Mexican Pizza?
 

I've been having a craving for some mexican pizza, but I don't want to go to taco bell. I was wondering if anyone has tried to make their own and how you went about doing it. Really all I need to know is what should I use for a shell/bottom layer. I have a deep fryer, although if I was to deepfry a tortilla I don't think I could keep it flat, seeing how my deepfryer is rectangular and not circular. Any advice would be appreciated.

For the pizza shell I have no idea.

As for the frying question, if you have a cast iron pan fill it with a ¼ inch of oil and fry away.

You are making a tostada. As Clark said, use a cast iron skillet. Don't use a teflon skillet for frying anything ... the oils gets too hot. Don't worry about keeping it perfectly flat, it should puff up a little bit anyway.

Plus cast iron makes everything taste better.

These are both from a quick google search, so I can't say how accurate they are, but I hope it helps.
http://recipes.robbiehaf.com/T/94.htm
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/rec...zza23308.shtml

Thanks. I'm going to give it a shot tonight. I'll let you know how it goes if you care.

how is a mexican pizza different from a normal one?

I think they call them Fiestadas or something like that. Yeah I made some by deep frying small tortillas in a cast iron skillet in some peanut deep fry oil, layered with beans, meat, cheese, another fried tortilla, sour cream, guac, salsa. topped with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes. Pretty damn good.

The best description I can think of is a tostada topped with another tostada. In the Taco Bell version, the bottom tostada has only beef on it, and on top of the upper tostada goes cheese, hot sauce, beans, and other goodies. The tortillas used seemed to be a little more of a "fluffier" fried tortilla.

Damn, it looks like I'm running to TB for dinner tonight.

I made something kind of similar once, though it might've been closer to a Mexican Lasagna. I just alternated layers of flour tortillas with refried beans, cheese and hamburger between them, then more cheese, lettuce and tomatoes on top. It really was pretty good. Maybe if you used crunchy shells instead it would be more like TB's version.

I would suggest trying a real Mexican Pizza. Use a standard frozen pizza crust. Add a bit of taco sauce or salsa. Top with seasoned Gound Beef, Beans and Onions. If you like it spicy some jalapeno's. Cover with Mexican Blend Cheese. Bake and then top with Lettuce, Tomato and Black olives. Sour cream on the side. It's awsome.