Peruvian-Inspired Pizza with Rocoto
Savory, slightly sweet, somewhat spicy and salty, this grilled or baked pizza features a sauce of ground meat (we love ground bison or lamb), currants or golden raisins, and onions then topped with rocoto peppers, olives, cheese, and hard-cooked egg cut in wedges. Delicioso!
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Ingredients
- pizza dough for 14" pizza - (see notes)
- a drizzle of olive oil
- 1 pound ground bison - elk, beef, or lamb (see notes)
- 1 small onion - finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic - minced
- ¼ cup sherry - or pisco
- ⅓ cup currants or golden raisins
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- sea salt/fresh ground pepper - to taste
- 1-2 rocoto peppers - cut in thin strips (see notes)
- ¼ cup black olives - sliced
- ½ cup queso fresco - cubed (or fresh mozarella)
- ½ cup parmesan - grated
- 2 eggs - hard-boiled, peeled, cut in wedges
Instructions
- Preheat the grill or oven to medium-high (about 400 degrees). Roll out the pizza dough. The crust should be VERY thin. I cook mine on the grill on a pizza stone. You may want to brush the stone or pan with olive oil and sprinkle with cornmeal, or spray with cooking spray.
- Brown the ground meat (add oil if needed). Add the onion and garlic as you break up the meat. When the meat is browned and the onion translucent, de-glaze with sherry or pisco. Add the currants or golden raisins, cumin, salt and pepper. Simmer gently about 5 minutes.
- Drizzle the crust with olive oil. Use a pastry brush to spread. Layer the ground meat mixture, sliced rocoto peppers, olives, queso fresco, and parmesan.
- Cook pizza until crust is browning, and cheese is golden. (8-10 minutes usually but depends on heat level).
- Add the hard-boiled egg slices or wedges. Enjoy!
Notes
The stated time does not include making a pizza crust. I have a bread machine, and either make a batch of pizza dough (makes 2 pizzas), or I buy frozen pizza dough. If I'm really lucky, I have a ball of dough from the most recent bread machine batch ready to thaw. If I'm in a pinch (and craving this pizza), I will buy a pre-made crust. Trader Joe's has a good frozen pizza dough.
Bison is very lean. You may wish to use a drizzle of olive oil as you brown it.
Rocoto peppers are widely available in jars packed in water. I remove the black seeds and membranes and slice them. Roasted red peppers are a good substitute, but don't have any heat. Add a bit of crushed red pepper to the meat as it browns. You could also use Hatch green chile as a substitute but the flavor is quite different.
Nutrition
Serving: 4Servings | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 41g | Fat: 33g
NOTE: Macronutrients are an approximation only using unbranded ingredients and MyFitnessPal.com. Please do your own research with the products you’re using if you have a serious health issue or are following a specific diet.
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