Pizza Hot Dogs with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers and Crispy Fried Onions
YIELDS
6 PIZZA HOTS DOGS
PREP TIME
4 HOURS 30 MINUTES
COOK TIME
1.5 MINUTES
Ingredients
For the pizza dogs:
- 25 ounces (720 grams) Classic Pizza Dough
- Fine sea salt, to taste
- 6 natural beef hot dogs or Frankfurter sausages (2.5 to 3 ounces or 75 to 90 grams each)
- Flour, for dusting
- 3 ounces (90 grams) crispy fried onions (any store brand will do)
- 9 ounces (260 grams) cheddar, grated
- 6 ounces (180 grams) ketchup (preferably in a squeeze bottle)
For the quick-pickled cucumbers:
- ¾ cups water
- 2 teaspoons fine sea salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup white wine vinegar
- 4 dill stems, plus more for garnish (optional)
- 2 small cucumbers (about 14 ounces or 400 grams total)
For the hot honey mustard:
- 2.5 ounces (70 grams) mayonnaise
- 2 ounces (60 grams) Dijon mustard
- 1.8 ounces (50 grams) Hot Honey, or regular honey)
- 0.2 ounces (5 grams) lemon juice
Instructions
For the quick-pickled cucumbers:
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In a saucepan over medium heat, bring the water with salt and sugar to a boil and stir until both are completely dissolved. Take the saucepan off the heat; add white wine vinegar, stir, and let the mixture cool slightly. Set aside.
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Wash and chop the dill, keeping the leaves in a small bowl. Set aside. Wash the cucumbers and cut into 0.2-inch (0.5-centimeter) thick slices.
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Place your dill and cucumbers into a glass jar; add the brine water.
For the hot honey mustard:
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, mustard, hot honey and lemon juice. Fill your squeeze bottle with the hot honey mustard mixture.
For the pizza dogs:
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Fire up your Ooni oven. Aim for 750 °F to 850 °F (400 °C to 450 °C) on the baking stone inside. Use the infrared thermometer to quickly and accurately check the temperature of the middle of the stone.
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In a medium saucepan, bring enough salted water to cover the hot dogs to a boil. Reduce the heat so that the water is hot, but not boiling, then add the hot dogs; cook for around 10 minutes.
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Place a pizza dough ball on a lightly floured work surface and press air lengthwise from the center of the dough into the crust, creating an indentation the length and width of your hot dog.
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Transfer the stretched dough to a lightly dusted peel; add 1.5 ounces of the cheddar to the middle of the dough to prevent it from rising during the bake.
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Launch the dough into the oven. Cook for 1 minute, turning once halfway to ensure an even bake.
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Remove from the oven; add the hot dog. Reduce the flames to a minimum, then launch the bun and hot dog and bake for another 20 to 30 seconds.
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Remove from the oven, top with ketchup, mustard, pickles, crispy onions and garnish with chopped dill (optional).
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Repeat the steps for the remaining pizza dogs, serve and enjoy!