Pizza burger bombs. Holy yum. It’s like the best of both worlds – pizza and burgers!
I saw on Twisted about all the different “pizza” things you can do and one of them was a burger wrapped in pizza dough. What the what? I had to do a quick grocery shop yesterday for some other recipes I am developing this weekend, and ground beef was one of the things I bought.
While these take a little bit of time to put together because of you have to cook the burgers for just a minute, then let them cool before wrapping, but that step can be done ahead of time.
I will have to admit that after I did my version, I didn’t have very high hopes. I thought “after baking these bombs, the meat is going to taste like ass!” And when I pulled them out of the oven, they didn’t look great on the top – I am going to suggest you not use garlic in your butter baste, because as you can see, the garlic nearly burned.
It started with searing eight 1 ounce patties. I used Code 3 Spices Grunt Rub – love this all purpose seasoning.
Once cooled, I could build my bombs – the base is 1 ounce of skinny pizza dough. I layered with part skim mozzarella, spicy Rao’s pasta sauce, 1 slice pepperoni (I get the cracker cut from Mariano’s so good!) and basil and wrapped those bad boys up.
Again, please disregard the fresh garlic on the butter wash – I used 1.5 tablespoons melted I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter.
These took 25 minutes to bake. When I first took them out of the oven I was underwhelmed. They smelled great but didn’t look that pretty! Until I flipped them over – I baked them in a cast iron skillet and that crispy crust made these burger bombs. I used Rao’s Arrabbiata Sauce – OMG, the best jarred pasta sauce I’ve ever tried. It’s pricey at nearly $7 a jar, but so worth it! I served these bombs with more sauce for dipping.
While the burger itself looks super well done, it was still juicy!
So the moral of the story is this – even if something doesn’t like right at first glance, just change your point of view and you may surprise yourself!
I attended my friend Ashley’s WW workshop this morning via Zoom. 55 people were in attendance! She lives in Missouri, but we had people from New York, California and New Jersey in attendance. I haven’t been to an actual WW meeting since March 7.
On April 1 I started intermittent fasting. So I am still weighing in manually on my app on Saturday’s because that’s when my points reset, my next official weigh in will be on Wednesday’s so stay tuned! I am already down since Wednesday, which is crazy!
But I think I needed the boundaries of my eating window, so we will see – my brother has been doing it for over two years!
p.s. if you love burgers, try out my turkey burger – super juicy and delicious!
Be safe and well – until next time!
Pizza Burger Bombs
Is there anything skinny pizza dough can't do? Pizza burger bombs - so delicious! It's like have burger and pizza night at the same time!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces skinny pizza dough
- 8 ounces ground sirloin (I used 93/7)
- 1 tablespoon burger seasoning of choice (I used Code 3 Spices)
Instructions
Heat oven to 350. Mix the beef with the burger seasoning and divide into 1 ounce patties. Cook over medium heat for a minute a side. Remove from pan and let cool.
Roll out 8 one ounce portions of dough. Divide the cheese between the rounds, lay a burger on top, add the sauce, slice of pepperoni, fresh basil, then wrap up like a dumpling.
Spray your cast iron skillet with avocado oil spray, then lay the bombs seam side down, brush with the melted butter, and bake for 25 minutes.
Notes
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I have been doing intermittent fasting since March 2nd and have lost about 5 pounds. While it isn’t the great loss I have heard about others getting it is helping me stay in check during this strange time. I also still drink coffee with cream in the morning which they say is “dirty fasting” but I know I won’t stick to anything that takes my beloved coffee away. I am in TOPS which is Taking Off Pounds Sensibly so we cannot have meetings either but I am keeping my weigh-in day and putting it in my fit bit tracking. But I have talked to others from my group and they say they are eating everything so at least I am not feeling too out of control. I think anyone coming out with any kind of loss is pretty good!
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