Published in Carolina Country April 2019
Well who doesn’t love pizza? And cheese? And party food? Let’s throw all those things together and enjoy some pizza fondue! Great for gatherings… like next Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Let your imagination run and throw together any sort of combination your crowd loves. Pepperoni is probably “the” all time most loved pizza… so start there. I have also included a Hawaiian pizza fondue… for folks like me that are not fans of pepperoni!
You can also have fun with dippers… with veggies, crackers, pork rinds for low carbers, tortellini and whatever your imagination comes up with! Bake in your oven, or cook on the grill… over indirect heat.
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Pizza Bread Bowl Fondue
Ingredients
Bread Bowls
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- 1 prepared round loaf King's Hawaiian bread
- 1 prepared loaf cheese bread
Hawaiian Pizza Fondue
- 2 cups Colby Jack cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 8 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
- 6 ounces diced ham
- chopped green onions or chive
- coconut chips, optional
- Dippers: Toasted bread, sliced Canadian bacon, plantain chips, steamed veggies
Pepperoni Pizza Fondue
- 1 6 ounce package sliced pepperoni, chopped
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 ½ cups cubed American cheese
- 1 ½ cup grated or cubed mozzarella cheese
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Dippers: Deep fried tortellini and Ravioli, toasted bread, assorted veggies
Instructions
- Add ½ teaspoon each of garlic and onion powder to ⅔ cup oil.
- Hollow out bread bowls, making sure not to cut through bottom of the loaves. Brush insides with seasoned oil. Cube and brush the cut-out bread as well.
- For Hawaiian Pizza Fondue, toss cheeses with cornstarch. Stir
in pineapple and ham. Fill bread bowls and place on baking sheet. Tent with
foil. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and lay cubed bread pieces around bowls.
Bake another 8–10 minutes. Garnish with onion and coconut. - For Pepperoni Pizza Fondue, set aside Parmesan, half the
pepperoni and half the Italian seasoning. Combine all remaining ingredients and
fill bread. Sprinkle with the remaining pepperoni and seasoning. Place bowls on
baking sheet. Tent with foil. Bake 20 minutes. Remove foil and lay cubed bread
pieces around bowls. Bake another 8–10 minutes. Garnish with Parmesan.