Turkey steak pizza

About the recipe

A healthier homemade pizza recipe by Mr Cookfulness, Ian Taverner. Topped with melted mozzarella and fresh ingredients, this pizza alternative is easy to make and full of flavour.

You can make the vegetable mix ahead of time and reheat when ready to add to the steaks. The mix also freezes well so you can have some ready-made for whenever you need it.

This colourful pizza-inspired dish is packed with ingredients that can help make mealtimes both enjoyable and nutritious. Turkey steak provides a lean source of protein to help keep you feeling full, while the vegetables add vitamins, minerals and fibre. Swapping a traditional pizza base for turkey steak is a simple way to reduce refined carbohydrates while creating a balanced, satisfying meal full of flavour.

Ingredients

For this recipe, you will need:

• 4-6 turkey steaks
• Half a punnet of cherry tomatoes, quartered
• Half a white onion chopped or half a cup of frozen chopped onion
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 tsp garlic paste
• 1 mozzarella ball
• 1 tsp ginger paste
• 6 fresh basil leaves
• 2 cups of frozen mixed peppers or raw and chopped
• 3 tsp passata or tomato pasta sauce
• 3-4 smokey bacon rashers cut into small pieces
• 2 splashes of olive oil
• Pinch of salt and pepper

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 240°C (220°C fan).
2. Add the oil to a frying pan and heat to medium-high.
3. Add the bacon and onion, cook for 8-10 minutes.
4. Add the garlic, ginger and peppers and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
5. Add the chopped tomatoes, passata/sauce, ketchup and basil then turn the heat down to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. In a separate pan, add the oil on a high heat and add the turkey steaks to cook for just 1 minute on each side. They should look brown but not cooked through, and set aside.
7. On the baking tray, lay the turkey steaks out flat.
8. Spoon over the vegetable mix from the first pan like a pizza topping onto each turkey steak, but with a bit more piled in the middle of each.
9. Tear the mozzarella into chunks and top each pizza with cheese evenly.
10. Put the pan into the hot oven for 10 minutes until the cheese is golden brown.
11. Carefully remove from the oven, serve and enjoy.