Cheeseburger pizza
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + proving
- Easy
- Makes 2 pizzas
Ingredients
- 250g strong white bread flour
- 1 tsp (from a sachet) fast-action yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 300g minced beef
- ½ tsp celery salt
- ½ tsp garlic granules
- a good pinch dried chilli flakes
- 200g emmental, grated
- 200g mozzarella block, grated
- 1 red onion, sliced into thin rings
PIZZA SAUCE
- 400g tin cherry tomatoes, drained
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
BURGER SAUCE
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- finely diced to make 2 tbsp gherkins
- 1 tbsp American mustard
Method
- STEP 1
Put the flour, yeast and 1 tsp of sea salt in a bowl. Measure out 125ml warm water then stir in the sugar and 2 tbsp olive oil. Add to the flour, mixing until it forms a dough. Tip onto a lightly oiled worksurface and knead for 10 minutes until smooth.
- STEP 2
Put in a clean, lightly oiled bowl, cover and leave to prove somewhere warm for 1 hour.
- STEP 3
To make the pizza sauce, whizz the drained cherry tomatoes, garlic, sugar, tomato ketchup and 1 tbsp olive oil in a small food processor until smooth.
- STEP 4
To make the toppings, fry the minced beef in 1 tbsp of olive oil with the celery salt, garlic granules, chilli flakes and some black pepper.
- STEP 5
To make the burger sauce, mix the mayo, 1 tbsp of the gherkins and mustard with 1 tbsp of juice from the gherkin jar, and season.
- STEP 6
Knock the dough back and divide into 2. Roll and gently pull each piece out into a thin 28cm pizza on a sheet of baking paper.
- STEP 7
Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put 2 heavy baking sheets on shelves near the top of the oven and leave them to heat for at least 10 minutes.
- STEP 8
To finish the pizzas, spread 2-3 tbsp of the tomato sauce over each (freeze any leftovers). Top with beef, cheeses, onion rings and a drizzle of olive oil. Cook for 8 -10 minutes or until the base is crisp and the cheeses golden. Drizzle with the burger sauce and the rest of the diced gherkins before serving.