buttery Peas Recipe or Roasted Green Beans and Carrots.
Ta-duh! A perfect afternoon brunch is ready to go, serve with Melon Ice Cream, Red Bean Ice Cream or Black Raspberry Ice Cream.
More Pizza Recipes
- Pizza Dough with Plain Flour
- The Best Kimchi Pizza
- Sweet And Sour BBQ Chicken Pizza.
- Spinach Mushroom Pizza
- Roasted Vegetable Pizza.
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Recipe Card
Pizza Fritta (Fried Pizza)
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups lukewarm water
- 1 ½ teaspoon dried active yeast
- ½ sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup pizza sauce
- ⅓ cup sunflower oil
- 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese
- fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Make the pizza dough: In a small bowl, mix together yeast, warm water and sugar. Set aside in a warm place for 8-10 minutes or until bubbles form.1 ¼ cups lukewarm water, 1 ½ teaspoon dried active yeast, ½ sugar
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, salt and the active yeast mixture and knead for 9-10 minutes until smooth.3 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt
- Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it set in a warm place to rise and double in size.
- Divide the dough into 8 equal portions, and form them into balls.
- Roll each ball into a 5 inch circle, or just press it with your fingers to form the circle.
- Fry the pizza dough: Heat the oil in a large frying pan and then fry the pizzas until golden brown, then drain on paper towels.⅓ cup sunflower oil
- Add the toppings: Put them on a serving plate and spread them with spoonfuls of pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and basil leaves.½ cup pizza sauce, 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese, fresh basil leaves
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