Perfect for pizza night, this Meat Lover’s Pizza is loaded with sausage, pepperoni, bacon, ham, and lots of melty cheese. This is the ultimate hearty homemade pizza!
We love pizza night! For more meaty pizzas, try this Hawaiian Pizza or Cheeseburger Pizza.
One thing my family never gets tired of is pizza. It is one of the most requested dinners at our house, and I’m not mad about it.
For the most part, though, my kids are just cheese and pepperoni lovers. So for a long time, I’d make cheese, pepperoni, and then something different – something I wanted.
But now that my kids are getting older, I’m finding them reaching for the “different” pizzas more and more!
One of the latest obsessions is this Meat Lover’s Pizza. Because you really can’t go wrong when you add 4 different meats, plus lots of cheese! And we all agree that this pizza is much better than any takeout you can get!
Ingredients
- Pizza Dough: I always use my homemade pizza dough. One batch will make 3 1-pound balls of dough. This recipe calls for a pound of pizza dough for the pizza, but I prefer a little bit thinner pizza, so I do 4 balls from that recipe and make 4 pizzas. So I’m using about 12 oz of pizza dough.
- Sauce: If I have time, I always prefer homemade pizza sauce. In a pinch, I will use jarred sauce.
- Meat: This is a meat lover’s pizza, so you’ve got to have the meat! I like using sausage, bacon, pepperoni and ham. For the sausage, I use a link of sweet Italian sausage (casing removed). And for the ham, I prefer to use some thinly sliced deli ham. If you have chunks of ham, that will work, but I like how the edges of the deli ham crisp up.
- Cheese: You need both mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. I prefer freshly grated cheese because it melts better.
- Red Pepper Flakes: This is optional, but I like to add a pinch or two to add some spice.
How to Make Meat Lover’s Pizza
STEP 1: Remove the sausage from the casing and cook in a skillet, breaking it up as it cooks. Once it is cooked through, remove to a plate.
STEP 2: To the same skillet, add the bacon. Cook until crisp, then remove to the plate with the sausage.
STEP 3: Stretch or roll your pizza dough into a large circle. I make it about 12-inches in diameter. Spread the pizza sauce over the dough.
STEP 4: Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the pizza sauce.
STEP 5: Now layer on your meats. You can do this in any order you want, but I like to add the ham last.
STEP 6: Add the parmesan cheese to the top. Sprinkle with a little bit of red pepper flakes, if desired. Bake the pizza until it is browned and the cheese is nice and melted and bubbly. Let the pizza cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving.
Tips and Tricks
You can find all of my pizza tips on my pizza dough post. There is lots of information there!
You can really pick and choose what meats you want to add. I like mine really loaded up with all four that are in the recipe card.
If you want more spice, use spicy Italian sausage instead of sweet Italian sausage.
I always bake my pizza on a pizza stone. (One of these days I’m going to try a pizza steel, though – I’ve heard great things!) You can bake it on a baking sheet, but it’s not quite the same.
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Meat Lover’s Pizza
Ingredients
- 4 oz mild Italian sausage
- 2 oz raw bacon diced (3-4 slices)
- 1 pound pizza dough*
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 6 oz mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup pepperoni slices
- 1/3 cup thinly sliced ham
- 2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese
- red pepper flakes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450ºF. If using a pizza stone, place it in the oven and preheat for 30 minutes.
- Add the sausage to a skillet over medium heat. Cook, breaking it up as it cooks, until browned and cooked through. Remove from the skillet and set aside.4 oz mild Italian sausage
- Add the bacon to the same skillet. Cook until crisp, then remove to a paper towel lined plate.2 oz raw bacon
- Roll or stretch the dough into a large circle, about 12 -inches in diameter.1 pound pizza dough*
- Spread the pizza sauce over the dough, then sprinkle with the mozzarella cheese. Top with the pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and sliced ham. Finish with the parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of red pepper flakes.1/2 cup pizza sauce, 6 oz mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup pepperoni slices, 1/3 cup thinly sliced ham, 2 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes
- Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
- Let the pizza cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving.
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