poutine pizza

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup lukewarm water
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon white sugar
• 1 (14 ounce) package frozen french fries (such as mccain®)
• cooking spray
• 10 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 (12 ounce) bag shredded mexican cheese blend (such as kraft®)
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce, or as needed
• 1 (10.5 ounce) can beef gravy, or as needed

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins


• place flour in a large bowl. whisk water, egg, yeast, and sugar together in a cup. make a well in the flour and pour in yeast mixture. stir until mixture forms a smooth dough, adding a small amount of flour or water if needed. cover bowl with a towel; set aside to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes.
• preheat oven to 425 degrees f (220 degrees c). spread french fries in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• bake fries in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes. reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• heat a large skillet over medium heat and fry bacon pieces until browned, about 5 minutes; remove to drain on a paper towel.
• spray a round pizza pan with baking spray.
• punch down dough, and flatten pizza pan. for a stuffed crust, sprinkle about 1/4 cup shredded mexican cheese blend around the edge of the dough, roll dough inward over cheese, and pinch dough to seal.
• spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over dough. spread fries over dough; pour gravy over fries as needed to cover. top with remaining mexican cheese blend. sprinkle bacon pieces evenly over pizza.
• bake in the preheated oven until cheese is bubbly and crust is golden, about 20 minutes.