Change up your Friday night pizza with this Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza. Pizza crust is topped with an easy béchamel sauce, bacon and blue cheese for a gourmet pizza at home.
Love blue cheese? Also check out these Blue Cheese Burgers!
Originally published April 29, 2010 – since I just posted my favorite pizza dough recipe, I had to bring this pizza recipe up to the front. As a blue cheese and bacon lover, this is definitely one of my favorite pizzas!! If you read the post below, you’ll see that I had been searching for the perfect pizza crust recipe. Well, earlier this week I shared my recipe – I’m glad my search is over! I have also deleted that original pizza dough recipe since I didn’t really like it anyway. 😉 This is the perfect pizza for adults or the more adventurous children. It’s a combination that can’t be beat!
There are a few foods where I am always searching for the recipe. The one recipe that will make me stop searching for something better and always rely on that recipe. The best whole wheat bread, the best chocolate chip cookie, the best from scratch white cake – and pizza crust. With most recipes, I have ones that I like, maybe even love. But pizza crust – it’s giving me a hard time!
I had some leftover blue cheese that needed to be used, and I kept thinking of the bacon/blue cheese combination. Then I thought to myself – I bet it would be good on pizza! I’m glad I decided to try it out, because it really is a winning combination for pizza (if you like blue cheese, that is!) I didn’t want to use a regular pizza sauce, so I made a basic bechamel, topped with bacon and blue cheese. Super simple and super delicious, but once again, the crust let me down. It was ok and edible, but just not exactly what I was looking for. I guess that just means more pizza in my future!
More Pizza Recipes
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BBQ Chicken Pizza
Clam Pizza with Bacon
Blue Cheese and Bacon Pizza
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup milk
- salt pepper and freshly ground nutmeg, to taste
- 1 lb pizza dough
- 1/2 lb bacon cooked and chopped
- 2/3 cup blue cheese
Instructions
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 475-500ºF. Let the stone heat for at least 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the béchamel. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour and whisk, making sure there are no clumps. Allow the mixture to cook for at least 1 minute. Whisk in the milk and season to taste with salt, pepper and a bit of freshly grated nutmeg. Continue to cook until slightly thickened.
- Roll the pizza dough on a sheet of parchment paper. Spread the béchamel evenly over the pizza. Top with the bacon and the blue cheese. Transfer to the oven and bake until the crust is cooked, 8-10 minutes.
Joan says
I am making this tonight for dinner, but my sauce thickened us pretty fast. I will have to spread it on. Will the flavor still be there or did I cook it too long
Rachel K says
I absolutely loved this recipe! The only thing I would change would be to add a little garlic to the sauce.
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says
What a wonderful pizza! Love blue cheese and bacon together. 🙂
Catherine says
Dear Deborah, this pizza looks marvelous. It doesn’t get any better than blue cheese and bacon! A perfect way to kick off the weekend. xo, Catherine
MAUDE says
thx for this recipe. luv blue cheese/bacon. also I lost a recipe for a blue cheese sauce for gnocchi [which I buy premade to have on hand for emergencies, no other food, or unexpected guests] and i’ll try your sauce for the gnocchi. think it will be great. also I kept a list of everyone’s suggestions for crust and will look them all up. i’ll also look at your other recipes because this one is great. thx again. maude
Karen @ On the Banks of Salt Creek says
Oh my goodness. Kids don’t like blue cheese but who says all the pizza has to be something they will eat. I have all the ingredients so this will be made!
Kristi @ My SF Kitchen says
Gahhhh bacon on pizza sounds amazing!! I have never tried that, and can’t wait to make this!
Liz says
Love this pizza. Thank you.