Tex Mex Pizza with Ground Beef

In today’s post, I’ll show you a recipe for a Tex Mex pizza with a topping of ground beef, black beans and corn, finally everything is baked with cheese.

The pizza is seasoned with sweet paprika, cumin, ground coriander & oregano, but alternatively the spices can also be changed or replaced according to your own taste. Have fun cooking!




Cooked/Baked today: Tex Mex Pizza with Ground Beef
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 1 hour
Category: Main Dishes, Meat Dishes, Tex Mex Cuisine, Hearty Meals, Pizza Recipes
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Ingredients for 2 pizzas:

…for pizza dough:

• 300 grams flour
• 150 milliliters water
• 25 milliliters olive oil
• ½ teaspoon each of salt & sugar
• ¼ cube fresh yeast (about 10 grams)

…for the minced beef filling:

• 250 grams minced beef
• 250 milliliters sieved tomatoes
• 100 grams corn
• 100 grams black beans
• 1 red onion
• 1 – 2 clove(s) garlic
• A teaspoon each of cumin, ground coriander, paprika powder (sweet) & oregano
• Salt, pepper & sugar to taste
• Oil for frying

…more ingredients:

• 200 grams grated cheese
• Fresh cilantro for garnishing

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

• Mixing bowl
• Kitchen machine or mixer
• Kitchen towel
• Large pan for the ground beef mixture
• Colander
• Pizza pan or baking sheet

Instructions:




…for pizza dough:

Crumble ¼ cubes of yeast into a tall container, add ½ teaspoon of sugar and 150 milliliters of lukewarm water and mix everything with a whisk or a fork until the yeast and sugar have completely dissolved.

Then put the yeast-water mixture along with 300 grams flour, 25 milliliters olive oil & ½ teaspoon of salt to a mixing bowl and knead with your hands or a food processor for about 4 – 5 minutes until a smooth dough. Halve the dough once, then form into small balls and let the dough balls rest on a floured work surface covered with a kitchen towel for about 30 minutes.




…for the minced beef filling:

Peel a red onion and cut into thin strips. Also peel off 1 – 2 clove(s) garlic and finely chop. Pour off corn and black beans over a pasta strainer and rinse thoroughly, then allow to drain. Afterwards heat up a large pan adding a dash of oil and sweat onions and garlic for 1-2 minutes over medium heat until glassy, stirring occasionally.

Next, increase the heat slightly, add the minced meat & sauté for 4 – 5 minutes until crumbly, turning occasionally. Season the mixture with 1 teaspoon each cumin, ground coriander, paprika powder (sweet) & oregano, also add corn, black beans and 250 milliliters sieved tomatoes.




Stir in all ingredients & warm up briefly (about 1 minute). Finally, season the minced meat filling with salt, sugar & pepper to taste, then remove from heat and set aside until serving.

…for Tex Mex Pizza:

Preheat the oven to 220°C (top/bottom heat) in time. Then lift the dough balls onto a lined baking sheet or pizza pan and flatten the dough balls with your hands from the inside outwards to form a large, circular pizza. Top the pizza with a few tablespoons of ground meat mixture.

Sprinkle the pizza with some grated cheese & then bake for about 15 minutes in the preheated oven until the cheese has melted and the pizza is nice and crispy. Cut the finished pizza into pieces with a knife and serve garnished with finely chopped cilantro. I wish you lots of fun cooking 😉

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):