We had this meat pizza at one of the Mediterranean restaurants at the resort in Cancun that we all really liked. It was a set appetizer that we didn't order, so I had to google search it.
This recipe was modified from the Mediterranean Dish.
--I used ground turkey (93 + 99%) instead of ground beef/lamb.
--I used pita as base with the pizza stone.
--I also pre-cooked the meat and put on top instead of cooking it with the pizza since I was using already cooked pita.
--Could try using pre-made frozen pizza dough from store.
--I quadrupled the recipe (7 oz meat per 1/2 lb pizza dough)
--Served with Mediterranean veggies on the side: 1 green BP, 1 zucchini, grape tomatoes, 1 red onion + red onion slices to put on the pizza (fewer veggies since I'm using 2 red bell peppers and 4 shallots in the meat concoction). Although Eric said he would have liked his veggies on the pizza.
Ingredients (for 32 oz ground meat):
-2 red bell peppers
-4 shallots
-1 head of garlic
-2 oz fresh parsley (I didn't use this much, but would try to do more next time - i.e. whole bunch of the organic parsley
-1 thing of 99% and 1 thing of 93% ground turkey
Spices:
-4 tsp smoked paprika
-4 tsp ground allspice
-2 tsp ground cumin
-2 tsp Aleppo-style pepper (I used regular paprika instead)
-2 tsp ground cinnamon
-2 tsp cayenne pepper
-2 tsp salt
-more garlic powder
-16 Tbsp tomato paste (I used more like 8)
-8 Tbsp olive oil (did less and estimated)
Directions:
1. Cuisinart bell peppers, shallots, garlic, parsley (did 2 batches with smaller bear chopper)
2. Mix with meat, tomato paste, olive oil
3. Heat pizza stone up: 15 min at 450 F
4. Cook meat on stove
5. Cook Mediterranean veggies in oven (see other recipe)
6. Separate the meat into servings
7. Mix A LITTLE hot water with tomato paste for sauce
8. Make pita pizza: tomato sauce --> meat --> sliced onions
9. Cook in oven for about 7-10 min
Notes:
-Eric liked it, but wanted veggies on pizza
