These pepperoni pizza smash burgers are my new favourite style of burgers! They perfectly blend the two styles of fake-away into a really easy and delicious dinner! These feel like such a treat dinner but really are very simple to pull together!
For the buns, I’ve used supermarket garlic ciabatta slices, which work soooo well! I also have baked this whole meal in the oven as it felt the easiest route with minimal washing up, but you can of course make these in your air fryer or pan if you’d rather!
I have used a mixture of mozerella and burger cheese in these to make them feel like a proper ‘hybrid’ but you can use just the one type if it’s all you have in, or these would also work really well with cheddar I think!
How to make easy pepperoni pizza smash burgers:
Scroll down for full ingredient list and printable recipe card
1. Preheat your oven to 180°C (or whatever your burger and ciabatta packets suggest).
2. Put your smash burgers on a baking tray (you’ll need 2 per burger)
3. Then line your garlic ciabatta squares onto another baking tray
4. Cook the burgers and ciabatta as per the packet instructions minus 2 minutes (as they’ll be going back in the oven)
5. Then stack it all together! Layer one side of the ciabatta with tomato sauce and grated mozzarella
6. Then, stack on a smash burger, a slice of cheese, the second burger, more cheese and mozzarella, and finish with the pepperoni
7. Pop the whole tray back in the oven for the final 2 minutes, until your cheese has melted
8. Smear the top ciabatta squares with a little more sauce, pile on some rocket, then squish it all together.
Pepperoni Pizza Smash Burgers
Pizza burgers are so good! The perfect mix of cheese, burger, pepperoni and tomato sauce! I used garlic ciabbata squares for these.
Ingredients
- 2 garlic ciabatta squares (Aldi — come in a pack of 4)
- 2 shop-bought smash burgers
- 2 pepperoni slices
- A handful of grated mozzarella
- 2 cheap cheese slices (optional, to make it feel more ‘burger’)
- 1 tbsp pasta or pizza sauce, plus extra for the top (I used the Aldi mascarpone stir-through one)
- A handful of rocket
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (or whatever temperature your packets suggest).
- Cook the smash burgers and ciabatta squares as per the packet instructions, minus 2 minutes.
- Then, take them out of the oven and spread a tbsp of sauce on each ciabatta base, scatter with mozzarella, then stack a smash burger, cheese, the second burger, more cheese and mozzarella, and the pepperoni.
- Return to the oven for the final 2 minutes to finish cooking and melt the cheese.
- Smear the top ciabatta square with a little more sauce, add rocket, squish together and serve, these are lovely with chips!
Notes
I baked mine in the oven as it is the least amount of pans and washing up! But you can cook these in the air fryer or a pan too.
Nutrition Information
Yield
1Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 814Total Fat 76gSaturated Fat 33gUnsaturated Fat 43gCholesterol 302mgSodium 2380mgCarbohydrates 114gFiber 2gSugar 4gProtein 88g
Nutritional data provided here is only an estimate. If you're tracking these things for medical purposes please consult an outside, trusted source. Thanks!
