Change up your Friday night pizza with this Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza. Pizza crust is topped with an easy béchamel sauce, bacon and blue cheese for a gourmet pizza at home.
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I had some leftover blue cheese that needed to be used, and I kept thinking of the bacon/blue cheese combination. Then I thought to myself – I bet it would be good on pizza! I’m glad I decided to try it out, because it really is a winning combination for pizza (if you like blue cheese, that is!)
I didn’t want to use a regular pizza sauce, so I made a basic bechamel, topped with bacon and blue cheese. Super simple and super delicious.
As a blue cheese and bacon lover, this is definitely one of my favorite pizzas!! I This is the perfect pizza for adults or the more adventurous children. It’s a combination that can’t be beat!
Ingredients
- Butter: I like to use unsalted butter.
- Flour: You just need all-purpose flour.
- Milk: I will typically use whatever milk I have on hand, which is usually 2%. You could use 1% or whole, as well. Skim milk may work, but your sauce might be pretty thin.
- Salt, Pepper, and Nutmeg: These are just for seasoning the sauce. I highly recommend using freshly ground nutmeg. You just need a few times across the grater.
- Pizza Dough: I use my homemade pizza dough. But feel free to use store bought if that makes it easier for you.
- Bacon: You need cooked and crumbled bacon. So if your bacon isn’t cooked, you’ll want to do that before you start.
- Blue Cheese: I usually like to buy the blue cheese in a block and crumble it myself, but if you have crumbled blue cheese on hand, it will work.
How to Make Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza
STEP 1: Preheat the oven. If you are using a pizza stone, (which I recommend!), you’ll want to preheat it for about 30 minutes.
STEP 2: Make the bechemel sauce. It’s super simple – just melt the butter, whisk in the flour, then whisk in some milk. Season with salt, pepper, and a little bit of nutmeg.
STEP 3: Time to assemble your pizza! Stretch or roll your dough out, then spread the béchamel over the top. Sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese and cooked and crumbled bacon.
STEP 4: Bake!
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Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- salt pepper and freshly ground nutmeg, to taste
- 1 lb pizza dough
- 1/2 lb bacon cooked and chopped
- 2/3 cup blue cheese
Instructions
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 475-500ºF. Let the stone heat for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the béchamel. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour and whisk, making sure there are no clumps. Allow the mixture to cook for at least 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and season to taste with salt, pepper and a bit of freshly grated nutmeg. Continue to cook until slightly thickened.3 tablespoons butter, 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 3/4 cup milk, salt
- Roll the pizza dough on a sheet of parchment paper. Spread the béchamel evenly over the pizza. Top with the bacon and the blue cheese.1 lb pizza dough, 1/2 lb bacon, 2/3 cup blue cheese
- Transfer to the oven and bake until the crust is cooked, 8-10 minutes.
Joan says
I am making this tonight for dinner, but my sauce thickened us pretty fast. I will have to spread it on. Will the flavor still be there or did I cook it too long
Rachel K says
I absolutely loved this recipe! The only thing I would change would be to add a little garlic to the sauce.
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
What a wonderful pizza! Love blue cheese and bacon together. 🙂
Catherine says
Dear Deborah, this pizza looks marvelous. It doesn’t get any better than blue cheese and bacon! A perfect way to kick off the weekend. xo, Catherine
MAUDE says
thx for this recipe. luv blue cheese/bacon. also I lost a recipe for a blue cheese sauce for gnocchi [which I buy premade to have on hand for emergencies, no other food, or unexpected guests] and i’ll try your sauce for the gnocchi. think it will be great. also I kept a list of everyone’s suggestions for crust and will look them all up. i’ll also look at your other recipes because this one is great. thx again. maude
Karen @ On the Banks of Salt Creek says
Oh my goodness. Kids don’t like blue cheese but who says all the pizza has to be something they will eat. I have all the ingredients so this will be made!
Kristi @ My SF Kitchen says
Gahhhh bacon on pizza sounds amazing!! I have never tried that, and can’t wait to make this!
Liz says
Love this pizza. Thank you.