The Best Sheet Pan Pizza Recipe

Slice of Sheet Pan pizza on white plate with glass of beer in background.

A super tasty and easy at-home dinner recipe, this Sheet Pan Pizza is fun, flavorful, and the perfect recipe for those Pizza Nights instead of having to order takeout or have frozen pizza!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword Pan Pizza, Sheet Pan Pizza

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 28

Total Time 43

Servings servings

Calories 757kcal

Author Dana DeVolk

Ingredients

For the sausage:

1 ½ teaspoons fennel seeds
½ pound ground pork
2 cloves garlic minced
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper

For pizza assembly:

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound room temperature pizza dough
½ cup pizza sauce or to taste
3 cups shredded mozzarella
1 teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon garlic powder
grated parmesan cheese to serve

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450°F.
Crush the fennel seeds with a mortar and pestle, pulverize them in a coffee grinder, or place them into a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
1 ½ teaspoons fennel seeds
In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the ground pork, fennel, garlic, oregano, basil, salt, and pepper. I like to do this by hand.
½ pound ground pork, 2 cloves garlic, ¼ teaspoon dried oregano, ¼ teaspoon dried basil, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add in the sausage. Break it up into crumbles, stirring occasionally and cook until there is no pink left and it is lightly seared, 8-10 minutes.
Let the sausage drain on a paper-towel-lined plate until you are ready to assemble the pizza.
Brush a 9x13 rimmed baking sheet with the olive oil all over.
2 tablespoons olive oil
Add the pizza dough and stretch it out to fill the whole pan in an even layer. If you are having trouble stretching it, let it sit for 5 minutes, then come back and stretch again.
1 pound room temperature pizza dough
Add pizza sauce and spread it out all over the dough leaving about ½ inch border.
½ cup pizza sauce
Top with half of the mozzarella cheese.
3 cups shredded mozzarella
Add the crumbled cooked sausage. Top with the remaining mozzarella.
Sprinkle the oregano and garlic on top of everything. Bake for 15-18 minutes until the crust along the edge is golden brown and the cheese is melted and golden.
1 teaspoon dried oregano, ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Let cool for 5 minutes then slice and serve with grated parmesan for topping.
grated parmesan cheese to serve

Notes

You can make your own sausage or use store-bought.
Use your favorite crust, see some suggestions above.
You can dress this with other toppings, again see some suggestions above.
If you want a hotter sausage add 1 teaspoon of red chili flakes.
Sausage is even better if you prepare it the day before and let it sit in the fridge overnight until using it. The flavors bloom overnight.
This can be frozen, see my tips above how to do that.

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