Meat Lover’s Pizza

By Rachel // August 28, 2014 // 51 comments //

Homemade thin crust pizza, topped off with two types of cheese, bacon, ham, pepperoni and hot sausage! A must make for meat lover’s.

Homemade thin crust meat lover's pizza recipe from @bakedbyrachel

I’m just a tad excited. Why? Because tomorrow I’m going away. Eek! Heading away somewhere top secret with the Mr to celebrate our 10th anniversary, a few weeks early.

When we got engaged, he whisked me off for a surprise weekend. So I’m basically recreating that – only not entirely, because I’ll say it’s definitely not the same location we got engaged. I haven’t told him anything but what to pack and what the weather will be like. He’ll find out tomorrow. And it’s possible he knows already, but it’s possible he doesn’t too. Either way, he hasn’t said for sure.

Stay tuned…

Homemade thin crust meat lover's pizza recipe from @bakedbyrachel

And until then, you have pizza to tide you over!

I couldn’t skip pizza Friday even if I wasn’t around to celebrate it. This is definitely not for vegetarians. This homemade thin crust pizza is loaded with four delicious varieties of meat… crispy bacon, thin sliced ham, spicy pepperoni and hot sausage! If you’re a fan of salty and spicy meat, then this loaded meat lover’s pizza is for you!

Ditch the take-out and make this tasty pizza at home!

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Homemade thin crust meat lover's pizza recipe from @bakedbyrachel

Print Recipe

Meat Lover's Pizza

Homemade thin crust pizza, topped off with two types of cheese, bacon, ham, pepperoni and hot sausage! A must make for meat lover's.

Prep Time1 10

Cook Time20

Total Time1 30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Dinner, Pizza

Servings: 3 plus

Ingredients

1/2 C water
1/2 tsp active dry yeast
1/4 tsp granulated sugar
1 1/4 C all purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 Tbsp olive oil if needed
1/3-1/2 C Pizza sauce
1 1/2 C mozzarella
3 Tbsp Parmesan cheese
3-4 slices bacon cooked and chopped
1/2 C ham roughly chopped
1/2 C hot sausage cooked and crumbled
1/4 C pepperoni slices
Ground black pepper

Instructions

Prepare dough by combining warm water, heated to 115°F, with yeast and sugar. Stir to dissolve and allow to proof.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, add flour and salt. With mixer running on low, slowly add yeast mixture. Increase speed, adding olive oil, if needed or desired. Mix until a ball forms, pulling away from the sides of the bowl. Transfer to a greased bowl. Cover and allow to rise in a warm location until doubled, roughly 1 hour.
Meanwhile, cook bacon and sausage. Chop bacon and ham. Crumble sausage.
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Grease a baking sheet with olive oil. Shape dough to desired size. Spoon pizza sauce over dough. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and 1/2 cup shredded whole milk mozzarella. Add meat toppings. Finally sprinkle with remaining 1 cup mozzarella and ground black pepper.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until desired crispness is reached. Serve warm.

Notes

Recipe serves roughly 3-6, yields 1: 10-inch pizza.

An original recipe from Baked by Rachel

51 Responses to “Meat Lover’s Pizza”

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Meg @ The Housewife in Training Files — August 28, 2014 at 7:47 am

Oh goodness! My family would devour this!!!! Pinned!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:04 am
  
  Thanks Meg!
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DessertForTwo — August 28, 2014 at 7:59 am

AWww, I hope you guys have a blast on your trip! And this pizza looks great!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:04 am
  
  Thank you! :)
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Lauren at Keep It Sweet — August 28, 2014 at 8:03 am

That is so fun, have the best time celebrating your anniversary!!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:04 am
  
  Thanks Lauren!
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Jessica | Saucy Pear — August 28, 2014 at 8:11 am

I could be vegetarian probably 95% of the time, but every once in a while, the inner cavewoman takes over and nothing sounds more delicious than a pile of meat (covered in cheese of course)!

Enjoy your trip and anniversary-celebrating :)
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:05 am
  
  I agree… but bacon would just be too hard to give up ;) Thanks Jessica!
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Ashley | The Recipe Rebel — August 28, 2014 at 8:33 am

This looks amazing! We love pizza, and meat, so this is right up our ally! Happy Anniversary :)
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:05 am
  
  Thanks Ashley!
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Julie @ Table for Two — August 28, 2014 at 9:10 am

This is right up my alley!! Ahh it’s making me want pizza so badly! I know where y’all are going so I’ll just meet you guy there ok? Crash the party ;)
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 10:07 am
  
  hahaha sounds good
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Lindsey @ American Heritage Cooking — August 28, 2014 at 10:38 am

