Food Network: Nacho Bread Pizzas

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Nacho Bread Pizzas
Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Ingredients
1 loaf baguette or semolina bread, day old is fine
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped or 1 pickled hot pepper of any kind, chopped
1 (15-ounce) can black beans
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
Salt and pepper
1 cup prepared salsa, any variety
2 cups shredded Cheddar, smoked Cheddar, Monterey Jack or pepper Jack
1 heart romaine or 1/2 iceberg head, shredded
1/2 cup green olives with or without pimiento, chopped
1/4 red onion or 2 to 3 scallions, chopped
2 plum or vine tomatoes, seeded and diced

Instructions
Split bread lengthwise. Hollow the bread out and cut each half in half
across, making 4 boats.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add oil, 1 turn of the pan, garlic and hot peppers.
Drain beans. Add half of the beans then mash the remainder of the beans in the can using a fork. Add
mashed beans to the pan and combine with whole beans. Season beans with hot sauce, chili powder,
cumin, salt and pepper. When the spicy beans are hot through, spread them evenly across all of the
bread. Top with salsa and liberally sprinkle with cheese, covering bread to all edges. The boats
will only be half-full. Melt cheese in the oven until it bubbles and begins to brown.

Top Nacho Bread Pizzas with lettuce, olives, onions and tomatoes and serve. You can pick it up with
your hands, but eat over the plate (or the kitchen sink, like me).