Delicious lunch: make a BLT pizza

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the food lovers of online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat and what to cook. This time our chefs serve you: the tastiest BLT pizza.

A long time ago, I often went to Buffet van Odette (then still in the Amsterdam Jordaan) to eat BLT soup. Actually, there was no L to be found because it was just tomato soup with crispy fried bacon, but it was ABSURDLY delicious. I'm not such a BLT purist, it turns out, and that's why I HAVE to share this hit with you.

A BLT pizza, make me crazy! Completely logical when you think about it: of course tomatoes and bacon go well on a pizza base. And the lettuce, you sprinkle on later, because you don't want soggy baked lettuce.

INGREDIENTS

1 pizza base, homemade or store-bought without sauce
6 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
freshly ground black pepper
6 thick slices of breakfast bacon, cooked until crispy
250 g cherry tomatoes, halved
150 g mozzarella, grated or chopped
2 handfuls of romaine lettuce, washed and sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice

Here's how to make the BLT pizza

• Preheat the oven according to the package instructions if you are using a store-bought base, and to 250 degrees if you made it yourself.
• In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, oregano, garlic powder, and black pepper.
• Spread half of this on the pizza base.
• Crumble half of the cooked bacon over it and three-quarters of the tomatoes.
• Spread all the mozzarella over the base.
• Place the base on a baking sheet or pizza stone and bake for 12-14 minutes until the cheese is melted and the edges of the crust are lightly browned.
• Remove the pizza from the oven, sprinkle the rest of the tomatoes and bacon over it, plus the lettuce.
• Stir the lemon juice into the remaining mayonnaise mixture and drizzle over the pizza.
• Serve immediately.

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