Tex-Mex Beef & Green Pepper Pizzas with Cheddar

🥘 Ingredients

• black pepper
  to taste
• cheddar cheese (shredded)
  ½ cup
• cooking oil
  1 tsp
• cream cheese (softened)
  2 oz
• fajita spice blend
  1 tbsp
• flour (for dusting)
  1 tbsp
• fresh red salsa
  ½ cup
• ground beef
  10 oz
• lime
  1
• long green pepper (finely diced)
  1
• olive oil
  1 tbsp
• pizza dough
  2 pieces
• salt
  to taste
• sour cream
  2 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• baking sheet
• pan
• small bowl

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   sour cream cheddar cheese cream cheese ground beef long green pepper fresh red salsa fajita spice blend pizza dough lime flour black pepper salt cooking oil olive oil

   sour cream: 2 tbsp, cheddar cheese: ½ cup (shredded), cream cheese: 2 oz (softened), ground beef: 10 oz, long green pepper: 1 (finely diced), fresh red salsa: ½ cup, fajita spice blend: 1 tbsp, pizza dough: 2 pieces, lime: 1, flour: 1 tbsp (for dusting), black pepper: to taste, salt: to taste, cooking oil: 1 tsp, olive oil: 1 tbsp
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   Preheat oven to 475°F.
3. 

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   Wash and dry all produce.
4. 

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   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Carefully press and stretch each pizza dough into a rough oval shape; place on the prepared sheet.
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   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium-high heat. Add ground beef, long green pepper, fajita spice blend, a big pinch of salt, and black pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until beef is cooked through and green pepper is browned and tender ⏱️ 4 minutes .
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   Use flour(dusted) hands to press and stretch dough on baking sheet into larger oval shapes, about 10 inches long and 5-6 inches wide.
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   While pizzas bake, in a small bowl , combine sour cream with juice from half the lime and as much lime zest as you like. Taste and season with salt and black pepper if desired.
8. 📝

   Assembly note: Spread cream cheese on each dough oval, top with the beef mixture and cheddar cheese, and bake ~{8%minutes} until golden. Finish with fresh red salsa and lime crema.