CHEESEBURGER PIZZA

My hubby and I are getting bored with Hawaiian Pizza. We are too often making Hawaiian Pizza in the past. Until one morning when my hubby bought cheeseburger from BK drive-thru before we went to church, and I helped him to open the burger's wrapper *yea, he is driving and eating to save time ;)* suddenly this crazy idea came across my mind....CHEESEBURGER PIZZA!

At that time, I was thinking why can't I transform a cheeseburger into a pizza? It must be taste good, especially cheeseburger is a common food in America and 99% people in this world like cheeseburger. I just can't wait to implement this idea into a real pizza *oh uh...don't worry I still pay lots of attention and concentration on the preaching ;)*

First of all, I listed down what is the ingredients are needed in a cheeseburger. Of course there will be beef patty, sweet pickles, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, mayonnaise and mustard. Then, to make it merrier I decided to add olives and pizza sauce as pizza without pizza sauce equivalent incomplete.



Surprisingly, it tasted really good! It just different than other pizza which is using canadian bacon, ham or pepperoni. I used ground beef instead of all those deli's meats.

My hubby's comments? He likes it! He said, "I never heard nor imagine of cheeseburger pizza before. And this is really good sweetie!". And I just simply smiling with satisfaction after I heard his comments and compliments :)



Cheeseburger Pizza

Ingredients:
1 homemade thin crust pizza (or store bought pizza crust)
1 lb ground beef
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/4 tsp of salt and pepper
Oil for stir frying
4 whole dill sweet pickles, thinly sliced
1 onion, diced
1/4 cup sliced olives
2 heaps tbsps mayonnaise
1 heaps tbsp mustard

Cheese Mixture:
1 cup Monterey Jack Cheese
2 cups Mozarella Cheese

Pizza Sauce:
3/4 cup ketchup
1 tbsp dill sweet pickles' juice
2 tbsps pizza seasoning
1 tbsp oregano
3 tbsps Splenda Sweetener (or 1 tbsp granulated sugar)

Fresh Toppings:
1 roma tomatoes, seeded and small diced
1 leave romaine lettuce, small shredded

Preparation:
For The Beef Topping:
Saute garlic with olive oil until fragrant. Saute in ground beef until brown. Add in salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.

For The Pizza Sauce:
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and boil it over medium high heat. Let it cool before use.

Finishing:
Preheat the oven at 500F. Grease a pizza pan 14". Lay the pizza dough on the pan. Prick it with fork. Spread the mayonnaise and mustard on the pizza dough evenly. Spread the pizza sauce evenly. Sprinkle it with 1/2 of cheese mixture. Add onion, olives, cooked beef, and the remaining cheese. Top it with dill sweet pickles.
Bake it for 12 minutes. Remove it from the oven. Sprinkle it with tomatoes and lettuce before you cut the pizza.

THIN CRUST CHICKEN GORGONZOLA PIZZA

Don't you feel bored making the same pizza all the time? I do. That's why after making hawaiian pizza with thick crust all the time, then this time *yesterday to be exact* I made some experiment. I tried to make a new crust and topping recipe.

Thin crust from Kitchen Simplicity was my choice this time. The original recipe was made from AP flour, then I changed it into half AP flour half whole wheat flour. And for the topping, I tried the combination of chicken, cilantro and gorgonzola cheese with mayonnaise and mustard sauce *honestly, those are the only ingredients left in my fridge :)*

Surprisingly, the outcome of my experiment is really good! The crust is perfect *my hubby liked the thin crust more than the thick one now :)*, and the topping and sauce really made a perfect combination. I guess, this recipe is my to-be-true-recipe :).



Thin Crust Chicken Gorgonzola Pizza

Ingredients:
Pizza Crust:
1 cup warm water
1 Tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 tsp. yeast
2 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbsps. apple cider vinegar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups whole wheat flour

Pizza Sauce:
1-1/2 cups mayonnaise
1/4 cup mustard
1 Tbsp. sugar (I used 2 tbsps. splenda)
1 Tbsp. garlic powder
1 Tbsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1-1/2 tsp. oregano
2 tsp. pizza seasoning

Toppings:
2 pieces chicken fillet, boiled and shredded
1/2 red onion, sliced
1 can black olives, sliced
3/4 cup cilantro leaves, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup crumbled gorgonzola cheese
1-1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Preparation:
For Pizza Crust:
Mix all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Stir together water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast over top. Let proof for 10 min.
Stir in oil, salt, vinegar and 2 cups flour mixture until well incorporated.
Add additional flour mixture and knead until pliable and barely sticky. If you use standing mixer, set the speed at speed 2 and beat it with dough attachment until pliable and barely sticky.
Place in a greased bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
Once doubled, punch it down.
Roll and stretch the dough to cover a 14-inch ungreased pizza pan. Cover with pizza sauce and toppings of choice.
Bake at 500ºF for 10-12 min. until browned and bubbly.

For Pizza Sauce:
In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Stir until well combined. Heat it over medium heat until bubbly. Turn off the heat and set aside.

For Assemble:
Lay the pizza dough to cover a 14-inch ungreased pizza pan. Prick the dough with fork. Cover the dough with pizza sauce and toppings. Bake in preheated oven at 500F for 10-12 minutes until browned and bubbly.

CANADIAN BACON PINEAPPLE-HAWAIIAN PIZZA

Last week, when my hubby and I went to late shopping at Walmart, we saw this pizza pan. It said, by using this pan, it will make your pizza crust alot crispier. So, we (especially me) were tempted to buy one. And, it's true. I baked this-time-pizza with this new pan, and the crust is really crispy! I like it *also my hubby*.



