Hawaiian Pizza With Barbecue Sauce and Beef Bacon

Name: Hawaiian Pizza With Barbecue Sauce and Beef Bacon
Yield: Makes one 13x9" pizza
Ingredients: 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil; ½ small sweet onion, thinly sliced; 1 15-oz. can tomato sauce; ¼ cup apple cider vinegar; ¼ cup black pepper sauce (such as Lee Kum Kee or KA-ME); 3 Tbsp. honey; 2 Tbsp. robust-flavored (dark) molasses; 2 Tbsp. tomato paste; 1 Tbsp. mustard powder; 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp. liquid smoke; ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt; ½ tsp. garlic powder; ½ tsp. smoked paprika; ¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper; ¼ tsp. onion powder; 1 1" piece ginger, peeled, coarsely chopped; 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil, plus more; 1 Tbsp. instant yeast; 2 tsp. sugar; 4½ cups (550 g) bread flour; 1 Tbsp. Diamond Crystal or 1¾ tsp. Morton kosher salt; 8 oz. beef bacon, coarsely chopped; 2 Tbsp. sugar; 1 14-oz. can crushed pineapple; 1 lb. low-moisture mozzarella, coarsely grated; ⅓ cup pickled jalapeños

By Michael Carter

September 14, 2021

Hawaiian Pizza With Barbecue Sauce and Beef Bacon recipe

Photo by Emma Fishman, Food Styling by Rebecca Jurkevich, Prop Styling by Sophie Strangio

This pie is for all the people out there who only think they hate Hawaiian pizza. Slowly but steadily, Down North Pizza in Philadelphia has been converting customers with this pie, listed on the menu as the Flip Side. This Detroit-style version is made with an impossibly fluffy dough and is topped with caramelized pineapple and a tangy, smoky homemade barbecue sauce (feel free to substitute with your favorite store-bought sauce). Executive chef Michael Carter uses beef bacon to keep the pizza halal, but pork bacon works equally well.

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