Brat Pizza Recipe

Wisconsin is known for a lot of great things. If you are not familiar with the state of Wisconsin, well, let me just say that it is beautiful. Great state parks, the great lakes, awesome summer festivals, the “Fonz“, Laverne and Shirley, cheese, beer, and let us not forget, brats. Â That’s right, brats. The infamous bratwurst. You see the brat is a very common tailgating sausage, as well as the standard when it comes to grilling out. The brat screams summertime, and with that said, I figured I would make some brats for dinner, not realizing that I would take it as far as making a pizza out of them.

I wanted to make brats because my middle child loves them, and that is simply why I made them. My other two kids are not a big fan of the bratwurst yet, but I knew that these would feed him throughout the week should he desire to warm them up for lunch. Yes, he loves them that much. In Wisconsin, it is also a bit traditional to precook the brats in beer and onion before finishing them off on the grill. Yes, beer.

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So this pizza not only has great beer and brats from Wisconsin, but it also has an awesome cheddar cheese beer sauce to boot. Do I have your attention?

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To make the cheddar cheese beer sauce, add the beer to a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil. Toss the flour with the cheese. Once the beer is boiling, add the cheese and flour mixture, dial down the heat, and stir constantly. Toss in some salt and pepper. Stir, and add to a serving bowl.

Make the dough by adding the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar. Mix. Add the water, and with your wooden spoons, or hands, mix until blended. I use my KitchenAid for this process to keep everything in the bowl during the rising process. Mix for about 30 seconds. The dough should be a bit stiff. Cover the bowl with a towel, and let it sit at room temperature until the dough has doubled in volume, about 2 hours. You can do this ahead of time as well, and place in an oiled container, big enough to house the dough, and place in the refrigerator overnight.

Add the brats to Â medium sized pot. Toss in half of the sliced onions and then entire beer, and bring this to a simmer, cooking for about 25 minutes. Remove two brats, and slice into about 1/2 inch rounds. Set aside.

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Preheat your oven to 500 degrees, and place your pizza stone, or sheet pan in the oven to preheat. Once preheated, let the stone stay in the oven for about 10 minutes to get nice and hot.

Once the dough has risen, divide into two portions. With one of the portions, add some flour to a large pastry board, and take that portion of the dough, and form into a large enough piece to place onto your pizza stone.

Place the dough on the preheated stone, then add the pizza sauce, making sure you get a nice, thin coating around the entire pizza dough.

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Top with the shredded mozzarella cheese, then scatter half of the thinly sliced onions on top of the cheese. Place the sliced brats onto the pizza, then drizzle the cheddar cheese beer sauce on top of the pizza.

Place into the preheated oven and cook for about 25 minutes, or until the cheese is nice and bubbly and the crust is a dark golden color.

Remove from the oven and place onto a pizza sheet, shower the pizza with the chives, and let the pizza rest for about 10 minutes before slicing into it.

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OK, the result is truly an awesome pizza. At first glance one might think it is just a sausage pizza, but then you get that awesome aroma from the beer brat. Biting into it yields everything you would want in a great brat, and then the onion, and that cheddar cheese beer sauce that melts right into the pizza, need I say more!? This pizza is a real winner, and I am glad that I can introduce you to some of the fine things that Wisconsin has to offer. I hope you enjoy!Beer brat and caramelized onion pizza is perfect for a tailgating appetizer, or for a meal that is reminiscent of game day flavors. It’s made with beer brats and caramelized onions with ooey gooey mozzarella cheese, making it one delicious pizza.

Tailgating is BIG here in Wisconsin. As soon as baseball season starts, drive by the stadium (where the Milwaukee Brewers play) on a game day and you are guaranteed to either be stuck in traffic all excited on your way to the game, or see the sea of cars already parked and ready for tailgating.

Even though I went to college and grad school where tailgating was a ‘thing, ’ I never really realized how big of a ‘thing’ it was until I moved to Wisconsin.

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Put aside any images you may conjure up when you think ‘tailgating.’ In Wisconsin, tailgating is next level; it’s ten times whatever you were imagining. I’m talking about people that pull up their car and unload gear – grills, tables, coolers, tents, etc. All in the parking lot! Some people even just go to the parking lot to tailgate and never make it into the game. I’m not even kidding, that’s a thing here!

Included in any real tailgate in Wisconsin are beer brats. Beer brats are simply brats that are simmered in beer and then grilled. They’re deeeeelish! No other brats come close (ok ok, maybe these do). Once you have a beer brat you will never want a regular brat again.

When I first went to a baseball game with my husband a few years ago, it changed the way I look at tailgating food. Never before had I thought it was anything besides grilled hot dogs and brats. Like I said, it was next level.

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So, as I was shopping for game day supplies, I thought about beer brats and the caramelized onions that go with it. And, to up my tailgating game, I had the idea of making this an amazing appetizer food.

An appetizer would be a great idea; something to bring and eat while the grill is getting set up. Something that can be enjoyed both as a tailgate food or something that can be enjoyed at home and be reminiscent of game day flavors: enter this delicious beer brat and caramelized onion pizza.

All the toppings of this pizza could be made ahead of time and then could be brought to the tailgate and you could grill the pizza there! Or you can make it ahead of time (like I did in my recipe) and then bring it as an appetizer for people to snack on while everything else is being set up

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What I like to do is slice the pizza into itty bitty little pieces! It makes transferring the pizza to a storage container super easy!

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Another option is making this for dinner. It’s such a yummy meal, and if you can’t make it to the game, it’s a great way to bring game day flavors to you!

Beer brat and caramelized onion pizza is perfect for a tailgating appetizer, or for a meal that is reminiscent of game day flavors. It's made with beer brats and caramelized onions with ooey gooey mozzarella cheese, making it one delicious pizza.

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