Hot Brown Pizza
Hot Brown Pizza
Try this festive pizza version of the traditional Hot Brown open-faced sandwich, which was created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky in 1926.Recipe courtesy of Churchill Downs
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Servings
8
Total time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 large pizza shell 16 inch (frozen or par baked)
- 8 ounce diced or shredded fresh turkey breast
- 4 ounce chopped bacon (cooked)
- 4 ounce diced tomatoes
- 4 ounce shaved parmesan cheese
- 16 ounce mornay sauce (recipe follows)
- 12 ounce whole milk
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 ounce gruyere cheese
- 2 ounce grated parmesan cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Place pizza dough on a cooking sheet.
- Add a generous layer of the cooled Mornay sauce from edge to edge of the pizza crust.
- Spread evenly across the top of the pizza the turkey, bacon, shaved Parmesan cheese, and tomatoes.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 2 minutes.
- Slice and enjoy your Hot Brown Pizza!
- In a small sauce pan over medium heat gently melt butter.
- Once melted, sprinkle in the flour and whisk until flour and butter are incorporated and paste-like.
- Add milk and whisk until the flour and butter mixture are incorporated.
- Once all is incorporated, bring the milk to a simmer, constantly stirring to keep from burning.
- Allow to simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add cheese and whisk until melted and incorporated.
- Sauce should be thick in consistency and smooth.
- Remove from heat and cool.