Cheeseburger Pizza

We have been gearing up to show a sort of Pizza series on the blog so naturally we wanted to get a little extra creative with our choices of pizza. That’s how we landed on a cheeseburger pizza. It combines 2 of my favorite meals together .. who doesn’t love that idea?

Serving Size: 1 Large Pizza

Pizza Dough Ingredients

  • 250g Double (00) Zero Pizza Dough

  • 200ml Room Temperature Water

  • 7.5g Coarse Salt

  • 3g Yeast

Pizza Topping Ingredients

  • 1lb Lean Ground Beef

  • 1 Cup Cheddar Cheese, shredded

  • 1/2 Cup Mozza Cheese, shredded

  • 1/2 Cup Pizza Sauce

  • 1/2 Cup White Onion, chopped

  • 1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese, shredded

  • 1 Tomato, sliced then halved

  • 1-2 Pickles, sliced

  • 2 Tbsp. Corn Meal

  • 2-3 Tbsp. Olive Oil

  • 1-2 Tsp. Oregano

  • 1-2 Tsp. Garlic Powder

  • 1-2 Tsp. Pepper

  • 1 Tsp. Salt

Pizza Dough Directions

  • Add yeast to room temperature water and let bloom (may need to add 1 tsp of Sugar if you are unsure if the yeast is active).

  • Combine flour, salt and yeasty water together in stand mixer.

  • As soon as the dough is all incorporated, stop the stand mixer and let it rest for 30 minutes. Turn stand mixer back on for 7-10 minutes.

  • With no flour on the counter, form dough into a perfect ball ensuring the pinch at the bottom is rolled out. Put ball and cover in fridge for up to 3 days. When you are ready to use the dough portion out as desired and let the doughballs sit under damp towel at room temp for 30 minutes. Ratio to follow is 100% flour to 3% salt to 1% yeast. No sugar added unless you want quick/warm fermentation or you need to check if yeast is still good. You will need a little flour when you are ready to form the dough.

  • Pre-heat a pan on the stove and add the ground beef. Season lightly with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Cook fully through then set aside.

Pizza Directions

  • Pre-heat oven to 415F degrees.

  • Flour the counter, form the dough as desired then sprinkle the corn meal on a large baking sheet.

  • Lay the formed pizza dough on the baking sheet then begin adding toppings, starting with the sauce.

  • After the sauce alternate the ground beef, cheeses, tomato slices and white onion.

  • Sprinkle with a little pepper then brush the crust edges with oil and sprinkle with oregano.

  • Bake for 10-12 minutes then broil on LO for 12-14 minutes or until cheese is properly browned. You can either add the sliced pickles when there is 2 minutes left in broil or after the pizza has fully cooked.

Main DishesJessica DeRaaf