Hot Truck P M P - Poor Man's Pizza

FLKeysJen's Note:

This is posted in tribute to Bob Petrillose, its creator who passed away last month. I had the honor of eating way too many of these pizza subs during my college days. Rumor has it that a student who worked in the truck sold the idea to Stouffer's and was the origin of the French Bread Pizza. Learn more about Bob here: http://www.seriouseats.com/2007/02/the-hot-truck.html and here http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Dec08/PetrilloseObit.html

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1 (12 inch) French bread, loaf
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1 1/2 cups canned mushroom slices
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
2. Cut the French bread loaf in half crosswise and then slice them completely open, horizontally. Place the four pieces of bread on a baking sheet.
3. Using a ladle or spoon, spread the pizza sauce on all pieces of bread, being sure to cover out to the edges (to prevent burning) and sprinkle with oregano.
4. Spread mushrooms across each bottom half of the bread. (This is officially for the "PMP Mush" version - use pepperoni for "PMP Pep").
5. Generously cover the mushrooms with mozzarella.
6. Bake 8-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the French bread is golden brown. Lay the top halves of the French bread on the bottom halves to make sandwiches. I also tried it in the panini maker which was faster and tasted the same, but the cheese didn't melt quite like the original. Enjoy!

Reviews

[Nif]

My son and I gobbled this up! I used the mushrooms and he used ham. I left the sandwiches in the oven for a couple more minutes to melt the cheese a bit more but that's the only change. Made for my adopted chef for PAC 2011. Thanks FLKeysJen! :)

[Flinnie]

Wife and I loved this! Quick and easy

[Motivated Mama]

This was great. I used a wonderful organic whole wheat bread as well as fresh mushrooms, paired it with a nice salad and had an easy meal for the whole family!