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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
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Prep Time 4 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Servings: 1 person
Ingredients Method Notes

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

Method
 

  1. 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
  2. Once the air fryer is preheated you will work with the pizza shell alone.
  3. Place pizza round into the pre-heated air fryer basket
  4. Brush pizza round with olive oil
  5. 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.
  6. Sprinkle the shell with the pizza spice.
  7. Place Roma Tomato on shell.
  8. Place Mozzarella Shred on tomato
  9. Add in the fresh mozzarella balls
  10. Add on Basil (you can also place this between the shredded mozzarella and the fresh mozzarella)
  11. Replace basket to air fryer
    air fryer Margherita pizza in the air fryer basket
  12. Program Air Fryer to 385°F for 3 minutes.
  13. You want shell to be lightly golden brown and cheese will brown as well.
  14. If it is not give it one minute more, but do watch as one minute can be the difference between browned and burned!
  15. If golden in color and if the cheese is melted, remove and serve warm.
    air fryer Margherita Pizza on plate
  16. TOTAL PREP TIME
  17. Prep Time: 4 Minutes
  18. Cook Time: 4 Minutes
  19. 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.