BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza
103 min · 9 steps
Hard: over 60 min or 12+ steps
About this dish
Slow-roasted pork shoulder, pulled while still warm and tossed in a smoky-sweet BBQ sauce, sits on a par-baked pizza base slicked with more sauce — the double-layer BBQ application is what separates a flat, one-note pizza from one with deep, caramelised complexity.
Allergy Info
Dairy, Gluten
Diet Info
Meat
Before you start
Ready-made is fine, or make your own.
- 72-Hour Cold-Ferment Pizza Dough500 gstart 3 days aheadMake your own
- Same-Day Pizza Dough500 gstart 2 hours aheadMake your own
- Slow-Roasted Pulled Pork400 gstart 4 hours aheadMake your own
Ingredients
Fresh Produce
- red onionthinly sliced into rings1 small
- jalapeñothinly sliced1
- Fresh Corianderroughly chopped2 tbsp
Meat & Poultry
- Ready-made pulled porkor a batch of your own400 g
Dairy & Eggs
- low-moisture mozzarellagrated200 g
Dried Goods
- Ready-made pizza doughat room temperature500 g
- Plain flourfor dusting2 tbsp
Oils & Condiments
- BBQ saucegood-quality smoky variety, divided200 ml
- Apple cider vinegar1 tsp
Utensils
- Frying pan
- baking tray or pizza stone
- Baking parchment
- Pastry brush
- Grater
- Chef's knife
- Chopping board
Method
Take 500 g of ready-made pizza dough out of the refrigerator, divide it into two 250 g balls, and leave them, covered, at room temperature for 30 minutes. Cold dough tears rather than stretches, so let it relax fully before shaping.
Thinly slice the red onion into rings, thinly slice the jalapeño, and roughly chop the fresh coriander. Grate the mozzarella if not pre-grated. Set everything aside.
Warm 400 g of ready-made pulled pork in a pan over medium heat until heated through, then toss it with 100 ml of the BBQ sauce and the apple cider vinegar so every shred is coated.
Place a large baking tray or pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 250°C (230°C fan) for at least 30 minutes.
Take one dough ball and stretch or roll it on a floured surface into a 30–32 cm round approximately 4–5 mm thick.
Slide the dough onto a sheet of baking parchment, brush the surface with the remaining 100 ml BBQ sauce, leaving a 2 cm border, then scatter the grated mozzarella evenly over the top.
Pile the sauced pulled pork over the cheese, then distribute the red onion rings and jalapeño slices on top.
Transfer the pizza (on its parchment) onto the hot baking tray or stone and bake for 12–14 minutes until the crust is golden and charred at the edges and the cheese is bubbling and beginning to blister.
Remove from the oven, scatter with fresh coriander, slice into 8 pieces and serve immediately.