I love eating salads this time of year and one of my favorites is a Gyro Salad with all that deliciously salty feta cheese, flavorful Gyro meat, and a nice warm pita to mop up all the dressing. In maintaining a Paleo way of eating, I am to stay away from grains and dairy. After seeing a picture of a Meatza Pizza on fastpaleo.com, I thought that I could create my own version using all the Greek flavors found in a Gyro Salad and forming it into a pizza using the meat as a crust. Although this is a fork and knife meal, I did not miss the cheese and bread (alright, maybe a little.) If you are following a regular diet, go ahead and throw on the Feta and maybe a drizzle of Tzatziki. Moderation in moderation, right?
Greekza Pizza
1 pound organic, free-range ground beef, 85/15 fat
1/2 tsp. sea salt, optional
1 T. minced fresh oregano
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 T. red onion, finely chopped
1/4 tsp. fresh cracked black pepper
Mix all ingredients together well and press into a 12 inch circle on a pizza pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes then broil for another 3. Remove from pan, leaving drippings behind and place on a plate. Top with…
sliced cucumbers
sliced tomatoes
sliced red onion
sliced fresh black olives
fresh oregano leaves
a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
more fresh cracked black pepper
Slice and serve. Serves 2-3.
I wonder what other versions we could dream up?
Robin Sue
15 Comments
wow, this is a cool idea! i think i could probably eat large amounts of this 'pizza' and be totally OK with it
I'm intrigued by this; sounds delicious!
This looks very good!
What a great idea! Although the thought of grainless, dairyless pizza still makes me a little sad. This does look delicious though!
Looks great! I'm definitely interested in the Paleo diet.
I can't wait to try this because it has no carbs and just cholesterol in the meat which isn't too bad. Ma
Thanks for this wonderful Greekza Pizza recipe. It looks great.
I just love pizza. I have a friend who also loves pizza but happens to be gluten intolerant. So i am always looking for alternative crusts.
Best on the diet (camera adds ten pounds you tv star). I recently finished the 17 day diet. Worked great for me, but is sure a joy to be off it… Butter it hurt to be without
Dave
Oooh,this recipe gives me a great framework for creating other sorts of "pizzas". Taco pizza would be yummy using taco meat as the crust and topping with lettuce, tomato, olives, salsa, guacamole. Score!
~Sharon
My carnivore son would be all over this.
Mimi
Awesome!! What a great way to get a pizza fix! I read a little about paleo and I am intrigued!
How is sea salt not a "paleo" food? It is basically just sea water that's been evaporated (albeit from boiling the water away usually), but it doesn't seem like something that a cave man couldn't have done themselves with very primitive tools.
Hi Jack,
Most Paleo folks stay away from extra added salt. I do use a pinch here and there since my very modern tastebuds like the stuff;)
It all depends on how strict you want to be about it.
Robin Sue
I too have made this Meatza. Very good and I too add celtic sea salt for flavor and minerals
Hmmm, wonder if I could do half ground lamb, half beef to get a really authentic gyro flavor? Maybe a schmear of tzatziki between the meat and veggies too…..