I copy and paste the photo of pizza pan from here

The best thing making pizza by yourself is you can put lots of toppings which you can't find it if you buy it at pizza restaurant. So,since I like pineapple alot, I made Hawaiian pizza which is using pineapple as topping. Also, I used pastrami-bacon as the only meat :). For the crust, I combined all-purpose flour and whole wheat flour. I love cooking, so I tried to make it as healthy as possible :).

Don't worry, this pizza crust recipe is easy to make. You don't need extra energy to slam it down (which usually needed when you knead bread dough) on kneading process. You just make sure the dough is fully rise before you bake it :).

So, dare to try? ;)



Canadian Bacon Pineapple-Hawaiian Pizza

Ingredients:
For Pizza Crust:
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 cup of whole wheat flour
1 cup of luke-warm water (110F)
1 tbsp of salt
1 tbsp of sugar (Belzy -- I skipped it)
1 tbsp of yeast
2 tbsp of oil (the best less fat oil: olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil)
Extra oil to grease the bowl
Parchment paper
Pizza pan

Topping:
Pastrami/Salami bacon ham, sliced
Button mushroom, sliced
1 can of pineapple, sliced and separate it from the juice (we will use the juice for sauce base)
Homemade hawaiian style pizza sauce base*
Bell pepper, diced
Onion, diced
Shredded mozarella or cheddar cheese

Homemade hawaiian style pizza sauce base:
1 can of pineapple juice
150ml to 200ml of tomato ketchup
1 tbsp of oregano
1 tbsp of pizza base mix (you can find it at herbs aisle)
Sugar and salt, to taste (hawaiian sauce base is sweet)

Directions:
For Pizza Crust:
Mix all purpose flour, whole wheat flour, salt and sugar (if desire) in a bowl, mixed well. Mix in water and oil, until dry ingredients are all wet, then add in yeast. Knead the dough until elastic or until the dough rise up again when you pinch it.

Brush a new bowl with oil slightly, then move the dough into the greasy bowl. Cover it with clingwrap plastic or a clean towel. Let it rest until double size. Do not put the bowl near the stove!!

After the dough doubled in size, slowly push the dough down to let the air go. Shape the dough into round form and cover it with clingwrap plastic or clean towel again. Let it rest for 1 hour.

Then, if you want to make big pizza, roll the whole dough on the greasy parchment paper into square or round form, but if you want to make small pizza, you need to divide the dough into 3 round of crust base).

Finishing:
Spread the homemade hawaiian style pizza sauce base on the rolled dough, sprinkle it with mozarella cheese and make sure the cheese cover the whole dough's surface, then followed by bell pepper, onion, mushroom, pineapple and pastrami bacon ham. Then, top it with more mozarella cheese.

Bake it in the preheated 350F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until the crust a little bit rised and brown. Dish it out and cut it into 8 pieces pizza. Enjoy!!


Note:
1. The thinner you roll the crust, the crispier your pizza will be.
2. For the pizza sauce base, you can buy a ready pizza sauce base at supermarket.

HOMEMADE ITALIAN PIZZA

Woohoooo.....I made pizza!! That's awesome!! And this is my very first experience baking pizza by MYSELF!! I'm so happy when I took out the pizza from the oven, the crust rised up so well, also it tasted really good and mellow!!

Really, this recipe is worthed to try! :). Many thanks to my dear friend Chizzy for sharing this wonderful easy recipe :).

Homemade Italian Pizza

Ingredients:

For Pizza Crust:

3 cups of all-purpose flour

1 cup of luke-warm water

1 tbsp of salt

1 tbsp of sugar (Belzy -- I skipped it)

1 tbsp of yeast

2 tbsp of oil (the best less fat oil: olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil)

Extra oil to grease the bowl

Parchment paper

Topping:

Pepperoni of Salami

Button mushroom

Olive

Homemade pizza sauce base*

Shredded mozarella cheese

Homemade pizza sauce base:

5 tbsps of tomato ketchup

1 tbsp of oregano

1 tbsp of garlic powder

1/4 tsp of sugar

Directions:

For Pizza Crust:

Mix all purpose flour, salt and sugar (if desire) in a bowl, mixed well. Stir in water and oil, stir well and add in yeast. Mix those ingredients by hand until elastic or until the dough rise up again when you pinch it.

Brush a new bowl with oil slightly, then move the dough into the greasy bowl. Cover it with clingwrap plastic or a clean towel. Let it rest until double size. Do not put the bowl near the stove!!

After the dough doubled in size, slowly push the dough down to let the air go. Shape the dough into round form and cover it with clingwrap plastic or clean towel again. Let it rest for 1 hour.

Then, if you want to make big pizza, roll the whole dough on the greasy parchment paper into square or round form, but if you want to make small pizza, you need to divide the dough into 3 round of crust base).

Finishing:

Spread the homemade pizza sauce base on the rolled dough, sprinkle it with mozarella cheese and make sure the cheese cover the whole dough's surface, then followed by mushroom, olive and salami. Then, sprinkle the pizza with more mozarella cheese.

Bake it in the preheated 400`F oven for 10-12 minutes or until th ecrust little bit rised and brown. Dish it out and cut it into 8 pieces pizza. Enjoy!!

Note:

1. The thinner you roll the crust, the more crispy the pizza will be.

2. For the pizza sauce base, you can buy a ready pizza sauce base at supermarket.