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Ground Beef Pizza – Homemade Recipe

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Goodbye to
restaurant
style pizzas,
I really mean
it…

I made this
pizza last
night around
10pm. I had
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with ground
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beef sauce
triggered me Main Dish
last night all
Quick Fix Meals
of a sudden.
I had no Vegetarian
other choice Hubby's Corner
but to
Gluten Free
execute my
idea. Each Kids Corner
step I did
with so Cuisines
much
passion and Indian
waited so Kerala
eagerly to
have a bite American
of this pizza. Fusion
As the pizza
Italian
came out
perfectly baked with a soft crust and the ground beef topping on it along with the North Indian
melted golden cheese on it, the mere sight of it made me go wild. I screamed out of Indo-Chinese
joy and I burned my tongue out of greed. I couldn’t stop admiring the pizza and today
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when I shared the pizza with my co-workers, they couldn’t stop admiring too.
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When it came to top the pizza crust, I went a little overboard and made ground beef
sauce.Topped the crust with the ground beef and then with veggies, generously Middle Eastern

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sprinkled mozzarella cheese and baked it in the oven for 20 minutes. For the entire 20 Mediterranean
minutes, I literally peeped into the oven window and enjoyed the amazing show of
Europeon
crust puffing up, ground beef getting browned and the cheese getting melted, what a
divine pleasure it was!!!
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Ground beef pizza

Makes: 1 large pizza

Ingredients:

For making 1 large pizza crust:

All purpose flour- 2 cups + 1/6 cup

Dry active yeast- 1 1/8 tsp
Brown sugar or white sugar- 1/4 tsp
Warm water- 3/4 cup
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Olive oil- 1 tbsp

For making Ground beef sauce:

Oil- 1 tbsp
Ground beef- 1/2 pound
Ginger-garlic paste- 2 tsp
Chilly powder- 1 tsp
Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder- 1 tsp
Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
Garam masala- 1/2 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- 1/4 tsp
Salt- little
Tomato sauce- 2 tbsp

Other Ingredients:

Cilantro, chopped (optional)- to garnish

Mozzarella cheese, grated- generous amount to sprinkle on the pizza.

Instruction

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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 l, 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 if 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.

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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 chilly 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.

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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.

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5. Grate grate grate the cheese, gently down the grater

Spread the prepared ground beef sauce over the rolled dough evenly, top 6. 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.

Most

importantly don’t forget to express your happiness, here are some of the ways:

1. Scream out of joy, don’t worry even if you annoy your neighbors you could later
share the pizza with them and they’ll accompany you in screaming.
2. By doing cheer dancing moves, nobody is going to sneak on you even if someone
did, who cares, right?
3. If you are brave enough, go outside, just scream out loud and let everyone
know that you just baked the best pizza ever.

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Now, you tell me what exactly have you done, I am all ears and already embracing
your weirdness!!!

Tips:

While making ground beef sauce, you could season with your favorite seasonings
and herbs.
Top with your favorite veggies as well.

Ground Beef Pizza – Homemade Recipe

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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
Chilly 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 l, 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 if 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 chilly 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.

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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.
9. Most importantly don’t forget to express your happiness, here are some of the
ways:
10. Scream out of joy, don’t worry even if you annoy your neighbors you could later
share the pizza with them and they’ll accompany you in screaming.
11. By doing cheer dancing moves, nobody is going to sneak on you even if someone
did, who cares, right?
12. If you are brave enough, go outside, just scream out loud and let everyone know
that you just baked the best pizza ever.
13. Now, you tell me what exactly have you done, I am all ears and already embracing
your weirdness!!!

Notes
•While making ground beef sauce, you could season with your favorite seasonings and
herbs.
•Top with your favorite veggies as well.

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E ls a • a year ago
lovely...i like all ur preparations
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S Zarhay • 2 years ago

very nice pizza
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