Pizza a Caballo (Pizza With Faina) Recipe

Pizza with salami, cheese and olives, pieces cut
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  • 3 hrs 45 mins
  • Prep: 3 hrs,
  • Cook: 45 mins
  • Yield: 1 pizza (8 servings)
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By Marian Blazes

Updated 04/08/18

A caballo means "on horseback" in Spanish, and when this expression is used to describe food, it means you'll find something good (most often a fried egg) served on top of something else, like fried egg on top of a steak (bistec a caballo).

Pizza a caballo is a slice of regular pizza (usually thick crust plain mozzarella pizza) topped with a thin slice of fainá, a garbanzo flatbread popular in Uruguay and Argentina. It sounds unusual but is quite delicious, kind of like a pizza sandwich.

What You'll Need

  • 1 12-inch cheese pizza (such as
  • fugazza)
  • 1 recipe
  • faína (prepared in a 12-inch pan)

How to Make It

  1. Cut pizza into slices.
  2. Top each slice of pizza with a generous slice of fainá.
  3. Enjoy!