Pizza with meat sauce and red onion
Recipe for a wonderfully crisp pizza with meat sauce and red onion.
Servings 4 people
Calories 1098kcal
Ingredients
- 1 batch pizza dough – click here
- 1 batch pizza sauce – click here
- 250 g mozzarella
- 2 small red onions, sliced into rings
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh oregano or basil, to serve
Meat sauce
- 400 g beef mince
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes or passata
- 70 g tomato purée
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp dried thyme
- 1/4 tsp dried rosemary
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- A little liquid beef stock or 1/4 stock cube, optional
- 1 handful fresh basil leaves – optional
Instructions
Meat sauce
- Heat a little oil in a saucepan and sauté the onion and garlic for a couple of minutes.
- Add the mince and brown it thoroughly – season with salt and pepper.
- Add the tomato purée and let it cook for a couple of minutes, stirring it well into the meat.
- Pour in the chopped tomatoes, add the dried herbs and let the meat sauce simmer gently for 20 minutes. If you have the time, let it go a little longer. If you are using fresh basil, add it now too.*If the meat sauce lacks a little depth of flavour – which may be down to the meat, or because it hasn't simmered for more than the 20 minutes – you can add a little liquid beef stock or 1/4 stock cube.
- Season the meat sauce to taste with salt and pepper and let it cool slightly before you assemble the pizzas.
Pizza with meat sauce and red onion
- Drain the mozzarella and squeeze out as much liquid as possible. I like to wrap it in a little kitchen paper and press it firmly – so it is completely dry.
- Divide the dough into 4 and roll out into thin rounds about 30 cm in diameter.
- Spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the bases, then distribute the meat sauce over them along with the red onion.Use as much meat sauce as you like – some people prefer more topping than others.
- Tear the mozzarella into rough pieces and scatter it over the pizzas.
- Bake the pizzas until crisp and golden – in a conventional oven at 250°C for about 12-15 minutes. Keep an eye on them – ovens vary.
- Serve the pizzas topped with a little fresh basil or fresh oregano.
Nutrition
Calories: 1098kcal | Carbohydrates: 142g | Protein: 52g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 2980mg | Potassium: 1210mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 1350IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 401mg | Iron: 12mg