McMoe's "French Fries Pizza"

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 750 g French fries, frozen
• 75 g cherry tomatoes
• 100 Salami (Pepper Salami)
• 125g mozzarella
• 50 g Parmesan
• 2 stalks of basil
• some sea salt
• some paprika powder
• some herbs of Provence, dried
• 100 ml salsa (tomato chili sauce)
• 1 ½ liters of frying oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

Heat the frying oil in a large pot to 140°C and pre-fry the fries in batches for about 4 minutes. Then remove and drain on kitchen paper. Set the pot with the frying oil aside. We’ll need it later. Rinse, trim, and halve the cherry tomatoes. Thinly slice the pepperoni salami. Drain the mozzarella and tear it into small pieces, or pat it dry and then dice it finely. Finely grate the Parmesan cheese. Rinse the basil, shake it dry, and pluck the leaves from the stems. Preheat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan-assisted). Reheat the frying oil in the pot to 175°C and fry the fries in batches for about 5 minutes. Then remove them, drain briefly on kitchen paper, and then place them in a bowl, seasoning them with sea salt, paprika, and, if desired, some Provençal herbs, and mixing well. Place the fries in a baking dish and sprinkle with the pepperoni and salami slices, halved cherry tomatoes, pieces of mozzarella, and finely grated Parmesan. Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 to 15 minutes. Then remove them and serve garnished with the basil leaves. Serve with the salsa. Note: If you have a deep fryer, you can of course prepare the fries in that as well. If you don’t have one and aren’t confident about frying the fries in a pot (a cooking thermometer is helpful for checking the right temperature), you can of course also prepare the fries in the oven, but turn them over halfway through and add a little olive oil, i.e. drizzle it over, before the fries turn golden yellow.