I am going to tell you my secrets right up front. High quality meats from a local butcher and a liberal brushing of bacon grease on the crust.
A few of my previous posts have been anticipatory lead ups to this one. After my trip to Paulina Meat Market to secure top quality pizza meats and since I have settled on what I consider the best thin crust pizza dough, I am ready to reveal my Carnivore Carnival Pizza (more commonly described as a Meat Lover’s Pizza.)
For those who have been reading closely and following Twitter, you know that I have been researching more vegetarian eating options so you may wonder what this meat centric pizza is all about. I am still continuing with the vegetarian cooking learning curve but I don’t intend to cut out meat all together. I must admit that when I stand at a good butcher and smell smoked meats, I get very, very excited. It’s almost weekend and the weather is warm… let’s eat pizza and drink beer. Cheers!
PIZZA CRUST: I prefer thin crust pizza and used this pizza crust recipe.
SAUCE: You can use your favorite red sauce as pizza sauce. If you have time, it would be amazing to roast tomatoes with garlic and make this as pizza sauce.
TOPPINGS: From Paulina’s Meat Market, I bought pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage and Hickory smoked bacon. I did not intend to use the hickory smoked bacon on the pizza but the butcher assumed I did and packed and labeled it “pizza meats.” It’s fate was sealed. Onto the pizza with it….
ASSEMBLY: The crust recipe involves par-baking the crust. While it is baking the first time, cook the bacon and reserve the fat. Crumble the bacon. Brush the baked crust with red sauce. Place meats on the pizza. BRUSH THE EDGES OF THE CRUST WITH THE BACON FAT! (so yum) Top with mozzarella or the cheese of your choice. Continue to follow pizza crust instructions until you have a bubbling, fragrant pizza.
April 16th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
This looks unbelievable! Do you deliver?
April 16th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
oh seriously. i love this tip a bit of bacon grease and maybe some garlic powder. thank you!
April 17th, 2010 at 9:42 am
this looks absolutley incredible. thank you for the thin crust recipe…my husband and i have been making our own pizzas but the crust is always too thick. this is certainly a must try!
April 17th, 2010 at 11:40 am
yum – looks much better than pizza hut!!!
April 17th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
Wow… I wish I could put this on speed dial for delivery!!
April 17th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
What a great use for bacon renderings… I now want pizza for dinner!
April 18th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
This is absolutely stunning! I am drooling over the photo! I want some pizza today!
April 19th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
This is definitely the dressiest meat lover’s pizza I know! Looks good on that thin crust. :)
April 20th, 2010 at 10:11 am
I love the idea of the bacon fat on the crusts…make a gorgeous looking pizza..and I’m sure it tastes great!
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April 20th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
ooh la la does that look tasty! I’m hungry for lunch.
April 20th, 2010 at 8:45 pm
Wow. I am definitely going to brush bacon fat on my next pizza. Great idea!
April 25th, 2010 at 6:57 am
This is definitely the dressiest meat lover’s pizza I know! Looks good on that thin crust. :)
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June 17th, 2011 at 6:33 am
This is definitely the dressiest meat lover’s pizza I know!