Meat Lovers Pizza 🍕🔥
Big, bold, no-nonsense pizza stacked with ALL the meats.
Here’s a classic pizzeria-style Meat Lovers Pizza you can make at home.
🍕 Meat Lovers Pizza
Makes: 1 large pizza (8 slices)
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 lb pizza dough (store-bought or homemade)
Sauce
- ½ cup pizza or marinara sauce
Cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
- Optional: ¼ cup shredded provolone or parmesan
Meats
- ½ cup cooked Italian sausage (crumbled)
- ½ cup cooked bacon (chopped)
- ½ cup pepperoni slices
- ¼ cup ham or Canadian bacon
- Optional extras: ground beef, salami, chorizo
Instructions
- Preheat oven
- 475–500°F (as hot as your oven allows).
- If using a pizza stone, preheat it too.
- Prep dough
- Roll or stretch dough into a 12–14 inch circle.
- Transfer to pizza pan or parchment.
- Assemble
- Spread sauce evenly (not too much).
- Sprinkle half the cheese.
- Add all meats evenly.
- Top with remaining cheese.
- Bake
- Bake 12–15 minutes until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly.
- Finish
- Rest 2 minutes, slice, devour.
🔥 Pro Tips
- Pre-cook meats to avoid greasy pizza
- Light sauce + heavy cheese = best balance
- Add red pepper flakes or hot honey for a kick
- Sprinkle parmesan right after baking
🧠 Variations
- BBQ Meat Lovers: BBQ sauce + smoked sausage + chicken
- Deep dish: Extra cheese under the meats
- Cast-iron pizza: Crispy edges, pan-style perfection
Want a homemade dough recipe, air-fryer version, or a Supreme vs Meat Lovers comparison? 🍕😮🔥
