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Recipe: Double Delicious Pizza

September 7, 2012 · Narrative

Double Delicious Pizza - Before
~Before~

Two cheeses.

Two meats.

And straight from your own oven, full of homemade goodness.

How can we go wrong?

Now that school and sports are underway in earnest, a little menu planning is sometimes a savior.

And having a stash of easy-to-pull off recipes on hand is exactly what you need to get through the week sometimes.

And homemade pizza? It’s a given.

Last week, as I dashed off to an orientation at Madeline’s new school, I left the kids home with The Ex and this pizza.

Well, actually, Madeline slept through the first part of dinner, but woke up in time to hose down a slice of her very own after I left.

And in thirty minutes, tops, this pizza can be yours too.

And save you some drive-thru or take-out guilt.

And the accompanying costs of such.

Double Delicious Pizza - After
~After~

And honestly? As much as we continue our quest for the best pizza in New Jersey, homemade pizza is pretty much the bomb dot com.

You can mix and match your toppings at will, and skip the grease.

Thank you and amen.

Dig in.

Hungry for more homemade pizza recipes?

  • This caramelized onion, mushroom, and goat cheese pizza is a unique favorite for lunch.
  • Go virtuous with this tomato, avocado, and hummus pita pizza.
  • This spur-of-the-moment Pesto Shrimp Scampi Pizza with Cambozola that I shared with the Sarah’s Cucina Bella gang was awesome.
  • A Ham and Gruyere French Bread pizza that was totally delish.

Double Delicious Pizza
Recipe courtesy of Cate O’Malley

Ingredients
6 oz lean ground beef (I use 90% lean)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 pkg (15 oz) pizza dough
1-1/2 cups part-skim shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup sliced pepperoni
oregano, salt, pepper

Instructions
Preheat oven to 425. Spray your pizza pan with non-stick cooking spray. In a small non-stick pan, brown the beef over medium heat until cooked, about 6-7 minutes. Drain (using lean meat, you should have very little, if anything to drain) and remove from heat. Stir in the tomato sauce, add a pinch of oregano.

Stretch your dough to cover the bottom of the pizza pan. Spread your meat sauce to about a 1/4″ of the edge, leaving space for your crust. Add the mozzarella on top of the sauce, followed by dollops of the ricotta, and then top with the pepperoni. Sprinkle with a little bit more oregano, and a few twists of your salt and pepper shakers. Bake until the crust is crisp and the cheese starts to brown, about 20 minutes.

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  1. JOanne says

    September 8, 2012 at 5:39 am

    This is probably heretical of me, but I like homemade pizza better than takeout. Anyday. Mmm. Melty cheese.
    JOanne recently posted..Recipe: Plum Almond Tart

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  2. patsy says

    September 8, 2012 at 8:45 pm

    I’ve been working on my meal plan for next week since we are already in the midst of busy weeknights! Pizza and quick and simple Mexican chicken wraps are on my list … nearly every other week!
    patsy recently posted..Time to Read – An Unexpected Guest by Anne Korkeakivi

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  3. Ramona says

    September 10, 2012 at 1:22 pm

    homemade is all I can have right now…..most places have never heard of whole wheat crust.

    Reply

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It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasand It didn’t take much to get me to @mikespastasandwichshoppe when a friend texted me a screenshot of their cheese butter. Up until last week I had never even heard of cheese butter but just two days later, I’m driving an hour round trip to get some. 😂 I was never one to succumb to peer pressure (I didn’t have my first drink until I was 21!), but when it comes to food finds, I am very easily intrigued. After all, that’s how I’ve discovered some of my favorite bites over the years … lardo from @butlerandtheboard, a spicy Italian sausage, and my love of chicharron. If you haven’t visited Mike’s in Nutley, it’s worth a visit. While there, I also got a small tray of meatballs (a bargain at $10!) and a delicious mortadella sandwich that is worth a round trip. ✨
The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter nee The long, dreary and grey months of the Winter need a little bit of color, so here you go. 😍 Love this chest of drawers. Discovered it buried in a local shop and bought it specifically for the green color (one of my favorites). Vintage Coke crate was a $10 score from a garage sale place on Facebook some ten years ago. And the assorted markers in Roy G Biv order (natch) that aren’t used anymore because my kids have sadly left that phase. 🙃
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I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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