Cheeseburger Pizza
Cheeseburger meet pizza. Pizza meet cheeseburger. A match made in heaven. Topped with gooey cheese, this rich hamburger pizza is paired with simple burger classics: ketchup, mustard, dill pickle and red onion. Running it through the garden with lettuce and tomatoes is optional!
- Prep Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 Minutes
- Total Time: About 1 hour and 30 minutes
- Yield: 1 12-to 14-inch pizza 1x
Ingredients
For Crust:
1 batch pizza dough (1-pound store bought or homemade recipe: Tyler Florence’s Pizza Dough or your favorite recipe)
All-purpose flour, for rolling pizza dough
For Pizza Toppings:
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 tsp. sesame seeds
1 pound ground hamburger*
2–6 ounce packages cheddar cheese slices (about 10 slices)
2–6 ounce packages havarti cheese slices (about 10 slices)
2 tbsp. (or more to taste) yellow mustard**
2 tbsp. (or more to taste) tomato ketchup**
1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced or diced
1/4–1/2 cup dill pickles, sliced, diced or relished
Instructions
If making homemade pizza dough, prepare the dough about 1-1/2 hours ahead of time.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. If using, place a baking stone or upside-down baking sheet in the oven to preheat. (This will help your pizza dough crisp during the bake.) Place a lightly floured sheet of parchment paper on a second upside down baking sheet (or pizza peel). You can also use a lightly olive-oiled pizza sheet.
Prepare the crust by stretching pizza dough on a lightly floured board into a 12- to 14-inch circle. (A larger circle equals thinner crust.) Transfer dough round to the parchment paper. Brush olive oil on the edges of the dough circle. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Set aside.
Cook hamburger over medium heat until no pink shows, about 4-5 minutes. Browned bits of hamburger add to the “burger” taste! To drain the grease from the cooked hamburger, transfer it using a slotted spoon to a paper-towel lined plate. Let cool for about 5 minutes.
Alternate half of the cheddar and havarti cheese slices evenly over the pizza dough. Leave a 1/2-inch border around the edges. Top cheese slices with hamburger. Spread or drizzle yellow mustard and ketchup over the hamburger. Top with remaining cheddar and havarti cheese slices.
Slide the prepared pizza off the parchment and onto baking stone or upside-down baking sheet. Bake for 13-15 minutes or until cheese is bubbling. Let cool slightly before sprinkling red onion and dill pickles over the top. Slice and serve.
Notes
*We prefer an 80/20 burger blend to achieve juicy burger goodness.
**Additional yellow mustard and ketchup can be drizzled over the top of pizza slices. Feel free to add shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, jalapeños, or bacon as well.
Tyler Florence’s recipe makes enough dough for three 12-inch pizzas. I divide the dough in half, using one-half for this Cheeseburger Pizza recipe. The second-half of dough can be frozen for later use. When needed, thaw the frozen dough to room temperature and roll according to the recipe.
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