At the moment I am all for quick and easy recipes … I am spending so much time in the kitchen preparing and cooking in general, the less time I have to spend on cooking dinner the better! But having said that, I want the meals to be enjoyed by all of us, and for them to be healthy and delicious and great for leftovers the next day.

This is Nikki’s Di Costa’s creation of a meat pizza (and there are plenty of others on Google) … quick and easy … it is not so much a recipe, but more a process.  Nikki is a friend of mine and is a health food coach and whole food recipe developer.

Nikki’s version is grain free and will give you a single pizza and is OPTION 1. But I have also added an OPTION 2 that is not grain free (I use my sourdough in it along with some bacon), and that recipe will give you two pizzas.

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

25 mins

Total time

40 mins

 

This is Nikki’s Di Costa's creation of a meat pizza (and there are plenty of others on Google) … quick and easy … it is not so much a recipe, but more a process. Nikki is a friend of mine and is a health food coach, whole food recipe developer, and owner of the on-line organic store The Wholefood Hub ( see here )

Nikki’s version is grain free and will give you a single pizza and is OPTION 1. But I have also added an OPTION 2 that is not grain free (I use my sourdough in it along with some bacon), and that recipe will give you two pizzas.

Author: Gina @ The Passionate Pantry

Serves: 1-2 pizza

Ingredients

OPTION 1 – WILL MAKE A SINGLE MEATZZA

INGREDIENTS – GRAIN FREE

• 500g beef mince, best quality you can afford
• 1 clove garlic, crushed (I added this for extra flavour)
• 1 x 59g egg
• 2-3 tbls fresh herbs (whatever you have - I used basil, parsley and mint),
• or 2-3 tsp dried herbs
• 1 tsp sea salt flakes (or ½ tsp fine sea salt)
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• 2 tbls arrowroot starch (or similar starch, i.e. cornflour, potato starch, tapioca starch, etc.)
• Tomato paste to spread over meat before adding toppings (my addition but not used by Nikki so eliminate if you prefer)
  
  

OPTION 2 – WILL MAKE TWO MEATZZA

INGREDIENTS - NOT GRAIN FREE

• 500g beef mince, best quality you can afford
• 2 x 59g eggs
• 2 tsp sea salt flakes (or 1 tsp fine sea salt)
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled
• 8-10 sprigs fresh herbs (whatever you have – I used basil, parsley and mint),
• or 4-6 tsp dried herbs
• 250g bacon (I used rindless shortcut bacon), cut into chunks
• 250g sourdough, cut into chunks
• Tomato paste to spread over meat before adding toppings
  
  

TOPPINGS TO CONSIDER

• Mushroom / capsicum
• Ham (any type)
• Cheese (any type)
• Chorizo / salami / pastrami, etc.
• Olives
• Tiny tom tomatoes, or sun dried tomatoes
• Pineapple (if the kids love it … make it fresh pineapple)
• Spinach / basil leaves
• … or whatever else you desire

Instructions

METHOD FOR OPTION 1

1. Lightly oil a 20cm x 30cm tray (this will allow you to serve square or rectangle pieces) or use a large round 30cm tray (if you wish the dish to be more of a “pizza” shape)
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced
3. Mix beef, garlic, egg, herbs, salt, pepper and starch together in a bowl (use a fork … best way to do this)
4. Press down with your fingers onto the oiled tray to provide a firm base
5. Spread over tomato paste to your taste
6. Top with your pizza toppings of choice (I used mozzarella, red peppers, olives, feta, tiny toms, and fresh basil leaves)
7. Bake for 20 minutes until meat is cooked (I baked it for 25 minutes as I wanted the cheese to be really coloured)
8. Let sit for 5 minutes to cool a little and then serve
9. Fabulous topped with some fresh labne or sour cream before serving
10. Leftovers are great for lunchboxes the next day
    
    

METHOD FOR OPTION 2

1. Lightly oil 2 x 20cm x 30cm trays, or use 2 x large round 30cm trays
2. Preheat oven to 180 degrees fan forced
3. Place beef, eggs, salt and pepper into a large bowl (if you are using dry herbs instead of fresh add them now)
4. Place garlic and fresh herbs into TM bowl and chop 3 seconds / speed 7 … add to beef mix, do not clean bowl
5. Place bacon into TM bowl and chop 3 seconds / speed 5, add to beef mix (do not clean bowl)
6. Place sourdough into TM bowl and chop 10 seconds / speed 6, add to beef mix
7. Mix everything together well (best to use your hands due to volume of mix), before dividing into two and pressing mix down with your fingers onto the oiled trays to provide a firm base
8. Spread over tomato paste to your taste
9. Top with your pizza toppings of choice
10. Bake for 20 minutes until meat is cooked (I baked it for 25 minutes as I wanted the cheese to be quite coloured)
11. Let sit for 5 minutes to cool a little and then serve

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