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Meat “Crust” Pizza; It’s Meatza!

September 30, 2009 31 Comments

So here’s my attempt at "Meatza," which I mentioned a couple of posts ago, and where you’ll find the basic recipe.

Meatza Makings
Meatza Makings

I used two pounds of 80/20 ground beef I had in the freezer. I also had the idea to create an edge, to keep in toppings. See the recipe for the other ingredients in the "crust."

The Pre Cooked Crust
The Pre Cooked "Crust"

Here’s how it looks after 10 minutes at 450.

Cooked Crust
Cooked "Crust"

I used standard Pizza sauce from Trader Joe’s, and do notice that the veggies should be sauteed, which I did in lard rather than olive oil. I used mushrooms, green pepper, and very thinly sliced onion, which I did not sauté.

Ready for the Broiler
Ready for the Broiler
And Its Meatza
And Its Meatza

We all liked it very much, and I liked it better than the various paleo crust recipes I’ve tried, like cauliflower and such. Also, this was very easy and quick to make. To my mind, this is sort of like a good meatloaf you eat like pizza.

It’s definitely worth a go.

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  1. Grok September 30, 2009 at 15:36

    I did a bunch of pizza creations/experimenting a while back.
    http://castlegrok.com/tag/pizza/

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    • Richard Nikoley September 30, 2009 at 16:04

      Those are some very nice creations. Which is your favorite?

    • Grok September 30, 2009 at 16:26

      Wow, that's a tough one. I love pizza, so they're all my favorites!

      Surprisingly, the Zucchini one was really good.

      P.S. You DISQUS is really finicky. It eats comments and loads funny most of the time.

      P.P.S Keep up the good work ;)

  2. mike September 30, 2009 at 15:58

    find that if you use ground up chicken breast it gets nice and crispy crunchy

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    • mike September 30, 2009 at 15:59

      o castlegrok has it covered

    • Grok September 30, 2009 at 16:22

      Being a huge pizza consumer (in another life) I've done LOTS of experimenting. I usually thing I'm being cutting edge or innovative until I stumble across something online a while later.

      Richard's deep dish version here looks really good. Maybe I'll do a deep dish version with Elk burger next time :)

  3. monicahughes September 30, 2009 at 17:05

    Ha. I like seeing how the meat shrinks.

    Reply
  4. Krys September 30, 2009 at 17:15

    Looks yummy! I got the recipe from your site link a few days ago and plan on trying it this weekend. Way easier than some of the other options out there that I have been experiementing with!.Cheers!

    Reply
  5. mandorla September 30, 2009 at 17:30

    I usually make a pastry-type pizza base with ground almonds, butter and an egg white, pre baked. We like the look of your meatza though, and will give it a go this weekend. Thanks!

    Reply
  6. Aaron Blaisdell September 30, 2009 at 16:28

    I've made cauliflower crust pizza a few times, which I like but it's a lot of work and take a lot of cheese. I made the almond flour crust pizza once a couple of weeks ago and it was okay but to almond floury and my family didn't care for it that much.

    Time to give the good ol' meatza a try!

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  7. Her Royal Hoboness October 1, 2009 at 08:49

    Wow! possibly one of the most creative low-carb dishes I have ever stumbled upon. :D Seems yummy…and fatty…but works on the low-carb diet I'm sure. I love pasta way too much though to even try. :(

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  8. Her Royal Hoboness October 1, 2009 at 08:51

    Wow! possibly one of the most creative low-carb dishes I have ever stumbled upon. :D Seems yummy…and fatty…but works on the low-carb diet I'm sure. I love pasta way too much though to even try. :(

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  9. yummyg October 1, 2009 at 11:30

    YUM! I'm going to try this one! Thanks!

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  10. Paleo Newbie October 2, 2009 at 18:50

    I Love the meatza!

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  11. Anna Adamson October 2, 2009 at 22:24

    This is great! I made it tonight in a cast iron frying pan. Used leftover swiss chard, mushrooms,2 kinds of salami,sauteed red onions, sliced red and green peppers, and one sliced jalepeno pepper as toppings with tomato paste based sauce, and tons of cheese, both on the bottom and on top. It shrank less than the photo on your site I think. Anyway, two slices and I was totally FULL!

    Reply
  12. Christoph Dollis October 2, 2009 at 23:18

    Sweet.

    Or more accurately not sweet, but nice.

    Reply
  13. Andy December 20, 2009 at 15:51

    I finally got around to doing this tonight. Big win!

    Base “crust” recipe needs about 100% more herbs/salt/pepper for my taste, but structurally and overall impact-wise, this is awesome.

    Toppings for mine were roasted red peppers and caramelized onions, some higher-end pizza sauce, and 5-cheese pizza blend on top. Yum!

    Reply
  14. justin February 11, 2010 at 06:21

    Richard,

    Just published my take on the meatza, which is really to say how I’m using my Italian grandfather’s meatball recipe for the crust. You can check it out here:

    Meatza! Meatza!

    Reply
  15. Bob Garon March 18, 2010 at 10:27

    Just posted an awesome Meatza recipe on my blog too. This stuff is sooooooooooooooo stinkin good!!! Honestly I think its one of the absolute BEST Fine Eating Pleasures I’ve ever put in my mouth. :)

    Thanks,
    Bob Garon
    http://BobGaronTraining.com

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  16. Darryl May 8, 2010 at 15:27

    Definitely gonna have to make me one of those. :) looks fantastic!

    Reply
  17. peterlepaysan May 20, 2010 at 03:43

    I am intrigued. Looking at these entries (and links) we are basically
    looking at a very thin rolled out meat loaf, with assorted toppings.

    We are looking at flattened meat patties, rissoles, ‘burgers with assorted toppings.

    Love it!

    Being an unfortunate peasant deep down in the south pacific ocean we have to have our free range, grass fed animals killed and butchered locally.

    This can lead to an over supply of minced ( I think yanks say ground) meat.

    We have become very adept at variations of meat loaf, patties, rissoles, skinless sausages, meat balls,
    kofta etc. etc.

    This “meatza ” thingy adds another possibility. Thank you.

    The possibilities with this are interesting. Those of us who make meat loaves rissoles etc will have
    flavourings added to the basic meat mix. Now just imagine an already well flavoured “base” with base covered with interesting toppings. Wow!

    Most of the readers will probably already know that if one puts minced (ok ground) meat through a blender or food processor one gets sausage meat. No additives , no fillers!

    Now one of these sausage mixes as a base could be interesting.

    Reply
  18. WVUDave June 3, 2010 at 06:49

    I’d like to see a recipe for meatza, but Buffalo Chicken/Chicken Wing Flavored. Ground Chicken crust, buffalo sauce and cheese?

    Reply

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