Hot Truck P M P - Poor Man's Pizza

Name: Hot Truck P M P - Poor Man's Pizza
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 serving(s)
Ingredients: 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

Submitted by FLKeysJen

"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"

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photo by Nif_H

Ready In:: 15mins
Ingredients:: 5
Serves:: 2

ingredients

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

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
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.
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.
Spread mushrooms across each bottom half of the bread. (This is officially for the "PMP Mush" version - use pepperoni for "PMP Pep").
Generously cover the mushrooms with mozzarella.
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!

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Reviews

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! :)

Nif_H
Wife and I loved this! Quick and easy

Flinnie
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!

Motivated Mama
I was looking at a picture of the Hot Truck menu and had to turn this into the North Baker (sauce, mozz, mustard, lettuce, and sour cream & onion chips on garlic bread -- although, I admit, I had my chips on the side)

Assia
My husband makes this all the time. He went to Ithaca and used to tell me stories about Hot Truck. I didn't quite understand until I had one for myself (at the Short stop Deli). The "home version" is so quick and easy. Sometimes we make it on garlic bread.

Nat's Eats