This Big Mac Pizza is the ultimate cheeseburger pizza. With a base of homemade Big Mac sauce, juicy ground beef, stringy cheese, sesame seeds, and all the classic toppings like pickles, onions, and lettuce, each bite of this mouthwatering, nostalgic pizza recipe seriously tastes like, you know, that burger!
1 ½cupsBig Mac Sauce(ingredients and recipe below)
1cupgrated mozzarella cheese
1cupgrated cheddar cheese
½headice berg lettuceshredded
1tablespoonsesame seeds
Big Mac Sauce
1cupmayonnaise
¼cupminced dill pickle
2tablespoonminced onion
2tablespoonyellow mustard
1tablespoonwhite wine vinegar or pickle brine
1tablespoonketchup
1teaspoonpaprika
½teaspoongarlic powder
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonpepper
Instructions
Divide your dough into 230g-250g pieces and roll into a smooth ball, ensuring there are no tears in the surface. Rest, covered, for a minimum of 30 minutes or as directed in your dough recipe or package instructions.
If making your own Mac sauce, combine the ingredients for it in a small bowl and set aside.
Preheat your pizza oven as directed or if using a home oven, preheat it to the highest temperature setting, typically 500°F - 550°F, with a pizza stone on the top oven rack.
Break the ground beef into small pieces. Carefully spread the beef out in a very hot skillet over medium-high heat. Sear for 2 minutes, then stir the beef to brown the other sides for another 2 minutes, until just cooked through. Season with salt and set aside.
Stretch the first dough ball into a 12-inch round. Start by dunking the pizza dough in a bowl of flour, completely coating it, then shaking off the excess. Starting in the middle of the dough ball, press down firmly with your finger tips, pushing the air towards the edges of the dough, do this at different angles, turning and flipping the dough every-so-often until you have about an 8-inch round. From this point stretch the dough the rest of the way until you have about a 12-inch round.Before topping the pizza, ensure there is enough flour so that the dough will easily move around and launch onto your pizza stone.
Spoon about 6 tablespoons of big mac sauce to the centre of the dough. Using the back of a large spoon, and working in a circular motion, spread the sauce all over the dough leaving an 1-inch crust.
Top with a light coating of shredded mozzarella cheese, half the ground beef, and cheddar cheese. Sprinkle the crust with sesame seeds.
Launch the pizza to the pizza stone in the oven and bake for 5-8 minutes until the cheese has melted and the crust has risen and browned. If use a pizza oven, turn the pizza about 90° every 30 seconds until the cheese has melted and the crust has risen and browned, around 1 to 2 minutes. Repeat with the second pizza.
Finish the pizzas by layering the top with handfuls of shredded lettuce, dill pickle slices and onion. Drizzle liberally with Homemade Big Mac Sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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Notes
Scroll up to view a visual walk-through of the recipe.Stretching the dough: Here is a great video on how to stretch pizza dough.How to make pizza in the oven without a pizza stone: Start on step 4 (cooking the beef), then stretch 1 lb of pizza dough on a greased 13x18 baking sheet, cover, and rest for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 450°F and continue the recipe from step 6. The pizza will bake in the oven on the lower rack for 20-25 minutes until the crust is puffy and golden.