Ingredients
- 1 ea Pizza Dough See notes for recipe. (ADJUST ALL INGREDIENTS FOR YOUR SIZE OF 'ZA). This recipe was for a large 16" cast iron pan.
- 56 oz Pizza Sauce See my approach at the bottom of the ingredient list and instruction list. Use your own favorite sauce recipe.
- 1 lb Sausage I like spicy Italian here.
- 8 ea Bacon Slices. Cooked & Crumbled. See notes for recipe.
- 10 oz Pepperoni
- 32 oz Mozzarella Fresh. Sliced.
- 10 ea Mozzarella Deli Slices.
- 4 tbs Butter Melted
Sauce (This was a very garlic centered sauce. I'd encourage you to try making your own personal variation for the sauce unless you love garlic as much as I do).
- 56 oz Crushed Tomatoes
- 10 cloves Garlic Minced (yes 10, not a typo). 😉
- 1 tbs Olive Oil
- 1 c Parmesan Grated.
- 2 tsp White Pepper
- 1 tbs Oregano Dried.
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbs Garlic Powder
- 1 tbs Onion Powder
- 1 tbs Sugar Granulated, white.
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients. We will want your oven / grill at 450, indirect.
- In your pizza pan (I highly recommend cast iron), spread 2tbs of melted butter. Be sure to get the edges of the pan as well.
- Stretch your dough across the pan. Don't tear it and don't worry about going all the way of the edges (yet). Let it sit for a while. When you come back, it'll be ready for you to finish stretching it.
- While waiting for that dough to get rest, cook your sausage.
- I really like crumbled sausage to maximize the surface area (and hence flavor).
- Once fully cooked, drain all excess grease and set aside.
- I also like to crisp up my pepperonis. As with the sausage, get rid of any excess grease and set aside.
- Combine all your ingredients into your sauce and get it to a simmer. Stir. Taste. Adjust ingredients till you got the perfect pizza sauce.
- By now your dough should be ready to finish stretching. I like to drape it slightly over the top of the edges while I assemble the core of the pizza.
- Layer the bottom of the pizza with the fresh sliced mozzarella. Place the slices of deli mozzarella around the sides.
- Spread all the meet across the top of the cheese.
- Cover the meat with the sauce.
- Fold the upper edge of the crust over and seal. Likewise, you could do this in a prior step before putting the meat in. Up to you.
- Brush the crust with the remaining 2tbs of melted butter.
- Sprinkle the crust with parmesan, dried garlic, herbs, etc…. whatever you like.
- Cook until done. About 20-25 minutes…. possibly longer. Ignore the fact this picture shows the pizza being cooked direct. I highly recommend indirect so as to not burn the bottom crust.
- Serve & Enjoy!!!!
Notes
- Click here to see my recipe for Pizza Dough.
- Note I used a 2/3 portion in a large (16″) cast iron pan.
- I used my crispy butter variant you can find in the notes.
- Click here for my method to make Crispy Bacon Bits.
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