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Cheeseburger Pizza

A pizza topped with ground beef, bacon, pickles, onions, green pepper, and cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.

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Why it works: Mustard and dill match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 560 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Cheeseburger Pizza

Oven425°F
Time10–12 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Place a pizza stone in the oven if you have one.

  2. In a small bowl, mix ketchup and mustard to make sauce.

Make the topping

  1. In a large skillet, sauté ground beef for 3–4 minutes, breaking the meat up with a wooden spoon. Add onion and green pepper and continue to cook until the meat is no longer pink. Spoon off any excess grease.

  2. Add salt and steak seasoning to the ground beef mixture. Mix 1 tablespoon of sauce into the ground beef mixture.

Assemble and bake

  1. Spread a thin layer of sauce on the pizza crust. You may drizzle additional sauce on top if desired.

  2. Sprinkle half of the cheddar cheese and half of the mozzarella cheese over the sauce.

  3. Spoon the ground beef mixture onto the pizza crust and sprinkle with bacon and pickles.

  4. Top with the remaining cheese and sliced roma tomatoes.

  5. Place the pizza on a baking stone, directly on the oven rack, or on a baking sheet and bake for 10–12 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

595Calories
46 gProtein
35 gFat
23 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Beef100g cooked250
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Dill5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried4
Mustard1 tsp (5g) yellow3
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Pizzanot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Mustard + dilltop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together560 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Pepper + dilltop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together1,630 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  3. Mustard + oniontop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9,259 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  4. Beef + oniontop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Pepper + tomatotop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,923 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Ground beef
Provides the savory, meaty base that carries the burger flavor across the pizza.
Mozzarella and cheddar
Melt into a stretchy, browned layer that holds the toppings together.
Bacon
Adds smoky, salty fat and crisp texture to the topping.
Ketchup and mustard
Make a tangy, sweet-acidic sauce that gives the classic cheeseburger flavor.
Dill pickle
Adds acidity and a sharp, briny bite that cuts through the rich cheese and meat.

The step that matters

Draining the beef and spreading a thin sauce layer. Excess grease left in the beef can make the crust soggy, and too much sauce adds moisture that keeps the base from crisping in the hot oven.

Swap the dill

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (ketchup, mustard, beef, onion, pepper, tomato):

  1. Celeryfits better
  2. Garlicfits better
  3. Thymefits better
  4. Dillthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against ketchup, mustard, beef, onion, pepper, tomato. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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