DEEP DISH PIZZA--SOUTHERN STYLE

Today is your day if you are a deep dish pizza lover. You are in for a treat! Filled with flavor and texture and lots of cheese, this is an easy week night meal. My friend Staci, who is a fabulous cook, not only shared this recipe with me, but she also let me borrow her iron skillet. (I have one for myself in my Amazon cart.) :-)

INGREDIENTS:

Any deep dish pizza crust mix - (I used Martha White)

1/2 - 3/4 jar Ragu pizza sauce

8 oz Conecuh sausage-thinly sliced

1 lb breakfast sausage 

1 bell pepper-chopped

1/2 onion-chopped

8 oz block Mozzarella cheese-shredded

8 oz block Cheddar cheese-shredded

Cast iron skillet

Crisco

DIRECTIONS:

• Preheat oven to 400
• Slice Conecuh into thin slices. In a large skillet, crumble up the breakfast sausage and mix in the Conecuh slices, the chopped bell pepper, and onion. Cook slowly until meat is browned and the vegetables are almost caramelized. 
• As the mixture is cooking, make the pizza dough according to the directions on the package. Once ready, set aside, and allow it to rise. After rising, lightly grease the iron skillet with Crisco and press the dough into the bottom of the skillet. Cook the dough for 8-10 minutes on 400. 
• Remove the crust from the oven, and layer the pizza sauce, sausage mixture, and the cheeses. 
• Cook until it's bubbly and browning. 
• Allow the pizza to cool slightly, then slice into pie slices.

All layered up and headed to the oven.

In the kitchen

Iron Skillet  //  Pizza Wheel and Server  //  Mixing Spoons  // Cheese Grater  //  Dinner Plates

I hope your family loves it!

Kathryn