This Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza recipe combines the best of burger night and pizza night to create a pizza that will satisfy both cravings! Featuring a red sauce base topped with all the classic cheeseburger fixings, a generous amount of crunchy bacon, a drizzle of tangy burger sauce, and a sesame seed crust that mimics a delicious sesame burger bun.
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Toppings for Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
To create the perfect Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza, gather these toppings:
- Tomato Sauce: Swap the ketchup typically found on a cheeseburger for red pizza sauce.
- Sesame seeds: Mimic the sesame seed bun by sprinkling sesame seeds around the edge of the crust.
- Shredded cheese: Opt for your favorite meltable cheese. I prefer Colby-jack, but cheddar or mozzarella are both great choices too.
- Hamburger meat: I prefer ground beef, but ground turkey is also a great option if you prefer it.
- Bacon: Choose traditional pork bacon or try turkey bacon for a different twist.
- Tomato slices: For the tomato slices, try using ripe and juicy tomatoes for a burst of freshness.
- Pickle slices: Add extra pickles if you're a pickle enthusiast!
- Onion: Experiment with white, yellow, red, or scallions for added flavor.
- Burger sauce: Top the pizza with a drizzle of burger sauce after baking.
Choosing the Right Pizza Crust
I prefer to use this Easy Same-Day Pizza Dough recipe to make this Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza. This homemade pizza dough has the perfect amount of chewy texture to complement this gourmet pizza and works especially well if you like thin-crust or hand-stretched pizza.
However, if you have a go-to pizza crust recipe that you love, feel free to use it. Alternatively, if convenience is a priority, pre-made dough from the store can also be a great choice.
The Best Temperature to Bake Pizza
For a perfectly golden crust and caramelized toppings, the hotter the oven the better. So, simply put, the best baking temperature for pizza is generally the hottest temperature your oven can offer.
Many professional pizzerias keep their ovens heated to 800 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, but most home ovens only reach temperatures between 500-550 degrees Fahrenheit so this recipe is created with those constraints in mind.
I bake my homemade pizzas at 500 degrees Fahrenheit / 260 degrees Celcius and get wonderful results. If your oven tops out at 450 degrees Fahrenheit / 232 degrees Celcius, I have tested that temp many times over as well and it works well, though you’ll want to plan on a few extra minutes in the oven, especially if your pizza has a thick layer of toppings.
Reheating Pizza Leftovers
When it comes to reheating this delicious Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza, two methods ensure a crisp crust while remelting the cheese:
Oven Method:
Place the pizza on a sheet pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit / 175 degrees Celcius for about 10 minutes or until warmed through and crispy.
Stovetop Method:
Set the pizza in a cast-iron pan over medium-low heat. Cook until the crust reaches the desired crispness. If the cheese isn’t melted enough for your taste you can add a few drops of water to the pan (away from the pizza) and cover the pan for a minute or two to allow the steam to melt the cheese further.
What tools do I need to make Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza?
- A kitchen scale or measuring cups (for less precise measurements)
- Measuring spoons
- A cutting board
- A chef’s knife
- A cheese grater
- A skillet
- A wooden or silicone spatula
- A plate lined with paper towels
- A baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- A rolling pin (only if you prefer an evenly thick pie) otherwise your hands are your best tool
- A small mixing bowl
- A spoon or spatula (to spread the sauce)
- A pizza wheel
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Delicious Pizza Varieties to Inspire Your Next Pizza Night
Love this easy Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza recipe? Here are some additional favorite pizza recipes for your next pizza night:
- Taco Pizza
- White Clam Pizza
- Oktoberfest Pizza
- Haggis Pizza with Potatoes and Whisky Cream Sauce
- BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Meatball and Ricotta Pizza
- Eggs Benedict Pizza
- Sausage, Fennel, and Calabrian Chili Pizza
- Pizza Quattro Stagioni
- White Pizza with Pumpkin, Bacon, Kale, and Gouda
- Canadian Bacon, Pineapple, and Sauerkraut Pizza
Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 1 large pizza 1x
- Category: Pizza, Mains
- Method: Oven / Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Description
This Bacon Cheeseburger Pizza recipe combines the best of burger night and pizza night to create a pizza that will satisfy both cravings! Featuring a red sauce base topped with all the classic cheeseburger fixings, a generous amount of crunchy bacon, a drizzle of tangy burger sauce, and a sesame seed crust that mimics a delicious sesame burger bun.
