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    Home » Recipes » Breads & Buns

    Peking Duck Pizza with Caramelized Onions & Hoisin Sauce

    Published: Apr 5, 2019 by Michelle · 5 Comments

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    This Asian-inspired Peking Duck Pizza with Caramelized Onions & Hoisin Sauce will be your new favourite! The pizza crust is baked on a baking steel for the ultimate crisp texture.

    Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Baking Steel. All opinions expressed and images are solely mine. Thank you for supporting brands that help make Sift & Simmer possible!

    Close up of a slice of peking duck pizza on wooden pizza board, with knife and fork.
    I am so excited to partner up with Baking Steel for this post.

    As you already know, I'm a girl who loves carbs.

    Noodles, pizza, dumplings, and banh mi are at the top of my list.

    I've been making pizza regularly for the past 7 or 8 years.

    My pizza dough was always made on my trusty pizza stone.

    But recently, I found myself in a dire situation. I had placed my pizza stone in the oven, as usual, and cranked up my oven to 500F to heat it up.

    CRACK!!!!!!!

    What was that sound?! I rushed to the oven. And my heart fell to the floor.

    My once-white, stained pizza stone of 8 years... BROKEN. INTO. PIECES.

    I deliberated replacing the stone with another pizza stone, but then I recalled seeing a new, revolutionary way of making pizza.

    Using the Baking Steel.

    Peking duck pizza on Baking Steel.
    What is a baking steel?

    Touted as "the world's best consumer cooking surface" by Serious Eats' J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, this Baking Steel was either over-hyped, or was a magical piece of equipment that transforms pizza dough into something heavenly.

    I received the Original Baking Steel from Andris (thank you!) and it's a hefty piece of steel, weighing in at 15 lbs.

    It's made in the USA, and is a nice rectangular shape (dimensions are 16 x 14 x ¼″) that fits perfectly in a conventional oven.

    The surface is flat, which makes it great for pizza doughs, breads, and you could use it as a griddle if you want.

    Why use a baking steel?

    Once you go steel, you can't go stone.

    Why? The heat conductivity in steel is much more even and faster than stone, resulting in a thin, crispy crust.

    It's virtually indestructible!

    No more broken pizza stones. Or broken hearts.

    So how did it perform?

    Let's just say, that both my husband and I were awestruck at the texture of the resulting homemade pizza.

    I mean, it was phenomenal! Perfectly crispy, light, and bubbly. Everything that I would want in a pizza.

    Close up of peking duck pizza on baking steel.

    To celebrate this newfound joy of pizza perfection, I decided to go all out and make the most delicious, Asian-inspired Peking Duck Pizza with Caramelized Onions and Hoisin Sauce.

    It's something you won't be able to find at your regular pizza joint.

    Think of succulent, juicy BBQ duck, 5-spice flavoured caramelized onions, punctuated with the sharpness of red and green onions, tied together with sweet hoisin sauce.

    Close up of a slice of peking duck pizza on wooden pizza board, with knife and fork.
    Ingredients you'll need

    For this Peking Duck pizza, you'll need:

    • pizza dough: you can use any pizza dough you like; homemade or otherwise
    • peking duck: roasted Peking duck; you can get BBQ duck at Chinese BBQ meat shops
    • caramelized onions: adds a little sweetness to the the pizza
    • garlic paste: made with oil and minced garlic
    • 5-spice powder: added to the caramelized onions to accentuate the duck flavour; you can find it in Asian grocery stores
    • red onions:
    • green onions:
    • cilantro: optional if you don't like it
    • hoisin sauce: adds a final sweetness and complements the savoury duck

    Peking duck pizza on wooden pizza board, with knife and fork.
    How to make it

    Prepare the pizza dough accordingly.

    Slice the roasted duck.

    Make the caramelized onion jam (you can do this ahead of time).

    Prepare the garlic paste.

    Then assemble the pizza with the toppings.

    Bake the pizza on the Baking Steel at 500F for 6-7 minutes, and serve immediately.

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    Have you tried baking pizza on steel? Let me know! Tag me on Instagram @siftandsimmer or leave me a comment/rating below!

    Close up of a slice of peking duck pizza on wooden pizza board, with knife and fork.

