Deconstructed Cheeseburger Pizza
Friday night at our house is always pizza night. We like a variety of pizzas, and I am always looking for new and exciting pizza flavor combinations to keep it interesting. When I think of combinations I have done in the past: BBQ chicken, margherita pizza, pepperoni, sausage, supreme pizza, BBQ white sauce pizza, prosciutto and arugula pizza, sausage and apple pizza, pizza with potato slices on it. I even make my own pizza sauce from scratch. However, I have never made a hamburger pizza. I have seen posts on hamburger pizza, but never thought it would appeal to me. Which is odd, because I like all the components that would go on one. Last night OMG I created the best cheeseburger pizza I have ever tasted. The combination of ketchup and Worcestershire sauce for the pizza sauce adds a sweet tomatoey umami experience, balanced against the tart pickle chips and tanginess of the yellow mustard wakes up the entire palate. 
I used my own pizza dough that added a nice pillowy soft crust underneath the ground sirloin, onions and cheese blend. I used a Mexican cheese blend that contains (Monterey jack, asadero, cheddar and queso quesadilla). I included a fresh vine tomato from my own organic garden.
This recipe creation was a hit and will go into my recipe box and worthy of sharing.
Ingredients
- 1/3 pound ground sirloin
- 1/2 cup diced yellow onion
- 1 medium tomato diced
- 1/2 cup Mexican blend cheese
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 10-15 slices hamburger dill pickle chips
- 1 ball pizza dough
- 1-2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon Minced Garlic
- For: 2 slices
- Preparation: 30 min
- Cooking: 35 min
- Ready in: 1 h 5 min
Instructions
- Preheat pizza stone on bottom rack of oven to 500 degrees for at least 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile brown the ground sirloin with the diced yellow onion on medium heat. Break apart ground sirloin while cooking into smaller pea size pieces. When completely brown turn off the burner and set aside on a cool burner.
- Make the “pizza sauce” by mixing the ketchup and the Worcestershire sauce.
- Roll out the pizza dough to form a 10-inch circle and place on parchment paper lined pizza peel or baking sheet.
- Brush the crust with a light coating of olive oil and spread minced garlic over the olive oil.
- Turn the oven down to 450 degrees and place parchment paper with pizza dough on preheated stone and par bake for 7 minutes.
- Remove the crust from the oven with baking sheet or pizza peel. Spread the ketchup sauce over the top of the pizza.
- Add meat and onion mixture and then sprinkle the cheese around the top.
- Place back in oven on pizza stone and bake for another 7 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top with diced tomatoes and arrange pickle chips on top. Place back in oven and bake for another 2 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes and drizzle yellow mustard around the top. Cut into 8 slices and enjoy!
- Per serving
- Energy: 268 kcal / 1120 kJ
- Fat: 13 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Carbs: 32 g
