10 servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
Bread flour
Yellow cornmeal
Instant yeast
Sugar
Olive oil
Salted butter
Seasonings and herbs
Salt
Dried oregano
Dried basil
Dried thyme
Dried parsley
Granulated onion
Granulated garlic
Toppings
Medium-sized yellow onion
Garlic
2.2 ounces pepperoni slices
3.6 ounces ham slices
1/2 pound ground beef chuck
1/2 pound Italian sausage
1/2 pound thick cut bacon
Shredded parmesan cheese
Two 8 ounce packages (2 pounds) Mozzarella cheese
Tools you’ll need
Manual cheese grater or food processor with a cheese shredder attachment
Small food processor
Rolling pin
Pastry brush
16-inch diameter pizza pan
Preparation of ingredients
Toppings
Onion and garlic
Step 1- Chop half of a medium-sized yellow onion and press 2 cloves of garlic with a garlic press. You can also chop the garlic up really well with a knife until minced.
Ham slices and bacon slices
Step 2- Chop 3.6 ounces in weight of ham slices into medium-sized pieces. Place the ham pieces into a small bowl or container and place into fridge. Cut 8 ounces of thick cut bacon in half and set aside.
Mozzarella cheese
Step 3- Shred two 8 ounce packages of mozzarella cheese using the manual cheese shredder or using the food processor with the shredder attachment. Once you finish shredding the cheese, add it into a medium-sized bowl and place it into the fridge.
Marinara sauce
Step 4- Add 6 ounces tomato sauce, 3/4 cup water, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/4 teaspoon dried basil, 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme, 1/4 teaspoon dried parsley, 1/4 teaspoon granulated onion, 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic, and 1 teaspoon sugar to cut the acid of the tomato. Stir all ingredients together with a whisk until combined.
Preheat fire to medium heat.
Step 5- Add marinara sauce into a small pot. Stir all ingredients together. Cover the pot with a lid. Let simmer for 3 minutes stirring occasionally. Turn your fire off and add 1/2 tablespoon salted butter and allow the butter to melt. Stir all ingredients together. Let the marinara sauce cool completely.
Cooking the ground beef and Italian sausage
Preheat fire to medium heat.
Step 6- Add 1/2 pound ground beef chuck, 1/2 pound Italian sausage and 1/8 teaspoon salt into a large saucepan. Stir all ingredients together. Let saute for 6 minutes stirring occasionally. Once done turn your fire off. Add the cooked ground beef chuck and Italian sausage into a mesh strainer with a shallow bowl underneath it. Let the mixture cool completely.
Bacon strips
Step 7- Add 1/2 pound bacon strips into a large saucepan. Let sit for 1 minute. Stir all ingredients. Let sauté for 8 minutes stirring occasionally. Once done turn your fire off and place the bacon strips onto a serving dish lined with napkins. Let the bacon strips cool completely. Once the bacon strips have cooled, break the bacon strips into small bite sized pieces using your fingers and set aside.
Making the pizza dough
Step 8- Add 3 and 1/4 cups bread flour, 2 teaspoons instant yeast, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 2 teaspoons salt into a stand mixer bowl. Stir all ingredients together.
Step 9- Place the stand mixer bowl onto the mixer base. Add 1 and 1/3 cups warm water (Temp of the water should be 115 to 120 degrees F.) 2 tablespoons melted salted butter, and 2 tablespoons olive oil. Mix on a medium low speed or according to your stand mixer’s instructions on mixing doughs for 4 to 5 minutes. Once the mixing process is complete, the dough should be slightly sticky.
Forming and resting the dough
Step 10- Lightly flour the surface of your table. Add the dough on top of the table. Knead the dough for 2 minutes. Form the dough into a ball. Let the dough rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
Pizza pan
Step 11- Add 1 tablespoon olive oil onto the pizza pan. Spread the olive oil onto the pizza pan. Once done lightly sprinkle yellow cornmeal onto the pizza pan and set aside.
Rolling the dough out
Step 12- Press the dough down with your hands forming a flat circle. This will release the gases caused by the yeast. Roll the dough into a 20-inch thin circle using a rolling pin.
Step 13- Carefully lift the dough carefully from the top of table using your hands and transfer the dough onto the pizza pan. Once the dough is transferred onto the pizza pan, lift up the ends of the dough with your hands to allow air to escape from the pizza pan underneath it.
Step 14- Trim off the excess dough using kitchen scissors. Leave 1 or 1 and 1/2 inches of dough hanging from the edge of the pizza pan.
Step 15-Take the dough that’s hanging from the pizza pan and roll it under itself toward the edge of the pizza pan. Take your fingers and make indentation marks 1 inch from the edge of the pizza crust going inward.
Assembling your pizza
Preheat oven to 450-degrees F.
Step 16- Add marinara sauce onto the pizza dough. Spread the marinara sauce around the pizza dough as evenly as possible without spreading it onto the crust portion of the dough.
Step 17- Lightly sprinkle shredded parmesan cheese onto the marinara sauce. Add chopped onion, followed by a generous amount of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Save a very small amount of the shredded mozzarella cheese to add on top later.
Step 18- Add a generous amount of the cooked ground beef and Italian sausage on top of the shredded mozzarella cheese. Followed by the ham slices, bacon and pepperoni slices. Once done sprinkle the small amount of mozzarella cheese on top. Let the pizza sit for 5 minutes.
Baking your pizza
Step 19- Place your pizza into a preheated 450-degree oven on the middle rack for 13 to 15 minutes. Once done remove the pizza from the oven.
Garlic butter mixture
Step 20- Add 4 tablespoons melted salted butter and 2 cloves pressed or finely chopped garlic into a small food processor. Blend for 30 seconds.
Step 21- Generously brush the garlic butter mixture onto the pizza crust. you can also dap a small amount of the garlic butter on top of the pizza itself. Lightly sprinkle parmesan cheese on top of the pizza crust. Wait about 5 minutes and the pizza is ready to be served.
YouTube instructional video
