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Cheeseburger and Fries Pizza

Nicole Hood — Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:30:00 +0000

Happy National Pizza Day!

I have teamed up with Table5 Pizza to create a delicious topping for their handmade artisanal cornmeal crust pizzas. I decided to combined two of my kiddos favorite foods- cheeseburgers and pizza. Then to make it extra ah-mazing I added thick cut steak fries and homemade fry sauce on top of the cheesy pizza! Let’s just say there were no leftovers of this Cheeseburger and Fries Pizza at dinnertime!

Table5 offers a fresh and healthy take on a familiar favorite. Their handmade artisanal pizzas are created in small batches {in a kitchen, not a factory} using simple and fresh top-quality ingredients. They offer distinctive cornmeal crust pizzas topped with bold and original flavors that taste both familiar and new—all-natural pizzas to enjoy with the whole family and friends.

For more info please visit https://www.table5pizza.com/

Check out my recipe video here!

Cheeseburger and Fries Pizza

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

1 Table 5 Four Cheese Pizza
1/2 lb ground beef cooked and drained
1 tbsp burger seasoning
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
6-8 dill pickle chips {round pickle slices}
1/2 cup fresh French fries
2 tbsp fry sauce {recipe below}

Fry Sauce:

1/4 cup mayo
2 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp yellow mustard

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Add crumbled ground beef to a skillet and season with burger seasoning.
Cook over medium heat until browned and no longer pink. Drain if needed.
Remove pizza from the wrapper and place on a baking sheet.
Evenly sprinkle ground beef on top then add fries.
Finally add 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake for 12 minutes then add pickles and drizzle on fry sauce.
Slice and serve.

For the Fry Sauce:

In a small bowl mix together all three ingredients.
Refrigerate until ready to serve.

I decided to start with the 4 Cheese Pizza as my base.

Because well, you can never have too much cheese!

Add crumbled ground beef to a skillet and cook over medium heat.

I like to add 1 tbsp burger seasoning.

Cook until browned then drain.

Remove pizza from the wrapper and place on a baking sheet.

Evenly sprinkle ground beef on top.

Next add crispy fries.

I used cooked thick cut steak fries. Any fry will work but these stayed crunchy and held their shape best.

You can use homemade, frozen, or buy from your favorite restaurant!

Now, you guessed it, add more cheese!

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese will do the trick.

Bake at 425 degrees for 12 minutes.

Now make the fry sauce!

Simply mix together mayo, ketchup, and mustard in a small bowl.

Remove from oven. It already looks good but time to take it up a notch!

Drizzle with fry sauce.

Top with sliced pickles.

Slice and serve!

Time to dig in! No leftovers here!

Sponsored by Table5 Pizza. as always, all opinions are my own.

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Cheeseburger Mini Pies

Nicole Hood — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:30:00 +0000

Happy National Cheeseburger Day!

To celebrate I made these adorable and downright delicious Cheeseburger Mini Pies from Paula Deen’s son, Jamie’s recipe. This recipe is a fun take on a classic cheeseburger patty but baked in puff pastry dough instead of served on a traditional bun. It’s just as tasty as the original -or maybe even better!

Cheeseburger Mini Pies

Makes 5 burger pies

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef
1/2 cup sweet onions preferably Vidalia onion
1 tablespoon steak seasoning recommended: Montreal
1 tablespoon steak seasoning sauce recommended: Dale's Steak Seasoning Sauce
5 slices Cheddar cheese
1 sheet frozen puff pastry dough thawed for 20 minutes
1 egg yolk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Mix the ground beef, onion, steak seasoning, and seasoning sauce together (using your hands is the most efficient way to do this).
Form into 5 small flat patties.
Cook the hamburgers to medium-well.
Top each burger with a slice of cheese and remove from heat.
Roll the puff pastry sheet to flatten slightly.
Cut it into 5 rectangles.
Cover each burger with a piece of puff pastry and wrap it around the bottom, pinching all of the edges to seal.
Place on an ungreased baking sheet, pinched side down.
Whisk together the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon water to make an egg wash.
Brush each wrapped pastry with the egg wash.
Bake for about 15 minutes, until the puff pastry is nice and brown.
Serve warm with a side of fries and baked beans.

Notes

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen, 2007

Mix the ground beef, onion, steak seasoning, and seasoning sauce together.

The easiest way is with your hands.

