Onion-Bacon-Pizza

A simple dinner on a windy and lazy Sunday evening.  This is another one of my quick pizza dough recipe topped with onion slices, turkey bacon and creamy sauce. A pleasant change from the normal pizza and it is definitely a hit with the kids.

Ingredients (serves 2 - 4 persons):
1/2 cube (21 g) fresh yeast
250 ml warm water from tap
400 g plain flour
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 tbsp cooking oil

80 g turkey bacon, to be cut into cubes
500 g onions, to be peeled and thinly sliced into rings
1 tbsp cooking oil

200 g Schmand (sour cream) - one may use crème fraîche instead
2 medium-size eggs
salt & ground pepper to taste

Method:
In a big pan, add 1 tbsp cooking oil and add bacon cubes.  Stir-fry until almost crispy. Remove to a plate and set aside.  Add onion slices to pan and cook over medium heat for about 10 minutes, keep stirring.  Then, return bacon cubes to pan and mix well.  Remove from heat and cool down completely.

In a mixing bowl, add flour, salt, sugar and cooking oil.  In a small jug, crumble fresh yeast into warm water.  Then, pour into flour mixture.  By using the kneading hook, knead until the dough leaves the sides of bowl.  Cover bowl and leave aside for 30 minutes.

Remove dough from bowl and knead on a floured worktop.  Roll out dough to a rectangular size of 35 x 30 cm on a large baking paper.  Place paper on baking tray and leave to rise for about 20 minutes.

In a bowl, mix Schmand (sour cream) and eggs together by using a hand whisk. Season with salt and ground pepper to taste.

Spread onion mixture on top of dough.  Then, add cream mixture on top by the spoonful.  Bake in a preheated oven (fan:  175° C/conventional:  200° C) for 20 minutes.  Then, increase oven temperature to fan:  195° C/conventional:  210° C and bake for another 10 minutes.

Bon Appetit!