On Saturday night I wanted to make us a fun family dinner, but I also had some meatloaf cups (recipe coming later this week) in the freezer that I wanted to use up. I didn’t have enough meatloaf cups to just make those with a side dish though. So I decided it was time to creative. Here is what I came up with.
BBQ Meatloaf And Caramelized Onion Pizza
Ingredients
For Pizza Dough
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp yeast
- 2 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 1/2 cup flour
For Pizza Toppings –
–BBQ Sauce
- 1 cup ketchup (or, in a pinch like I was, 1 can tomato paste, 1 can water, 1 t. apple cider vinegar and 1/2 t. salt)
- 2 tbsp worchestschire sauce
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp each; garlic powder, chili powder, cumin, black pepper
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
—Caramelized Onions
- 1 large yellow onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp honey
meatloaf cups,
- 6 meatloaf cups, leftover meatloaf or meatballs, cut into cubes
- 2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
For Pizza Dough
- Dissolve yeast in warm water for 5 minutes. Stir in honey, olive oil and salt. Add the flour, 1/2 c. at a time, until dough is no longer sticky. (This can be done in a stand mixer also.) Knead for about 5 minutes.
- Place dough in a greased bowl, cover and let rise for 30 minutes. Punch down dough, knead 1 minute, recover in greased bowl and let rise 1 – 1 1/2 hours.
- Roll out pizza crust and place on a pizza stone, or press onto a cookie sheet sprinkled with corn meal. Prebake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove from oven, let cool and top with pizza toppings.
For Pizza Toppings ––BBQ Sauce
- Stir all ingredients together until combined.
—Caramelized Onions
- Melt butter in a skillet. Add onions and honey. Cook over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes, until onions are tender and caramelized.
To put the pizza together:
- Spread BBQ sauce over pizza crust. Top with caramelized onions.
- Cover onions and sauce with chopped meatloaf.
- Cover all with shredded cheese.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees, until crust is done and cheese is melted
