Discover a quick and delicious snack or dinner with our Air Fryer Pizza Baguettes recipe. Perfectly crispy baguettes topped with your favourite pizza ingredients, ready in minutes. Ideal for any occasion!
French bread pizzas are amazing! A quick and easy snack or meal, depending on how many you eat!
My kids love this French bread pizza recipe as a snack after a busy day or for dinner with some salad bits or veg. It’s fun, quick and perfect for family dinners.
Why I Love Air Fryer Pizza Baguettes
I love this Easy Air fryer French bread pizza recipe because:
- Air-frying French bread pizza is fun, the kids love it.
- You can add all of our favorite pizza toppings.
- It’s super quick and easy.
- Air fryer recipes are always great.
- French stick pizza is like a super fancy sandwich or toastie!
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Ingredients For Air Fryer Pizza Baguettes
Air fryer pizza baguettes are amazingly simple. When I make them, I use:
Baguette – This recipe feeds four, so you want a proper full-sized French stick. Use a mini one if there are only two of you.
Chopped Tomatoes – This is for the sauce. Use store-bought pizza sauce if you prefer.
Salt and Black Pepper
Basil – You could also add a little garlic if you wanted to.
Mozzarella Cheese
Pepperoni
You’ll Also Need
If you are making your own sauce, you’ll need a small pan and a fork.
Apart from that you just need a chopping board, bread knife, spoon and your air fryer.
How to Air Fry Pizza Baguettes – Step-by-Step Instructions
Full, easy-to-follow instructions and quantities are available in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Step One
Place the tomatoes, basil and a good pinch of salt and pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat on the hob. Skip this if you are using store-bought pizza sauce.
Step Two
Bring to a simmer.
Step Three
Simmer for 10 minutes (reducing the heat if necessary for a gentle simmer) stirring occasionally.
Step Four
Remove from the heat and use a fork to mash out the lumps carefully.
Step Five
Leave to one side.
Step Six
Chop the baguette into 4 and cut each piece in half so you’ve got 8 pieces. Make sure you cut the bread to fit your air fryer. This might mean you have more or fewer pieces.
Step Seven
Spread each piece of baguette liberally with tomato.
Step Eight
Sprinkle on a liberal handful of cheese. I give it a little press into the cheese, to help secure it in place so it doesn’t blow off in the air fryer. The warm tomato sauce will help this too – the cheese will start to melt and stick straight away.
I don’t put my pepperoni on now. It would just blow off. I let the cheese cook for 90 seconds first, so that it’s soft and sticky, to hold the pepperoni in place.
Step Nine
Place as many as you can in the air fryer basket. They can be fairly squashed in. Actually, this will help to stop them from rolling over.
Step Ten
Air fry for 90 seconds at 200 degrees C. I don’t preheat.
Step Eleven
Remove the basket and carefully press a few pepperoni pieces on top of each piece of baguette. It will stick to the melted cheese, stopping it from blowing off in the air fryer.
Be very careful, it will all be very hot.
Step Twelve
Return to the air fryer and air fry for 2-3 minutes at 200 degrees C.
Step Thirteen
Carefully remove them from the basket. Be super careful, the sides will be hot. Use tongs if it’s easier.
Step Fourteen
Repeat with the remaining baguette. I cook in two batches. Be careful putting more in as the basket will still be hot.
Serving Suggestions
Pizza is funny really, isn’t it? It’s a full meal really. There’s bread, cheese, veggies and meat, it’s got it all. It’s big. You don’t need anything else. Yes, most of us do add extras.
The same is true of air-fried pizza bagels. It’s pretty filling.
But you can add things like potato wedges, salad or coleslaw.
Variations
Pizzas, whether big round traditional ones or a fun pizza baguette, the toppings are really up to you.
Add Different Toppings
I’ve stuck to basic cheese, tomato and pepperoni for this recipe. But you can add any of your favourite pizza toppings.
Use Homemade French Bread
Homemade French bread, or different bread entirely is fine too.
You can also use store-bought pizza sauce.
Leftovers
You can warm leftover pizza bagels up in the air fryer, microwave or oven. Or you can eat them cold.
Storage
Store your leftovers in the fridge for 1-2 days.
FAQ
Yes.
I add the cheese first and give it a minute or two to melt before adding the other toppings. This helps them to stick to the cheese and stops them blowing off in the air fryer. In the oven, you can do it either way.
Air fryer frozen French bread is doable. But this recipe isn’t for that.
Around 5 minutes.
Other Recipes
If you are looking for more air fryer recipes, you might want to try:
Air Fryer Pizza Baguettes
Ingredients
- 1 Baguette (400g)
- 400 g Chopped Tomatoes
- Pinch Salt and pepper
- 1 Tablespoon Dried Basil
- 250 g Mozzarella Cheese (grated)
- 60 g Pepperoni (cut into small pieces)
Instructions
- Place the tomatoes, basil and a good pinch of salt and pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat on the hob.
- Bring to a simmer.
- Simmer for 10 minutes (reducing the heat if necessary) stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the heat and use a fork to mash out the lumps carefully.
- Leave to one side.
- Chop the baguette into 4 (or portions that fit in your air fryer basket) and cut each piece in half so you’ve got 8 pieces.
- Spread each piece of baguette liberally with tomato.
- Sprinkle on a liberal handful of cheese.
- Place as many as you can in the air fryer basket (I do 4 pieces at a time)
- Air fry for 90 seconds at 200 degrees C.
- Remove the basket and carefully press a few pepperoni pieces on top of each piece of baguette. It will stick to the melted cheese, stopping it from blowing off in the air fryer.
- Return to the air fryer and air fry for 2-3 minutes at 200 degrees C.
- Carefully remove them from the basket.
- Repeat with the remaining baguette.
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Any nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate. The information is provided using an online calculator and is specific to my ingredients. Please make your own calculations if you want precise information.
