Categories: Pizza/flatbread
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef chuck
- 12 ounces American cheese slices (about 30 slices)
- All-purpose flour, for dusting
- 1 1/2 pounds store-bought pizza dough, at room temperature (see Cook's Note)
- 5 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons yellow mustard
- 1 medium red onion, finely chopped
- 12 strips cooked bacon, broken in half
- One 32-ounce jar dill pickle chips (35 to 40 chips)
- Sesame seeds, for garnish
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon dried onion flakes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the beef and cook, stirring to break it up into small crumbles, until cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, roughly chop half of the cheese, leaving other half as slices. Set aside.
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Using a slotted spoon, remove the beef from the skillet and transfer to a large bowl; discard the fat and liquid in the pan. Let the beef cool completely in the bowl, then stir in the chopped cheese.
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On a lightly floured work surface, roll the dough into a 20-by-14-inch rectangle. Arrange the beef and cheese mixture evenly on one half of the dough, starting on the shorter end and leaving a 1-inch border on the sides. Drizzle 2 tablespoons ketchup evenly over the beef mixture and the uncovered half of the dough; repeat with all the mustard, and then the red onion. Lay down the remaining cheese slices evenly over the half of the dough with no beef mixture, leaving a 1-inch border on the sides. Arrange the bacon pieces and 24 dill pickle chips just over the beef mixture.
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Working from the short side with the beef mixture, tightly roll up the dough into a log, jelly-roll style. Pinch the open ends together to seal, then tuck them underneath the log. Transfer the log, seam side-down, to the prepared baking sheet, brush all over with water and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until the bread is golden brown, about 40 minutes.
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While the bread bakes, whisk together the mayonnaise, onion flakes, sugar, a pinch of salt and pepper and the remaining 3 tablespoons ketchup, 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle chips and 1 teaspoon pickle brine in a small bowl. Taste, and season the special sauce with additional salt if needed. Let the bread cool for 10 minutes. Slice into 8 pieces and serve warm with the special sauce.