Italian Meatball Pizza Cups
By: Oz Heelee
Published: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 - 8:17am

Ingredients




1 package jumbo flaky biscuits
8 tablespoons pasta sauce, divided
8 Italian-style meatballs
4 Romanita tomatos, halved
2 mini-sweet peppers, quartered
Mozzarella pearls (or fresh mozzarella)
8 fresh basil leaves
salt

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350ºF. 2 Spray 4 cups of a Texas-sized muffin cup pan with non-stick spray. 3 Flatten 4 biscuits and press one into each of the 4 prepared cups. 4 Place 1 Tablespoon pasta sauce in each biscuit. 5 Place 1 meatball, 1 piece of tomato, 1 piece of pepper, 8 or 10 mozzarella pearls (or a slice of fresh mozzarella) and a basil leaf in the cup. 6 Sprinkle lightly with salt (optional). 7 Top with another Tablespoon of sauce. 8 Bake for 15 minutes. 9 Repeat with the other half of the ingredients to make 4 more cups. 10 Allow 2 cups per serving.

About


This recipe came into being by having my 4 kids arrive home from school at 3:30 in the afternoon absolutely ravenous. The night before we'd had spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and had leftover sauce. With the biscuits, veggies and cheese I made ultra-deep dish pizza cups. We have this once a week now...by popular demand!