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    5 from 5 votes

    Peking Duck Pizza With Caramelized Onions & Hoisin Sauce 

    An Asian-fusion style pizza with roast peking duck, caramelized onions and hoisin sauce baked on Baking Steel.
    Prep Time30 mins
    Cook Time10 mins
    Resting Time3 hrs
    Total Time3 hrs 40 mins
    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American, Asian, Chinese
    Servings: 24
    Calories: 250kcal
    Author: Michelle

    For accuracy and precision in baking recipes, use weight (metric) measurements when available.

    Ingredients

    Pizza Dough:

    • 650 g bread flour
    • ½ teaspoon sea salt
    • 3 g active dry yeast
    • 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
    • 2 teaspoon olive oil
    • 350 g warm water

    Toppings:

    • 1 roasted BBQ Peking duck, sliced with the skin on
    • 1 C caramelized onions
    • 3 tablespoon garlic oil paste recipe below
    • 3 green onions chopped
    • 2 tablespoon red onions chopped
    • 1 small bunch cilantro chopped
    • 3 tablespoon hoisin sauce

    Caramelized Onions:

    • 1 batch Caramelized Onion Jam
    • ½ teaspoon 5-spice powder

    Garlic Oil Paste:

    • 1 C garlic cloves
    • ¼ C good-quality neutral oil
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    Instructions

    Make the dough:

    • In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients and knead until smooth and elastic. The dough will be slightly sticky. Add a little more flour as needed.
    • Cover with plastic wrap and leave to sit for 30 minutes.
    • After 30 minutes, knead the dough again, cover, and leave to proof for 2 hours in a warm spot.

    Caramelized onions:

    • To the caramelized onion jam, add ½ teaspoon 5-spice powder and mix.

    Make the garlic oil paste:

    • In a food processor, add in the garlic and pulse until fine. Drizzle in the oil and continue to pulse until a smooth paste forms.
    • Transfer garlic oil paste into a clean jar and store in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

    Assemble:

    • Place the Baking Steel on the bottom rack of your oven.
    • Preheat the oven to 500°F/260°C. (Do this about 1 hour before you plan to bake the pizzas off).
    • Dust your work surface with some flour. Divide the pizza dough into 3 portions.
    • Lay a piece of parchment paper and stretch out the pizza dough into a circle about 10-12" in diameter, leaving a perimeter for the crust.
    • Spread 1 tablespoon garlic oil paste on the surface of the dough. Add the roast bbq duck slices, caramelized onions and green onions.
    • Use a pizza paddle and place the pizza dough onto the Baking Steel and cook for 6-7 minutes, until golden brown. You can use the broiler for 2-3 minutes if you prefer a darker crust.
    • Remove from oven. Garnish with extra green onions, cilantro, and red onions. Drizzle hoisin sauce on top.
    • Slice the Peking Duck pizza and serve immediately. Repeat with the remaining pizzas.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 250kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 105mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 23mg | Iron: 1mg

    The nutritional information provided should be considered as approximate and is not guaranteed. Please use your best judgment to ensure food is safely prepared and/or a good fit for your diet.

    Did you try this recipe?Mention @siftandsimmer or tag #siftandsimmer!

    Dough recipe adapted from Baking Steel.

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    Comments

    1. Anjali

      May 14, 2021 at 4:41 pm

      5 stars
      What a creative pizza recipe!! I love the addition of the caramelized onions with the duck - can't wait to try this soon!

      Reply
    2. HEATHER PERINE

      May 14, 2021 at 5:23 pm

      5 stars
      I mean you had me at pizza 🙂 but with peking duck?! Game. changer. Can't wait to try!!

      Reply
    3. Emily Flint

      May 14, 2021 at 5:31 pm

      5 stars
      This pizza was so amazing, the garlic oil and hoisin sauce really took it over the top. And now my baking steel is in the mail, LOL! Thank you!

      Reply
    4. Elise

      May 14, 2021 at 6:00 pm

      5 stars
      This looks incredible. What a cool way to make a fancier pizza! I think this would be perfect to impress guests.

      Reply
    5. Sarah Baumeister

      May 14, 2021 at 6:03 pm

      5 stars
      The recipe itself is gorgeous, makes me think of a twist on a BBQ Chicken pizza for some reason. That aside, I'm highly intrigued about the baking steel! So cool.

      Reply

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