Meat Lovers’ Pizza Bread is brimming with seasoned saucy ground beef, spicy pepperoni and three cheeses. A hearty appetizer, our Pizza Bread is a crowd-pleasing easy recipe to make. A perfect pizza recipe for game day, entertaining and the holidays!
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb. lean ground beef
- 1/2 tsp. + 1/8 tsp. dried oregano, divided
- 1/4 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 jar pizza sauce, divided
- 1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza dough
- 4 slices provolone cheese
- 2 ounces thin-sliced pepperoni, about 1/3 cup
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tbs. butter, melted
- 2 Tbs. grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- In large non-stick skillet cook ground beef, 1/2 tsp. oregano, garlic powder and kosher salt until browned, stirring frequently. Drain any excess drippings.
- Cool slightly and stir in 1/3 cup pizza sauce.
- Unroll pizza dough on baking sheet with shallow sides.
- Spread 1/2 cup pizza sauce down center of dough. Top with sliced provolone, pepperoni, ground beef and mozzarella cheese.
- Cut dough in 1-inch intervals in towards filling, down along both sides of dough.
- Bring dough up and over filling.
- Brush dough with melted butter and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and remaining 1/8 tsp. oregano.
- Bake 20-25 minutes or until dough is golden and baked through.
- Heat remaining pizza sauce and serve as a dipping sauce with the pizza bread.
