Dean cooks Pepperoni Pizza Puffs & Won Ton Pizza Cups

Dean Richards is cooking two recipes for Super Bowl Sunday: Pepperoni Pizza Puffs & Won Ton Pizza Cups

Pepperoni pizza puffs

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INGREDIENTS:

• 1 (17.3-oz) package puff pastry, defrosted
• 1¼ cup pizza sauce
• 1 (5-oz) package mini pepperoni
• 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese  (freshly shredded cheese mels better than pre-shredded.) 
• 2 Tbsp Italian Seasoning 

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Unfold pastry sheets. Cut each sheet into 9 squares.
• Spread about 1 Tbsp of pizza sauce over the puff pastry. Arrange cheese and pepperoni, diagonally, down the pastry squares. 
• Sprinkle with some of the Italian seasoning. Fold two opposite corners of each square over the filling and press edges to seal. Place on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Can assemble pizza puffs and freeze unbaked for later. There is no need to thaw the puffs before baking. Simply add a few minutes to the cooking time.

Won ton pizza cups

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INGREDIENTS:

• 12 wonton wrappers
• spray oil or olive oil and a pastry brush as needed
• ½ cup pizza sauce (spaghetti sauce works in a pinch!)
• ¼ tsp Italian seasoning 
• 2-3 oz shredded mozzarella cheese   (freshly shredded  melts better than pre-shredded) 
• ¼ cup toppings (see list below)

DIRECTIONS: 

• Pre-heat oven to 365° and spray a muffin tin with nonstick spray (or use a pastry brush to brush the cups lightly with oil.)

• Layer two wonton wrappers per cup, rotating the second wonton square so each cup looks like a star and covers the whole muffin cup.
• Bake for 5 minutes.
• Remove crisped wontons from oven and divide pizza sauce between 6 of the cups, spooning a little into the bottom of each wonton cup. 
• Sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
• Top each cup with grated mozzarella and pepperoni (or choice of toppings from the list below.) 
• Bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until the sauce is hot and the cheese is melty.
• Add any additional toppings or garnish as you please. 

YOUR CHOICE OF TOPPINGS (diced): 

• mushrooms
• bell pepper
• onion
• basil
• diced tomatoes
• olives
• pepperoni 
• sausage
• spinach
• ham + pineapple
• jalapeños
• grated parmesan cheese
• crushed red pepper

Printable pdf recipe below