Spiced Lamb Pizza

This delicious recipe was inspired by Bon Appetit's Spicy Lamb Pizza but I found that I made many, many modifications. This is why I've decided to write my own!

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 317 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
• 1 pound ground lamb
• ½ medium lemon, juiced
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, or as needed
• ½ medium red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) package pizza dough, at room temperature
• ¼ cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).

Step 2

Mix onion, cilantro, and lemon juice together in a bowl; set aside. Dust a baking sheet with flour.

Step 3

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir lamb in the hot skillet until mostly cooked through, breaking into little pieces with the back of a wooden spoon, 5 to 6 minutes.

Step 4

While the lamb is cooking, stretch dough out onto the prepared baking sheet until you get an oval shape. Let rest for 1 minute, and stretch it again if it shrinks.

Step 5

Bake dough in the center of the preheated oven until puffy and mostly cooked, 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 6

Add tomato paste, garlic, cinnamon, cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper flakes to the cooked lamb. Mix it all together and cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 7

Remove dough from the oven and brush with remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add lamb mixture and evenly distribute over the crust.

Step 8

Return pizza to the oven and bake for 2 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil until crust is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes longer.

Step 9

Remove pizza from the oven. Transfer to a cutting board and cut into 8 pieces. Top with the onion-cilantro mixture.