Ingredients
For the Pizza:
- ½ lb ground beef
- ½ lb bacon, chopped
- ½ recipe Easy Same-Day Pizza Dough
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 8 oz tomato sauce
- ¼ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds, plus more to taste
- 6 oz (about 1 ½ cups) Colby cheese, shredded
- 70 g (about 2 medium) tomatoes, sliced (I used Campari tomatoes)
- 34 g (2-3 slices) white onion
- 47 g (about ¼ cup) dill pickle slices
For the burger sauce:
- 4 tbsp mayo
- 2 tbsp Ketchup
- 1 ½ tsp dill pickle relish
- 1 ½ tsp Dijon mustard
- ½ tsp white vinegar
- ¼ tsp smoked paprika
- ⅛ tsp cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit / 260 degrees Celcius and set a baker’s half sheet to the side.
- While the oven is preheating, cook the bacon and the ground beef:
- In a skillet over medium-high heat cook bacon until crispy, stirring occasionally to make sure that the bacon gets evenly browned, then reserve to a paper-towel-lined bowl to the side. Drain any residual grease.
- In the same skillet you just cooked the bacon in, brown the ground beef, breaking it apart into chunks until cooked through. Strain off any residual grease and reserve meat to the side.
- Shape your dough. If you prefer a classic pie-shape with a thicker crust compared to the center of your dough, I suggest hand-stretching your dough. If you prefer your pizza to be an even thickness, I suggest rolling your dough out with a rolling pin.
- If you are hand-stretching your dough:
- I like to rub a small amount of olive oil into my hands first; this allows me to shape the dough easier without it ripping accidentally from friction.
- Press the dough down with the palm of your hand into a disk shape, then use your fingertips to gently press down on the dough disk, further flattening it.
- To further extend the dough, I prefer to press one palm on top of one side of the dough and with the other hand lift the alternative side of the dough and gently work the dough outward, pulling very gently with the tips of my oiled fingers (like a very discrete “come hither” motion) to slowly stretch the dough out. Rotate slightly and repeat until the dough is shaped and stretched to your liking. If you find that the dough starts to snap back or is beginning to tear, allow the dough to relax for a minute or two before proceeding again. Transfer your stretched dough to a sheet of parchment paper.
- If you are using a rolling pin:
- I prefer to place my dough between two sheets of parchment paper to avoid the dough sticking to my rolling pin, but if you prefer you can also sprinkle a bit of flour over the dough ball as well as wiping some over your rolling pin by hand to prevent sticking instead. Once the dough has been rolled to your preferred size and shape, peel the top layer of parchment paper off (if using). The bottom layer that the dough is resting on can be utilized for your baking sheet. If you find that the dough starts to snap back or is beginning to tear, allow the dough to relax for a minute or two before proceeding again.
- If you are hand-stretching your dough:
- Transfer your shaped dough to the reserved baking sheet.
- Brush olive oil onto the pizza dough lightly and evenly. This can be done with a pastry brush or the back of a spoon.
- In a small bowl combine tomato sauce and salt. Pour over the top of the pizza dough and using the back of a spoon spread the sauce out evenly over the dough, leaving a small outer edge of un-sauced dough as desired. Sprinkle the edge of the pizza with sesame seeds.
- Top the pizza with Colby jack cheese, sprinkling evenly inside the border of the sesame seeds across the top. Then top evenly with the reserved ground beef and bacon, the sliced tomatoes, sliced onions, and pickle slices.
- Bake for 14-20 minutes or until the crust has reached your preferred level of crispness and the cheese is fully melted and starting to blister. I find that pizzas that have a thinner topping layer take less time to bake and heavier-topped pizzas generally take a bit longer to bake so watch your pizza closely after the 14-minute mark and adjust as desired.
- Once the pizza has been carefully removed from the oven, drizzle with burger sauce, slice, and serve warm.
For the Burger Sauce:
- Add the mayo, ketchup, relish, Dijon, vinegar, paprika, and pepper to a small bowl. Mix with a spoon or spatula to combine. Store any unused sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Notes
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Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼th of the pizza
- Calories: 890
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 2675 mg
- Fat: 49 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Carbohydrates: 57 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 48 g
- Cholesterol: 107 mg
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