We had some leftover corned beef last week from St. Patrick’s Day and the question was, how could I repurpose it? I made a super easy corn-beef recipe in my pressure cooker, which I am starting to really like for it’s quick cook times. Now, I still love my crockpot but if you are pinched for time the pressure cooker is the way to go. Since St. Patrick’s day was Thursday this year, the pressure cooker had to be used since I ran to the store after work to purchase the meat and did not have time to let it go low and slow in the crock pot.
My husband loves Rueben’s and Pizza. This is a perfect combo to use the leftovers in a fun way. We generally make a pizza once a week using prepared homemade dough. I usually make 2-4 dough recipes at one time and portion them off and freeze them to last several weeks. It is so inexpensive to make your own dough and it tastes 100% better than the stuff in a can or that’s delivered. You can also buy fresh dough at most deli’s for 1-2 $ a lb. That is if you don’t want to make the dough yourself. Or you can buy frozen dough as well, which can cost just about the same as the fresh; however, the frozen dough you can generally find a coupon in the weekly paper.
Predirections: Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Ingredients:
1 lb of prepared dough, if using frozen make sure it is thawed, I like to pull my out a day in advance
3-4 T Fat Free Thousand Island Dressing
6-7 slices Swiss Cheese, Sliced Thin
1/2-2/3 Cup Sauerkraut (drained very well)
6-8 1/4′ Slices of Leftover Corned Beef (You can always dice this up int small bits it you prefer)
2 tsp. Caraway Seeds
Directions:
- Place the dough in a deep dish stoneware dish, spread the dough to the sides and form edges,
- Place on top of the dough the thousand island dressing. Spread the dressing to the sides leaving an 1 inch rim of the dough. Sprinkle with caraway seeds.
- Place evenly small amounts of sauerkraut on top of the dressing.
- Sporadically place the sliced meat over the sauerkraut and place the dish in the oven. Reduce the temperature to 450 degrees and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove the dish from the oven and layer with cheese and return to oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- Place on cutting board and divide into 6 slices. Enjoy!