Hot Dog Stuffed Crust Pizza

Ingredients

This homemade pickle pizza with True Story Little Goodies mini hot dogs tucked into the crust is bound to be a hit at your game day gatherings.

Hot Dog Pickle Pizza Ingredients

• 10 oz fresh pizza dough, rolled and stretched ~10-12 inch circle
• 1 pack True Story Little Goodies Pasture-Raised Uncured Beef Hotdogs
• 3/4 cup low-moisture shredded mozzarella (1/4 cup for hot dog perimeter)
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 tbsp garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp lemon zest
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Sweet sliced pickles, patted dry, small handful
• 1/4 cup red onion, diced
• Homemade sauce (see below)
• 1 tbsp olive oil, to brush crust
• Unbleached flour and semolina flour for pizza dough/peel
• Fresh dill (garnish)

Homemade Sauce Ingredients

• 1 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tbsp + 1 tsp ketchup
• 1 tsp yellow mustard
• 1 tsp sweet pickle juice
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees
2. Add Little Goodies Hotdogs to a skillet over medium-high heat and cook ~5 minutes to brown. Remove and set aside to cool.
3. Mix all homemade sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
4. Add generous amounts of semolina flour to a pizza peel, then add stretched dough over top.
5. Add mozzarella cheese along dough’s edge, then place hot dogs about 1 finger width apart. Grab dough and stretch over top of each hot dog, leaving ends uncovered.
6. Brush olive oil on hotdog crust and dock center of dough to prevent bubbling.
7. Par-bake dough on a pizza steel ~5 minutes (cooking times may vary). Remove once crust is lightly browned. Place on wire rack.
8. In a small bowl, mix ricotta, garlic, lemon zest and olive oil. Spread thin layer over parbaked crust.
9. Add mozzarella cheese and sliced pickles.
10. Return pizza to oven and bake another 7-8 minutes until cheese melted and crust browned.
11. Add cooked pizza to a wired rack and top with red onion, a drizzle of homemade sauce, and fresh dill.