Mexican Pizza

An "Americanized" Meixcan Pizza...

Total Prep / Cook Time (not including dough / sauce) : 60-75 minutes.
Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.

Ingredients:
Note: all recipes on this site are scaled to a 14" round large pizza, for larger or smaller pizzas, please scale accordingly.

1 Traditional Dough
3/4 Cup Spicy Red Tomato Sauce
1/3 lb Ground Beef
2 oz. Shredded Mozarella cheese
2 oz. Shredded Monterey Jack cheese
2 oz. Shredded Cheddar cheese
2 oz. Shredded Smoked Provolone cheese
2 Roma Tomatoes-Diced
1 Small Onion Julienne**
2 Anaheim Chili Peppers, Roasted, Julienne**
4 Lettuce Leaves Julienne**
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Black Pepper
1 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Coriander
1 tsp Parsley
1 tsp New Mexican Chili Powder
Flour
Olive Oil

Direction:

To Prepare Toppings:

Combine Garlic Powder, Salt, Pepper, Onion Powder, Cumin, Coriander, Parsley, and New Mexican Chili Powder. Mix well with ground beef.

Brown beef in a medium saute pan at medium-high heat.

Have oven preheated to 550 degrees
*if using a pizza stone, make sure the oven is preheating/heated for at least twenty minutes prior to putting the pizza into the oven.

Sprinkle a thin layer of flour on a flat preparing surface, place dough ball onto flour and roll to get a light coating of flour.

Using a rolling pin or your hands, stretch dough out evenly to the size of the pan or stone.

Prepare the pan using either cornmeal or olive oil, and place dough onto pan.

Spread sauce evenly across dough.

Sprinkle shredded cheese evenly across pizza.

Place pizza in oven and cook for 10 to 13 minutes, until crust is golden brown and cheese has just begun to brown.

_{Recipe By: Ed}