Ground Beef Pizza
Sounds really good and is a change up from the thick (think lots of fillings) pizzas that I normally make. On my to cook list. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Notes section.
Equipment
- Baking Sheets (2)
- Oven
Ingredients
- 1 package active dry yeast, or 2¼ teaspoons from a bottle
- ¾ cup warm water
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon oil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 250 grams ground beef, (8 oz)
- 1 cup pasta sauce, Shortcut
- 2 cups Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add the warm water and sugar and stir to dissolve the sugar, then sprinkle in the yeast and stir in until that is dissolved. Let this stand for 5 minutes.
- Mix together the flour and salt then mix in the oil. When 5 minutes have passed, add the flour mixture to the yeast mixture and stir to form a soft dough. Turn out dough onto a floured work surface and kneed for about 5 minutes until dough is soft and elastic.
- Shape dough into a ball and place on a lightly oiled baking sheet, flatten lightly. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
- While the dough is rising, cook the ground beef in a non stick skillet and break it up as it cooks, season with salt pepper as desired. Drain then add the pasta sauce to the ground beef and mix together.
- Heat your oven to 250° C (480° F). Divide the dough into 4 equal parts, pat each one into about a 7 inch circle. Should be able to put 2 on each baking sheet.
- Top each pizza with ¼ of the meat sauce, then ¼ of the Mozzarella. Bake for about 18 to 20 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden brown. Remove from oven, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Serve.
Notes
Figure about 170 Baht for the Mozzarella cheese, the beef about 50 Baht for 250 grams. For 6 servings, this is about $1.08 per serving, depending on the toppings you wish to add, this will increase the cost per serving.
Shortcut: Pasta Sauce.
Variants: 1. Add toppings of your choice, such as sliced bell pepper, onion, cooked bacon, cooked Italian sausage, chopped spring onion, slice green olives, pepperoni, etc. 2. Change the Mozzarella to a different cheese, like a 4 blend cheese.
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