Tag: St. Louis

Taco Pizza with St. Louis Style Crust

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • Taco Sauce
  • 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 Cup Shredded Jack Cheese
  • 1 Cup Leftover Taco Meat
  • 1 Cup Chopped Lettuce
  • 1/2 Cup Diced Tomato
  • 1/4 Cup Sliced Jalapenos
  • Optional – black olives and any other topping desired

Directions

  1. Pre-heat your oven and pizza stone to 400 degrees (heat your stone for 30 minutes). Without a pizza stone, pre-heat your oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Spoon a thin layer of taco sauce on the pie crust. Spread the layer of taco sauce with a spoon all the way to the edge of the pie crust.
  3. Mix the shredded cheeses and layer the pie crust from edge to edge with the mixed cheese.
  4. Spread the taco meat, lettuce, tomato and jalapenos evenly across the pizza pie. Add your optional toppings at this time (i.e. black olives).
  5. Bake on a pizza stone for 8 minutes at 400 degrees or on aluminum foil on the top rack at 450 minutes for 8 minutes.
  6. Broil the pizza for 2 to 3 minutes to finish the cook.
  7. Remove the pizza, let it cool for 10 minutes and cut into squares.
  8. Serve alone or with a side of sour cream. Enjoy!!

St. Louis Style Pizza Crust, Extra Thin and Crispy

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Tbs Olive Oil
  • 3/4 Water – room temperature

Directions

  1. Place a pizza stone in the oven and pre heat the oven to 450 degrees. If using a pizza stone let the stone heat up for 30 minutes.
  2. Place all ingredients in a bowl.
  3. Stir to combine.
  4. Use hands to mix completely.
  5. Dust a surface with flour and roll the mix into a ball. Separate the mixture into two equal portions.
  6. Roll the two portions into a balls and let them sit for up to 30 minutes.
  7. Flour your rolling surface and roll out each ball into a 12 to 16 inch pizza crust at 1/4 inch height.
  8. Using a pizza dough docker or the end of a fork, poke/roll holes throughout the dough in order to prevent bubbling when you par bake the pizza crust.
  9. Place the pie crust on a pizza stone or pan and bake for 8 minutes.
  10. Remove the pie crust and place a sheet pan on top in order to prevent curling on the edge while the crust cools.