About this post
Thank you for stopping by today. Today I will provide you the next step of yesterday’s pizza dough post and I am excited to announce that on 19 January at 13:30 UK time you can watch me via live stream on Facebook making this humble pie pizza.
The event on 19 January is the result of planning that did not go as expected during my live stream on 5 January 2025. By having this recipe you can follow along with me on the 19th.
As I said during my live stream on 5 January pizza is a journey. There is a lot of can do to vary it, to learn from it, and it is a great way to spend time with your children to create memories while teaching them a valuable skill.
The below video is from my live stream on 5 January and it will be one of the pizzas that I will make on 19 January. However, the other pizza its recipe will not be available until after the live stream.
Ingredients
To make this very delicious pizza you will need the following ingredients
1/2 lb (240g – 300g) of 20% fat mince beef. Alternatively you can use 240g – 300g of Italian Sausage.
1 large Green Pepper – chopped
1 medium to large (preferably) white but you can use a yellow onion. Sliced into rings
1 package of pepperoni
1 can Mutti Pizza Sauce Aromatic or Mutti Pizza Sauce Basil and Oregano
1 to 2 packages of 240g or 8 oz of Mozzarella Cheese
Pizza Dough earlier
some flour to use for rolling out the bread dough
Preheat over to 350 degrees or 180 – 200 degrees Celsius.
Tips regarding pizza ingredients
Regarding the mince, I have found 1/2 lb works well because it keeps the crust from getting soggy. However you can use up to a 1 lb of mince. If you wish to had a bit of spice to your mince, you can cook it with fennel seed or using taco seasoning. Alternatively, if you want a bit of spice to your pizza you can use Italian sausage.
If you are wondering why I have stated 20% fat mince this is because the high fat content retains the flavour more and works well if you season it. While there is nothing wrong with using mince with a lower fat content, I find I get the best results using 20%.
As for the pizza sauce, I recommend Mutti Pizza sauce because it is a very high quality sauce that rivals any sauce you can make at home. It gives a very authentic pizza sauce flavour and it is one of the few items I recommend you buy versus making it yourself.
Next, regarding the pizza dough. If you have prepared the dough in advance, take it out of the refrigerator and keep it covered. The dough should warm up to room temperature (about 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours) and after reaching room temperature the dough should be pressed down and allowed to rise again, for at least 15 minutes. Typically, pressing down the dough should occur right before you brown the mince.
Finally regarding the Mozzarella cheese. This is where you can make this pizza your own. I find how much cheese to add is a personal choice. Plus you can experiment with adding other cheeses like mild cheddar and Parmesan cheese.
Making the Pizza
This is a fairly quick pizza to make.
First you will need to season the mince as you like it, break it a part, and brown it. The mince should be relatively fine. Once fully cooked, drain the fat and let the mince cool down.
Next, if you have not already chop the green pepper and cut into very thin rings, the onion. Please note, if the rings are cut too think they will not cook all of the way through.
Open the pepperoni and cheese.
Now take a bit of flour and lightly brush your counter with it, very lightly dust your bread dough with it, and dust your rolling pin with it. Take the dough and roll it out to about 1/4″ for a thinner crust and up to 1/2″ thick for a thicker crust. Once rolled out, take the crust and transfer to the pizza pan.
Take a fork and pierce the dough in several spots and then place the dough into the preheated oven for about 5 minutes and wearing hot mits then take out. The dough and pan will be hot.
Add the pizza sauce to the dough. It is likely you will have some sauce remaining and it can be refrigerated for later use. Take a handful of mozzarella cheese and sprinkle on top of the sauce. Now add about 1/2 of the pepperoni covering the bottom of the pizza then add onions and green pepper. After adding the ingredients, liberally cover the top of the pizza with cheese and add more pepperoni.
Cook the pizza for 10 – 20 minutes until the cheese is brown and bubbling. The crust should be light to moderate brown. Once it has achieved its desired consistency take out the pizza. Due to it cooking at a high temperature, it will be hot so please use hot mittens to take out and let it cool up to 5 minutes to allow you to cut through.
Enjoy this easy to make and delicious pizza.
Time to make
To assemble and bake the pizza is approximately 30 minutes and cost will depend if you have all of the ingredients. Total cost for the ingredients, minus the pizza dough, would be between £8 – £12 or around £1 per slice.