Recipe: Spicy Mexican Pizza

Spicy Mexican Pizza

2 (10-inch) flour tortillas
6 ounces ground beef
1/2 (1.25-ounce) package taco seasoning mix
1 1/4 cups grated Cheddar cheese
1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
1 cup chopped tomato
1/3 cup sliced green onions
1/4 cup diced pitted green olives
1/4 cup diced pitted black olives
1 1/2 tablespoons sliced, drained pickled jalapeno chiles

Cook beef and taco seasoning in heavy medium skillet over medium heat until beef is brown and crumbles with fork, approximately 5 minutes. Cool.

Preheat broiler. Heat heavy large skillet over high heat.

Add 1 tortilla and cook until crisp, turning occasionally, about 2 minutes. Remove from skillet. Cook second tortilla until crisp, turning occasionally, about 2 minutes. Leave tortilla in skillet, and reduce heat to medium.

Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over tortilla in skillet. Top with second tortilla. Continue cooking until cheese melts, pressing with spatula, about 2 minutes more.

Transfer to 12-inch pizza pan. Top with cooked beef, then Jack cheese.

Broil until cheese melts, about 3 minutes.

Sprinkle tomato, onions, green olives, black olives and chiles over pizza. Cut into wedges and serve.

Makes one 10-inch pizza
From: Spoons Grill & Bar restaurant in Tustin, California
Source: Tortilla Industry Association