The Kentucky Hot Brown is a Louisville, Kentucky tradition! It started in the 1920’s when the Brown Hotel created a new dish for late night guests. Traditionally, it is an open faced sandwich with slices of turkey, bacon, tomato, and a Mornay sauce. It’s delicious! I took this local favorite and made it into… a pizza!
You will Need:
Pizza Dough
1 Tbls butter
1 Tbls flour
1 cup milk
1/4 cup Romano cheese
Pinch of nutmeg
Salt and Pepper
Thick sliced roasted turkey
Cooked Bacon
Sliced Roma tomato
Pizza Cheese
Garlic Salt
Be sure to have our prepared pizza dough on hand! I suppose you could use other pre made dough, or a refrigerated pizza crust, but.. why would you want to?
Preheat oven to 475.
To make the Mornay sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan, and add the flour. Whisk to combine very well and let cook for about a minute. Add in the milk and continue to whisk very well. Let it come to a light boil, stir until the sauce thickens. Remove from heat and add cheese, nutmeg and salt and pepper.
Spread about half of the Mornay sauce on the pizza crust. Sprinkle a light layer of pizza cheese on top of the sauce. Break up slices of turkey into bite size pieces and spread on the pizza. Add crumbled bacon and sliced tomatoes. Add another layer of cheese on top.
Drizzle the remaining Mornay sauce on top and add some garlic salt to taste.
Bake in the oven for 15-18 minutes until cheese has browned. Enjoy!
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Yum, that looks delish!
Would you believe that I have lived in Kentucky for 5+ years and have yet to have a hot brown yet?! Im totally pinning this to that I can try to make this later!
That looks like my kind of pizza!!
I never heard of this. It looks amazing.
I love the history of the pizza!
YUM! I’m not a huge pizza fan, but I do like pizzas that are a bit different. This one sounds pretty yummy!
I’ve never heard of it but it looks delicious! Must have!
Mmmmm, that sure does look yummy. Thank you for sharing.
Kentucky Hot Browns is my son’s FAVORITE DISH! And on PIZZA? *mindsplosion*
That looks amazing! I love pizza. I’ve never had the sandwich but it sounds great as a pizza.
This looks amazing. I bet the nutmeg really throws people for a loop, but I can see it working.
Sounds yummy! I’ve never heard of the sandwich but it looks like one delicious pizza!
That looks amazing! I’ve never ever heard of using nutmeg for that before. How cool!
That looks SO good! Just might have to try making it myself.
I’ve never heard of this before, but it sure sounds yummy!
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