Grass-Fed Beef and Bacon Pizza

Recipe Description:

I call this my “meat lovers” pizza. It is delicious and satisfying. The caramelized onions add a lovely sweetness to the savory meat toppings. It gets rave review wherever I serve it!

Prep Time: 45 Minutes

Cook Time: 10 Minutes

Servings: 8 slices of pizza

Difficulty: Moderate

Recipe Ingredients:

1 large homemade pizza crust (here's a soaked pizza crust and here's a sourdough pizza crust)

2 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

1 Tablespoon grass-fed butter

2 medium red onions

2 garlic cloves

8 slices traditionally cured, smoked bacon

1/2 pound grass-fed ground beef

Unrefined sea salt

freshly ground black pepper

1 cup homemade tomato-based pizza sauce

3 cups grated mozzarella cheese

Recipe Instructions:

Prepare your pizza crust and sprinkle the pizza pan with corn meal (adds a pleasant crunch but is optional).

Preheat the oven to 475 degrees F. and bake the crust for 6 minutes on a pizza pan or baking sheet. Remove from oven. This step will prevent the crust from getting soggy.

Peel and dice the onions. Peel and mince the garlic.

In a cast iron skillet, melt together the butter and olive oil on medium/low heat. Add the vegetables.

Saute the onions and garlic, stirring often, until the onions are very tender and browning nicely. These will be "caramelized" onions.

Move the vegetables to the outside edges of the pan and add the ground beef. Chop it up and cook, stirring together with the onions, until it is all browned, but not crispy. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Drain the beef and vegetables well on paper towels.

Dice the bacon and fry it in the same pan until it is getting crispy. Drain well on paper towels.

Now it is time to assemble the pizza. The oven needs to be pre-heated at 475 degrees F.

Spread the sauce on the pre-baked crust to within 1 inch of the edge all around.

Distribute the meat toppings evenly all over the sauce.

Spread the shredded mozzarella all over the toppings.

Bake until the cheese is melted and beginning to brown a little. Start with 8 minutes in the oven and watch it carefully. Don't let it bake until the cheese is brown all over... just until it begins to brown.

Remove from oven and cut into slices with a pizza cutter or sharp knife.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes and then serve!

This pizza may be assembled, carefully wrapped and frozen for later use. Allow to thaw at room temperature for 1 hour before baking.

Author: loves2spin

I am a happily married woman (42 years), mother of 6 and grandmother of 14. I am interested in many things, and love teaching what I know. I have an in-home sewing business, am an avid gardener and teach piano lessons..and I'm a Mormon. View all posts by loves2spin

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