Description

Now this is a deep dish pizza! It's stuffed with seasoned ground beef, onion and optional mushrooms, then topped with two cheeses, pepperoni, sliced tomato and bacon or ham.

Ingredients

• Dough:
• 2 cans pizza dough
• 1/2 c. tomato sauce, for the the pizza
• Giant Hamburger:
• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 t. salt
• 1/4 t. black pepper
• 1 T. chopped onion
• 1/2 t. Italian seasoning
• 3/4 c. tomato paste
• 4 oz. sliced canned mushrooms, drained, optional
• Toppings:
• 2 c. Mozzarella cheese
• 1 c. Cheddar cheese
• 1 tomato, sliced
• pepperoni, as desired
• 1/2 c. cooked chopped bacon or ham

Steps

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, mix together all giant hamburger ingredients. Make a giant hamburger patty, 9 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick. Cook the patty in a large skillet until cooked, juicy but not dry.
3. Spread one can pizza dough in a greased 9 or 10 inch pie plate to make the bottom crust. Place the cooked giant hamburger on the crust, top with the Cheddar cheese.