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air fryer Margherita pizza on plate to serve

Air Fryer Margherita Pizza

Very easy air fryer to plate, Margherita pizza in just 4 minutes
Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Servings 1 person

Ingredients
  

  • 1- 6 ” pizza store bought single serve shell
  • 2 Tbsp. Shredded Mozzarella
  • 2 Mini packs of Mini Fresh Mozzarella cut into 1/3’s 6 mini balls total
  • 2 Fresh Basil Leaves Ripped
  • 1 Tbsp. Olive Oil & Brush to spread
  • 1 Tsp Pizza Spice
  • 1 Small Roma Tomato sliced thin

Instructions
 

  • preheat your air fryer to 385° F while you gather your ingredients and prepare them to top the pizza.
    air fryer Margherita pizza ingredients on plate and in basket once prepped
  • Once the air fryer is preheated you will work with the pizza shell alone.
  • Place pizza round into the pre-heated air fryer basket
  • Brush pizza round with olive oil
  • air fry for just one minute then open the air fryer basket, carefully do all of the following and take care to not get burned by the warm basket.
  • Sprinkle the shell with the pizza spice.
  • Place Roma Tomato on shell.
  • Place Mozzarella Shred on tomato
  • Add in the fresh mozzarella balls
  • Add on Basil (you can also place this between the shredded mozzarella and the fresh mozzarella)
  • Replace basket to air fryer
    air fryer Margherita pizza in the air fryer basket
  • Program Air Fryer to 385°F for 3 minutes.
  • You want shell to be lightly golden brown and cheese will brown as well.
  • If it is not give it one minute more, but do watch as one minute can be the difference between browned and burned!
  • If golden in color and if the cheese is melted, remove and serve warm.
    air fryer Margherita Pizza on plate
  • TOTAL PREP TIME
  • Prep Time: 4 Minutes
  • Cook Time: 4 Minutes
  • Total Time: 8 Minutes

Notes

Do note that each air fryer is different. 
If your air fryer does not cook the pizza in 4 minutes total, you may want to consider increasing the temperature to 400°F I use that setting often.