Terry's Hamburger Pizza

Ingredients:

1 kg bag frozen hash browns, thawed
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

1 lb ground beef
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion
2 Tbsp flour

1 can tomato soup
2 tsp sugar

1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder

2 cups grated cheddar cheese

How to Make:

Preheat oven to 450F.

Spray a round, flat pizza pan with non-stick spray. A rectangular cookie sheet is okay too.

Check to make sure your hash bowns are thawed. They can be very cold, but if you can't bend them, they need to thaw more. If necessary, help them along by dumping them out of the bag into a glass bowl, and microwaving them on high for 1 minute. Stir, check, and repeat as necessary.

Pour hash browns, cheddar soup, egg, salt (1 tsp), and pepper (1/2 tsp) into a large bowl and mix well. It's easiest to use your hands to mix this, but a large spatula works well too.

Grandma K's mixing bowl

Turn mixture out onto pizza pan and press it tightly down to form the crust. You can make a little ridge around the edge to make it look even nicer, if you like, but it's not necessary.
Put the crust into the oven (it should be at 450F by now) and bake until the edges are nicely browning (about 20-25 minutes).

In a large frying pan, start browning the hamburger. Once you see some of the fat from the meat bubbling on the bottom of the pan, add the onion. Fry the meat and onion, breaking up the chunks of meat, until there is no sign of pink.
Sprinkle the flour (2 Tbsp) over the meat and mix in, letting the flour coat the meat. Then add the tomato soup, sugar (2 tsp), salt (1/2 tsp), pepper (1/8 tsp), and garlic powder (1/4 tsp) and mix into the meat until it has a rich, thick texture.

Sprinkle about 2/3 of the shredded cheese over the cooked potato base.

Spoon all of the meat mixture evenly over the cheese. This is easier to do if you wait a minute after putting the cheese on, because it will melt and stick to the base, and not get mixed up with the meat.

Top pizza with remaining cheese.

Return to oven and broil until cheese is melted and bubbly (about 5 minutes).

Really good! If there are any leftovers, they freeze really well in individual slices, which can then just be heated up in the microwave for delicious meaty goodness later.