Homemade French Bread Pizza is super quick and easy when prepared in the air fryer. Air Fryer French Bread Pizzas take 20 minutes to make and will disappear even faster.
Course Main Course, Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 12 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 4pizzas
Equipment
1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
1baguette or French bread loaf
1lbground Italian sausage
4cupsfresh baby spinach
1Tbsherry vinegar
¼tspred chili flakesoptional
8ozmozzarella pearls
¼cupmayonaisse
¼cupprepared pesto
balsamic glazeoptional garnish
Instructions
Brown the ground sausage over medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes or until cooked through.
Once cooked, add the spinach and sherry vinegar and mix to combine. Continue to cook until spinach is wilted. Turn off the heat and pour the mixture into a bowl. Set aside to cool.
Prepare the baguette by cutting it into two equal pieces first and then split each piece vertically to expose the inside of the loaf. Remove some of the bread from the inside but be careful to keep the exterior intact.
After the sausage has cooled for a few minutes, add the red chili flakes and mozzarella pearls. Mix well to combine.
Preheat the air fryer. Toast the bread for 1-2 minutes at 400° and remove from the basket.
Mix together the mayo and pesto. Generously cover the toasted bread with pesto mayo. Next, spoon on as much filling as desired.
Place the pizzas back in the air fryer for 5 minutes at 370°.
Optional: drizzle with balsamic glaze before serving.
If you don't have an air fryer, the recipe can be made using the broiler setting on your oven. To toast the bread, broil on high for 1-2 minutes. Once filled, broil the pizzas for 3-5 minutes but watch them closely as it's easier to burn them under a broiler.