Easy Homemade Taco Pizza Recipe
One of our families favorite recipes is our taco pizza recipe. The yummy cornmeal crust topped with taco seasoned ground beef is just the beginning of your favorite new pizza recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 1 1/4 cup lukewarm water
- 1 teaspoon sugar or honey
- 1 package yeast (2 1/4 teas)
- 1/4 cup milk (or water)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8-12 ounces taco sauce
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 package taco seasoning (or make your own)
- 2 cups Mexican cheese
- 2 cups lettuce, shredded
- 1 bag Doritos
- sour cream (optional)
- salsa or diced tomatoes
Instructions
- In a bowl mix 1 1/4 cup lukewarm water, 1 teas sugar, and 2 1/4 teas yeast with a fork. Let it rest for about 5 minutes to activate the yeast; you’ll see it “puff up”
- In a mixing bowl mix the starter, flour, cornmeal, milk, and olive oil with a dough hook until blended. Cover with bowl with plastic wrap and put it somewhere warm to rise for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile cook beef until cooked thoroughly. Add taco seasoning and 2/3 cup water and simmer 5 minutes.We make our own taco seasoning by combining: 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon onion powder, 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano, 1/2 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon sea salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper
- When the pizza dough is ready, increase oven to 450 F and spread the dough over a large pizza pan that has been sprinkled with cornmeal. . Roll out to reach all the edges.
- Top pizza with taco sauce, ground beef, and mexi cheese. Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Top pizza with doritos, lettuce, chopped tomatoes and sour cream.HINT: Let everyone top their own pizza so that any leftover pizza (if there is any) can be topped fresh.