This Cheeseburger Pizza is made with an Overnight Pizza Dough. Hand Tossed & Sauced with a Quick Tomatoes sauce that delivers the perfect Cheeseburger Flavors. Topped with Beef, Bacon, Onions, Mozzarella Cheese blend, with a bit of Cheddar. For Pickle Lovers, add some Pickles to the Pizza to give that finishing touch.
Servings: 1 Pizza
Equipment
- 1 Pizza Stone
- 1 Pizza Screen
- 1 Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 M-L Pizza Dough - Overnight Pizza Dough or the Classic Hand-Tossed Pizza Dough
- As Desired Quick Tomato Sauce
- 1/2 lb Ground Beef
- 1 small Onion - Diced
- 3-4 strips Bacon - Chopped/Minced
- As Desired Mozzarella Cheese Blend - 3:1 Mozza to Provolone or just Mozzarella
- Handful Cheddar Cheese
Instructions
- Preparation: Prepare the Pizza Dough the day before. Roughly at the same time, you plan on cooking the pizzas the next day.Prepare the Quick Tomato Sauce and refrigerate overnight. Day of — Prepare the Cheese & Onions. Mince the Bacon.Preheat the oven to the highest setting it will go. With 1 rack positioned at the bottom with a pizza stone and another in the middle.
- Cook the Bacon: Place the minced bacon into the pan over medium heat and cook until it starts to crisp up. Strain out the grease and save for other recipes, and set aside the bacon.
- Cook the Ground Beef: Cook ground beef just until browned, in the same pan set over medium high heat, with a splash of Worcestershire. Set it aside until ready to top the pizzas.
- Assembly: Stretch the Pizza Dough and transfer to a pizza screen. Top in the following order;Quick Tomato SauceGround BeefBaconOnionsPickles if addingMozza CheeseCheddar CheeseTransfer the Pizza to the middle rack and cook using the 413 Pizza Cook Method.
- 413 Pizza Cook Method:4 Minute Cook: Transfer to the oven to cook for precisely 4 minutes in the middle rack position.1 Adjustment: At the 4-minute mark (3 minutes of cook time remaining), immediately place the oven on broil. Remove the Pizza from the Screen or Pan to come in direct contact with the pizza stone on the bottom rack position. Flip it around so that the front is now facing the back.3 Minute Broil: Broil for 3 minutes. Immediately take the oven off of Broil and back on to the highest setting if doing more pizzas. Then transfer the Pizza back to the Pizza Screen or Pan and remove. Slice the pizza and set aside to cool before serving.
Notes
Additional Toppings: Along with Pickles which are very nice to include, you can also include Diced Tomatoes, Mushrooms, or Jalapeños for a kick of heat.
Garlic Sauce: Use the Special Garlic Sauce to brush the Pizza before saucing. The Garlic Sauce can also be used to dip your pizza crust into.