Hot Dog Pizza!
I enjoy making (and eating) unusual pizzas. My now famous Thanksgiving Dinner Leftover Pizza (turkey, gravy, cranberries, stuffing, mashed potatoes, mozzarella) was at first greeted with apprehension, but now it’s loved by everyone who’s tried it. This too was how my idea for a hot dog pizza was received as I’ve been planning and talking about it with friends and family for the last while.
It finally made it’s long-awaited debut on Saturday night, and it turns out replacing the usual pizza sauce with ketchup and mustard and topping a pizza with cheese and wieners makes for a rather delicious pie. So tasty in fact that my wife demanded a second one just two days after the original made it’s debut. There’s really nothing too gross about it, it’s just hot dog toppings and cheese on fresh bread, and it tastes exactly like that: one of the better hot dogs you’ll have in your life. Actually, what it really reminds me of is those Pillsbury hot dog wraps that overachieving Moms serve at birthday parties. So good!
Here’s my dough recipe for your pizza enjoyment, be adventurous!
My Favorite Pizza Dough (adapted from a Kitchenaid mixer recipe)
1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
1 cup warm water
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons oil
2 1/2-3 1/2 cups flour (I recommend 1/3 white and 2/3 whole wheat)
1. Dissolve a package of yeast in warm water in warmed mixing bowl.
2. Add salt, oil, and 2 1/2 cup flour. (You could also add herbs and spices here to jazz it up a bit. Garlic, parsley, basil… whatever you like).
3. If you have one of those big kitchen blenders, attach bowl and dough hook, turn on low and mix 1 minute. If you don’t have one you can just hand mix it.
4. Continuing to mix, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough picks up and consumes all the flour.
5. Place in greased bowl, turning to cover top of dough too.
6. Cover, let rise until it doubles in size (about 45 minutes).
7. Punch dough down.
8. Make a pizza. Roll it out nice and thin and be sure to use some cornmeal (preferred) or flour to keep it from sticking. Maybe put some hot dogs on it. (For baking, I recommend using a pre-heated pizza stone in a 450 degree oven).
9. Enjoy!
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