A few months back I saw a commercial for a bacon cheeseburger pizza and thought, I bet I could make a version of that at home. So I ran the idea by my husband and bounced some ideas off of him. Then on our next pizza night I made my version of a bacon cheeseburger pizza and it was hit. I loved the flavor the dill pickle relish added to the pizza, but then again I love dill pickles.
Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups bread flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- cornmeal
- 1/2 pound ground turkey
- black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
- 4 slices turkey bacon, cooked and crumbled
- red onion, thinly sliced
- dill pickle relish, drained
- In the bowl of a stand mixer dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let sit for about 5 minutes or until the mixture foams.
- In a large bowl combine the flour and salt.
- When the yeast is ready, turn on the mixer, with the dough hook attached, and slowly add in the flour. Knead until the dough forms a smooth ball, about 5-10 minutes.
- Coat dough with olive oil, return to bowl, cover and let rise in a warm spot for 1-2 hours or until the dough doubles in size.
- Punch down the dough, cover it and let sit in the refrigerator overnight.
- Preheat oven with pizza stone in it to 500º F.
- Remove the dough from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature for 2 hours to warm up.
- In a skillet cook ground turkey and season with black pepper. Drain if needed.
- On a lightly floured surface roll the dough ball into thin crust, about 10 inches. Place the pizza dough on a pizza peel that is sprinkled with cornmeal.
- Spread the pizza sauce onto the dough and top with cooked ground turkey.
- Sprinkle the pizza with both cheeses and bacon. Add desired amount of onion slices and pickle relish.
- Transfer pizza to the preheat pizza stone and bake for 5-10 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
Serves: 4
Calories: 543
Total Fat: 24.8g
Saturated: 9.5g
Polyunsaturated: 0.9g
Monounsaturated: 6.3g
Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 85.6mg
Sodium: 1,019.9mg
Potassium: 62.7mg
Total Carbs: 46.3g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 3g
Protein: 32.8g
Vitamin A: 5.2%
Vitamin C: 9.3%
Calcium: 12.4%
Iron: 21.4%
*The nutritional information will vary slightly depending on the brands you use.