Some of my favorite seasonings {and the Deen family’s too} are Dale’s Seasoning Sauce and Montreal Steak seasoning blend.

Form into 5 small flat patties.

For the burgers I like to use a grill pan but you can also use a skillet or outside grill.

Cook the hamburgers to medium-well.

Top each burger with a slice of cheese.

Remove from heat.

Roll the slightly thawed puff pastry sheet to flatten slightly.

Cut it into 5 rectangles.

Cover each burger with a piece of puff pastry and wrap it around the bottom.

Pinch all of the edges to seal.

Place on an ungreased baking sheet, pinched side down.

Whisk together the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon water to make an egg wash.

Brush each wrapped pastry with the egg wash.

Bake for about 15 minutes, until the puff pastry is nice and brown.

Serve warm with a side of fries and baked beans.

Hope you enjoy these Cheeseburger Mini Pies on National Cheeseburger Day

{or any day for that matter}!

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BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions

Nicole Hood — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 06:06:00 +0000

We are an onion lovin’ family and I use them often in my cooking. I would say, in 99% of my dishes featuring onions, I use sweet Southern Vidalia onions. So when I came across the Vidalia onion recipe contest this month, I knew I had to enter a couple delish recipes. My first recipe entry to share with you is BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions. I have always wanted to make stuffed onions and I came up with this Americanized Bacon Cheeseburger idea and ran with it! The end result was a juicy, flavorful onion filled with creamy savory goodness! This one’s a winner in my book {and hopefully yours too!}.

BBQ Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Vidalia Onions

Makes 2 servings

Ingredients

2 large Vidalia onions
2 cups beef broth
2 slices bacon cooked and chopped
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
1 tbsp cream cheese softened
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt/pepper to taste
2 tbsp BBQ sauce
green onions or chives diced for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Slice the top and bottom off of onions and remove outside peels.
Fill a baking dish with beef broth and add oions.
Cover dish with aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes.
Remove from oven and place onions on a cutting board to cool slightly.
Pour beef broth into a container, let cool, then keep for another use.
Meanwhile, add ground beef to a skillet over medium heat. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Stir and cook beef until cooked through and no longer pink.
Drain any excess grease.
Add cream cheese, chopped bacon, and 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese to meat mixture and stir until combined and melted.
Cut a circle out of the top of the cooked onions {similar to carving a pumpkin} and using a grapefruit spoon or small scoop, remove a few layers of the center onion.
Sprinkle 2 tbsp cheese into the bottom of each onion.
Spoon meat filling into both onions, pushing down and stuffing the onions, then mounding the mixture on top.
Add remaining shredded cheese on top of onions.
Bake for 10 minutes to heat throughout and melt the cheese.
Place the onions on a plate and drizzle each with BBQ sauce and garnish with diced green onions.
Serve hot with a side of fresh steamed veggies and enjoy!

Start with large sweet Vidalia onions.

Peel outer skin and cut the end and top off both onions.

Place onions in a baking dish and fill halfway with beef broth.

Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Cook ground beef in a skillet over medium. Season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder and stir until cooked and no longer pink. Drain grease.

For the ultimate creamy bacon cheeseburger filling I use lots of shredded cheddar cheese, crunchy bacon, and a touch of cream cheese to bring it all together.

Add bacon and 1/2 cup cheddar cheese to the cooked ground beef. Stir to combine.

Add a tbsp of cream cheese to the mix and heat until melted and mixed well.

Remove from oven and place onions to a cutting board to cool slightly.

Pour beef broth into a container, let cool, then keep for another use.

Cut a circle out of the top of the cooked onions {similar to carving a pumpkin} and using a grapefruit spoon or small scoop, remove a few layers of the center onion.

Place hulled out onions back in the baking dish.

TIP: Don’t throw away the onions you removed from the middle.
I place them in the reserved warm beef broth, let cool, then refrigerate and keep to make a gravy, au jus, or French onion soup later.

Sprinkle 2 tbsp cheese into the bottom of each onion.
Then spoon meat filling into both onions, pushing down and stuffing the onions, then mounding the mixture on top. Add the remaining 1/4 cup cheese on top of the onions.

Bake for 10 minutes to heat throughout and melt the cheese.

Place the onions on a plate and drizzle each with BBQ sauce and garnish with diced green onions.

How delicious does this look?

Serve hot with a side of steamed veggies.

Soft and sweet Vidalia onion with a little crunch and lots of flavor!

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