What a cute idea!!! A surprise get away! This pizza looks scrumptious so meaty and cheesy!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 12:27 pm
  
  Thanks Lindsey!
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Aimee @ ShugarySweets — August 28, 2014 at 10:52 am

My meat loving pizza men would LOVE this! THanks :)
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 12:27 pm
  
  Thanks Aimee! :)
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Jocelyn @BruCrew Life — August 28, 2014 at 11:28 am

Have a fun weekend away!!! This pizza looks delicious…perfect for the meat eating boys in my house!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 12:27 pm
  
  Thanks Jocelyn!
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Alysa @ Kitchen Fellowship — August 28, 2014 at 3:00 pm

I’d NEVER thought of sprinkling the whole pizza with ground black pepper. What an idea! My farmer husband will adore this recipe. Excited to try it this weekend!
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  Rachel — August 28, 2014 at 6:10 pm
  
  The pepper gives it such a nice touch! Definitely give it a try. And thank you, I hope everyone enjoys the pizza :)
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Liz @ Floating Kitchen — August 28, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Oh how exciting! I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time. Can’t wait to hear about it!
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  Rachel — August 29, 2014 at 4:09 am
  
  Thanks Liz!
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Amanda — August 28, 2014 at 11:30 pm

I love everything about this! Making it soon!
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  Rachel — August 29, 2014 at 4:09 am
  
  Thanks Amanda!
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Matt Robinson — August 29, 2014 at 1:18 am

This is the perfect pizza to me, love all that meat!!
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  Rachel — August 29, 2014 at 4:09 am
  
  Thanks Matt!
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Jessica @ Sweet Menu — August 29, 2014 at 1:59 am

Wow super impressive. It looks better than the meatlovers from our local pizza shop. I will definitely have to try!
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  Rachel — August 29, 2014 at 4:09 am
  
  Thanks Jessica!
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Emily @ Life on Food — August 29, 2014 at 6:25 am

Ha, this would be my husband’s favorite pizza. I have a strict rule about only one meat per pizza. He is always wanting the supreme with as much meat as possible. Our key to a happy marriage – two pizzas.
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 7:58 pm
  
  We do the same thing! Always two, to please both preferences :)
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Cathy Perez — August 29, 2014 at 10:07 am

I love pizza! This has all my favorite meats, ham, sausage, pepperoni and bacon and of course cheese, Pinned!
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  Thanks Cathy!
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tracy — August 29, 2014 at 2:02 pm

Friday is pizza night, your timing is perfect!
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  Awesome! :)
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Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction — August 29, 2014 at 3:48 pm

Sounds like a great getaway! Hope you have a great time!
This pizza needs to be added to our pizza night soon!
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  Thanks Jessica!
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nicole @ I am a Honey Bee — August 29, 2014 at 6:26 pm

I hope that you guys have a WONDERFUL trip. I managed to pull off a surprise trip for Price’s bday once. He didn’t know where we were going until we got to the gate.

Can you please deliver pizza to me one day? pretty please!!!
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 7:59 pm
  
  One of these days we should totally plan a pizza outing ;)
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Annie @ Annie's Noms — August 30, 2014 at 12:36 pm

Oh Lord, I need a whole one of these in front of me right now!! Looks so delicious.
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  Rachel — September 1, 2014 at 8:00 pm
  
  Thanks Annie!
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Kristen @ good habits and guilty pleasures — February 9, 2015 at 6:39 pm

I’m making this for my boyfriend.. like now
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  Rachel — February 10, 2015 at 8:08 am
  
  Enjoy! :)
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Joanne — May 4, 2015 at 9:38 pm

when you say mix which attachment are you using?
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  Rachel — May 5, 2015 at 7:25 am
  
  The dough hook should be used for this recipe.
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Wendy — November 6, 2016 at 7:21 pm

Just made this today, all the family said it was awesome!!!!!!!
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  Rachel — November 7, 2016 at 7:15 am
  
  I’m glad everyone enjoyed it, Wendy!
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gerald — March 24, 2017 at 8:12 pm

the recipe does not say when to add the yeast mixture
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  Rachel — March 26, 2017 at 8:19 am
  
  The recipe states to add the yeast in step 2. Enjoy! :)
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Traci Kenworth — February 19, 2020 at 11:54 am

This looks SO delicious! Need to try!
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Nettie 55 — December 3, 2022 at 5:34 am

Love to try this pizza recipe but what sort of sausage do you mean
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  Rachel — December 3, 2022 at 7:58 am
  
  I used hot Italian sausage for this recipe. You can use whichever flavor or heat level you prefer. You can use pre-ground or links removed from their casings and then cooked and crumbled.

Meat Lover’s Pizza