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These pizza enchiladas were born entirely from my indecisiveness – I can never decide whether I prefer Italian or Mexican cuisine. Italian is obviously amazing (the word ‘pizza’ is the only explanation needed here), but Mexican offers up all things spicy, cheesy, beany… It’s a really tough call.
Instead of having to choose, I often do the elegant thing and just smoosh the two together to make one super cuisine. It always works well – I end up with recipes such as pizza quesadillas, chilli mac, and Italian-style tostadas. I like to call it ‘Itexican’ (I don’t really, I totally just made that up, but I kind of like it).
My latest foray into Itexican food (does it sound less weird yet?) was these pizza enchiladas. They’re…
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