Samosa Pizza
Total Time
50 minutes
Prep Time
25 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Rating
5 out of 5 stars
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Ingredients
4 servings
- 2 Russet Potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 jalapeno, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 lb store bought pizza dough
- olive oil for drizzling
- 8 ounces fresh mozzarella, torn into pieces
- Fresh cilantro, mint and lemon juice to garnish
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 500 with a pizza stone
Step 2
For the Potatoes
Step 3
Peel and cut the potatoes into 1 inch pieces and put into a medium pot covered by 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook for 5-8 minutes. Check with a knife to make sure it’s fork tender, drain and put in a bowl to cool
Step 4
Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet over medium high heat, when it’s hot add the jalapeño and garlic and cook for 1 minute
Step 5
Add cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, cayenne pepper and cook for 1 minute more. Add the cooked potatoes and peas, stirring to mix and break/mash the potatoes into varied crumbly pieces. You can use a potato masher to help with this. Cook for 3 minutes. Remove the potato filling to a bowl, sprinkle on lemon juice and stir in the fresh cilantro. Season with salt and pepper
Step 6
For the Beef
Step 7
In the same skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until it starts to caramelize, stir in garlic, garam masala and cayenne cook for 1 minute until fragrant. Add the ground beef to the pan and cook until it’s no longer pink and starting to brown, about 5-7 minutes
Step 8
Add the tomato paste and water, cook for 3 minutes. Remove to a bowl to cool as you shape the pizza dough
Step 9
For the Pizza
Step 10
Divide the pizza dough into 2 even portions. Stretch each piece of dough in a circular motion, then lay them both out on a flat surface dusted with flour and roll out with a rolling pin. If you have a pizza peel, sprinkle with flour and place one stretched dough on the peel
Step 11
Drizzle each of the pizza dough with a little olive oil and spread a layer of meat sauce onto the dough leaving a 1/2 inch border, equal parts of the mozzarella and sprinkle on some of the samosa topping
Step 12
Transfer the pizza to the pizza stone and bake for 12-13 minutes until the crust is golden
Step 13
Remove the pizza from the oven season with additional salt and pepper, fresh cilantro, mint and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Step 14
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