Pizza Puff is an inspired dish from the popular Pizza Puff from Chicago. Pizza Puff is a deep-fried dough pocket filled with cheese, vegetables sautéed in Italian herbs and pizza sauce.
In India Pizza Puff are quite popular on the McDonald menu and I am sure the inspiration behind the McDonalds McPuff was the popular pizza puff from Chicago. Hugely popular in Chicago these puffs are distant relatives to panzerotti and calzones. Calzones are baked instead of fried, and do not always include tomato sauce. They taste a sort of pizza, but the main flavour is the crunchy vegetables dominated by pizza sauce which is interspersed with cheddar and mozzarella cheese. The wrap on the outside soaks up some oil while frying which makes the puff flaky and crispy on the outside.
The deep-fried pizza pockets are extremely delicious and irresistible. They are always, best eaten hot. My children love these soo much that it is sort of a sacred rite for them to burn their mouths after their first bite(They never learn). I like them a lot, especially when I am seeking out comforting indulgent food. One must try these ones to really appreciate the flavours of this recipe. It is not like the filling is particularly novel, nor are the pizza puff classified as anything higher than fast food, but I don’t know—there’s just something about them that I and my children will always have a soft spot for.
I usually make homemade Pizza Sauce for this recipe. Other recipes you might like are Stuffed Pizza Rolls, Homemade Pizza, Corn Cheese Croquettes, Paneer Bread Rolls and Semolina Spinach Fingers to name a few.
