Famous Buffalo Sandwich, Beef on Weck, Turns Pizza
The roots of Beef on Weck, a Northeastern sandwich, trace back to the early 1900s in Buffalo, New York, where a roast beef on a “kummelweck” roll with a horseradish sauce became a hit in the taverns.
Trent Groothuis, owner of The Greathouse of Pizza in Casey, Illinois, created a Beef on Weck pizza special after becoming inspired by a pizza version in North Tonawanda, New York.
Beef on Weck Pizza
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: Pizza
Courtesy of Trent Groothuis, The Greathouse of Pizza, Casey, Illinois
Ingredients
- 14” pizza dough skin (We suggest a pan dough or any dough with a larger bready outer crust)
- 1 cup horseradish cream sauce (recipe below)
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 5 ounces cheddar cheese
- 10 ounces thinly sliced medium rare roast beef (we use our homemade Italian beef)
- 1½ ounces sliced onions
- 1 medium sized thinly sliced tomato
- Melted butter
- Kosher salt
- Caraway seeds
Instructions
- Spread cream sauce evenly over dough. Make sure to leave a large raised outer rim.
- Brush melted butter over raised outer rim of the dough.
- Sprinkle kosher salt and caraway seeds liberally over the entire raised dough rim.
- Sprinkle ¼ the mozz cheese over the cream sauce.
- Add the sliced beef evenly over the cheese and sauce.
- Evenly layer the sliced tomatoes and onions over the beef.
- Sprinkle cheddar cheese over the beef and tomatoes/onions and then add remainder of the mozzarella cheese.
- Bake until the crust and cheese are golden brown.
- Once the pie is done baking, lightly sprinkle with caraway seeds.
- Serve with a side of Au-Jus and a couple dill pickle spears
Horseradish Cream Sauce
Author: Pizza Today
Recipe type: Sauce
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ cup flour
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 2 cups prepared horseradish
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan on medium heat.
- Mix flour with butter to make a roux. Cook for a couple minutes, stirring frequently. Do not brown the flour.
- Add cream and continue to stir.
- Turn heat down to low and add garlic, horseradish, mustard, salt and pepper.
- Continue to simmer and stir frequently until it becomes a thick consistency similar to an Alfredo sauce.
