Ground Beef Pizza - Homemade Recipe
 
 
Ingredients
For making 1 large pizza crust
  • All purpose flour- 2 cups + ⅙ cup
  • Dry active yeast- 1⅛ tsp
  • Brown sugar or white sugar- ¼ tsp
  • Warm water- ¾ cup
  • Salt- ½ tsp
  • Olive oil- 1 tbsp
For making Ground beef sauce
  • Oil- 1 tbsp
  • Ground beef- ½ pound
  • Ginger-garlic paste- 2 tsp
  • Chili powder- 1 tsp
  • Cumin powder- ½ tsp
  • Coriander powder- 1 tsp
  • Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
  • Garam masala- ½ tsp
  • Tomato sauce, low sodium- 1 cup
  • Salt- to taste
  • Cilantro, chopped- 1 handful
Veggies
  • Green pepper, chopped thin long- 1
  • Red onion, chopped thin long- 1
  • Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
  • Salt- little
  • Tomato sauce- 2 tbsp
Other Ingredients
  • Cilantro, chopped (optional)- to garnish
  • Mozzarella cheese, grated- generous amount to sprinkle on the pizza.
Instructions
  1. Have all the ingredients ready and let's have some fun making homemade pizza.
  2. In a small bowl, combine yeast, warm water and sugar, let stand for 10 minutes.
  3. After 10 minutes, add the salt and oil to the yeast solution.
  4. In a large bowl, pour the yeast solution and slowly add the flour and knead.
  5. It will be sticky in the beginning, after you add the entire flour you'll find it easy to knead.
  6. Knead the dough well, it should be soft and smooth, don't add too much flour and make it a hard dough.
  7. Place the dough on a bowl greased with oil and cover the dough with a damp towel keep aside for 1 hour.
  8. Do not cover the dough with wet kitchen paper towels, after an hour it will be stuck to the dough and will be very hard to peel it off.
  9. In the meantime you could start making the topping and have everything ready.
  10. After an hour, the dough would have doubled in size.
  11. Combine the dough once again and let it sit for a minute.
Making the ground beef sauce
  1. Heat a large pan over medium heat, add oil.
  2. Add the ground beef and break the lumps, cook till the pink color has changed.
  3. Add ginger-garlic paste to it and saute for a minute.
  4. Now, add chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala, ground pepper and salt to it.
  5. Combine well and stir fry for a few minutes.
  6. Add tomato sauce and cook for a couple of minutes.
  7. Add chopped cilantro and combine to the sauce.
  8. Don't cook till the liquid dries out, it should be have a thick sauce constituency.
  9. Transfer the ground beef sauce to a bowl and keep aside.
  10. In the same pan used for cooking the ground beef, add the chopped veggies (you could even use mushrooms, jalapeno etc).
  11. Add ground pepper and salt to it and saute the veggies for 2 minutes.
  12. Add the tomato sauce and combine with the veggies.
  13. Don't over cook the veggies, it should be slightly tender, keep aside.
Rolling the pizza dough and topping it
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 F or 220 C.
  2. Grease the pizza pan with little olive oil.
  3. Place the dough over it and using your hands you could stretch the dough to a round shape or use a rolling pin to roll it.
  4. After rolling it, let it stand for 15 minutes on the pan.
  5. Grate grate grate the cheese, gently down the grater :)
  6. Spread the prepared ground beef sauce over the rolled dough evenly, top the veggies, sprinkle chopped cilantro and generously sprinkle mozzarella cheese over it.
  7. Bake for 20 minutes, keeping the pan on the lower rack of the oven until the cheese has melted and the curst has cooked well.
  8. Remove from the oven, slice it and indulge in it.
Notes
•While making ground beef sauce, you could season with your favorite seasonings and herbs.
•Top with your favorite veggies as well.
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/ground-beef-pizza-homemade-recipe/