Meat Lovers’ Sheet Pan Pizza features four types of meat, loads of gooey cheese, and pizza sauce, all on a thick, delicious crust. This will be your new go-to recipe for sheet pan pizza.
This sheet pan pizza is delicious, and it is big enough to feed several people. It makes this pizza perfect when feeding a family or having a game day party.
If you aren’t a fan of making the pizza crust, you can pick up pizza crust at the store to make this recipe even easier.
Helpful tips
- Avoid adding the Italian sausage or bacon to the pizza until after it has been cooked. If you add the raw meat to the pizza, it may not cook properly.
- The Italian sausage and bacon can be cooked in advance, if desired, the day before.
- If you do not like making homemade pizza dough, store-bought dough will work. If using store-bought dough, you will need about one pound of pizza dough.
- It is best to stretch/pat the dough out by hand, instead of using a rolling pin. This will allow the air to stay in the dough, making a light and chewy crust. Start from the middle of the pan and work your way out. Making a thicker edge for the crust.
- Always preheat the oven before placing the pizza in it.
- Check the bottom of the crust before removing it from the oven. It should be likely brown. The cheese should be melted and lightly browned. This is how you will know that the pizza is done.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
- Heat leftovers in an oven that has been heated to 350 degrees F.
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- Flour
- Yeast
- Sugar
- Salt
- Water
- Olive Oil
Pizza Toppings
- Pizza Sauce
- Mozzarella Cheese
- Italian Sausage
- Ham
- Pepperoni
- Bacon
Steps for making this sheet pan pizza
Grease a sheet pan for the pizza.
Steps one, two, and three
Add the yeast, sugar, salt, and a cup of flour to a large mixing bowl. Add the warm water and olive oil to the flour mixture. Add enough of the flour to make a soft dough. Let it rise for about 30 minutes.
Steps four and five
While the dough is resting, brown the Italian sausage and cook the bacon.
Steps six and seven
Pat out the dough in the prepared sheet pan. Spread the pizza sauce over the dough to the crust edge.
Steps eight, nine, and ten
Sprinkle the cheese over the pizza sauce. Add the four meats. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
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- Popover Pizza
- Sausage Breakfast Pizza
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Meat Lovers’ Sheet Pan Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza dough
- 1 package Instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 3/4 – 3 cups flour
Pizza topping
- 3/4 cups pizza sauce
- 16 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces Italian Sausage
- 4 ounces deli ham
- 4 ounces pepperoni
- 6 slices bacon
Instructions
Pizza dough
- Mix one cup of the flour, yeast, sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. Add the water and oil to the flour mixture and mix until well combined.
- Gradually add enough of the flour to make a soft dough. Knead for a minute or two. Grease the bottom of the bowl and turn over the dough so that it is coated on both sides. Set aside to rise while cooking the meat.
Pizza topping
- Prepare the Italian sausage and the bacon.
- In a medium skillet, brown the Italian sausage over medium heat until it is no longer pink. Drain any excess grease.
- The bacon can be fried in a skillet or baked in a 400-degree Foven until it is lightly crispy. Place the bacon on a paper towel to remove excess grease.
Make the pizza
- Grease a large sheet pan (17-by-12-inches). Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Take the dough and spread it out in the prepared baking pan by hand, using your fingertips. Make an edge around the outside of the pizza.
- Spread the pizza sauce over the crust.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the pizza sauce.
- Add the meat to the top of the cheese.
- Place the pizza in the preheated oven and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and lightly browned and the bottom of the crust is lightly browned.
Notes
- Avoid adding the Italian sausage or bacon to the pizza until after it has been cooked. If you add the raw meat to the pizza, it may not cook properly.
- The Italian sausage and bacon can be cooked in advance, if desired, the day before.
- If you do not like making homemade pizza dough, store-bought dough will work. If using store-bought dough, you will need about one pound of pizza dough.
- It is best to stretch/pat the dough out by hand, instead of using a rolling pin. This will allow the air to stay in the dough, making a light and chewy crust. Start from the middle of the pan and work your way out. Making a thicker edge for the crust.
- Always preheat the oven before placing the pizza in it.
- Check the bottom of the crust before removing it from the oven. It should be likely brown. The cheese should be melted and lightly browned. This is how you will know that the pizza is done.
- Store leftovers in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
- Heat leftovers in an oven that has been heated to 350 degrees F.
Looks very comforting! Perfect for the weekend.
I love the combination of meats on this pizza. I love making homemade pizza.