An easy meat feast pizza recipe made with a plain flour pizza dough, topped with pancetta, ham, and pepperoni, and then sprinkled with creamy grated mozzarella cheese!
This delicious meat lovers pizza is quick and easy to make, and just as good (if not better) than your regular takeaway pizza! Perfect for your next pizza night at home, especially when you serve it with crispy baked halloumi fries!
This tasty homemade pizza for meat lovers has three different types of meat, and you could even add more if you wanted to!
👩🍳 Love pizza? Try my easy pizza bianca recipe - a white pizza with no tomato sauce!
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✔️ Why you'll love this recipe!
Here's why this is the best meat feast pizza recipe!
- Three different types of meat - add more if you want to!
- Quick and easy pizza dough using plain flour
- Perfect for meat lovers
- Cheesy and delicious!
🛒 Ingredient notes
- For the pizza dough - plain flour (you can substitute with strong bread flour if you prefer), fast action dried yeast, sugar, salt, olive oil and tepid water.
- For the topping - store bought pizza sauce (or make your own), oregano, mozzarella, parmesan, pepperoni, ham, and pancetta.
🔪 How to make meat feast pizza
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Place the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Mix with a spoon.
Two: Pour in the olive oil and tepid water. Mix in with a spoon then use your hands to bring the dough together.
💡 Pro Tip - use tepid water or lukewarm water that is neither hot nor cold to the touch. This will help activate the yeast. Water that is too hot will kill the yeast.
Three: Knead the dough for 1 minute on a lightly floured work surface before placing it back in the bowl (covered with clingfilm or plastic wrap) to prove for 45 minutes at room temperature (you could speed up proving by putting the bowl in a warm place like an airing cupboard).
💡 Pro Tip - you can use a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment to knead the dough (on a low speed setting), but I like doing it by hand!
Four: Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface or cutting board to roughly 30 cm diameter and place on a pizza stone or baking tray. Leave to rest for 5 minutes whilst you get the toppings ready.
Five: Spread the pizza base with the tomato sauce.
Six: Place the pepperoni slices, sliced ham, and pancetta cubes on the pizza.
Seven: Sprinkle with grated mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and oregano.
Eight: Bake in a hot oven for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.
💭 Expert Tips
- If you don't have time to make your own pizza dough, cut that step out and buy a ready made pizza base!
- Instead of rolling the pizza dough out with a rolling pin, place the dough on your pizza stone or baking tin and stretch it out with your hands.
- For an authentic rustic pizza base, sprinkle a little coarse semolina onto the baking tray or pizza stone before placing the dough on top.
- A drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil before baking gives it an extra luxurious feel.
- For an extra crispy base, use a pizza peel (paddle) to transfer the pizza to the oven and place it directly on a preheated pizza stone or baking tray.
- The ingredients quantities in this recipe make 1 large pizza (30cm diameter) or you could make 2 smaller pizzas if you prefer.
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve this tasty meat feast pizza at your next pizza night, along with a delicious tomato-free pizza bianca too!
Sides of dough balls, cheesy chips, pepperoni pizza fries, and sweet potato fries always go down well!
Don't forget to also check out these 45 easy side dishes to serve with pizza!
📖 Variations
- Add more meat to the meat feast pizza! Ground beef, bacon, spicy sausage, and chorizo all work well!
- Add sliced red bell peppers and black olives for extra flavour and texture.
- Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
- Swap the plain flour for strong bread flour in the pizza dough, for a more authentic Italian style pizza base.
🥡 Storage
Pizza is best eaten hot, and this meat lovers pizza is no exception!
However, you can make the pizza dough ahead and freeze it until needed. Defrost thoroughly in the fridge before rolling out.
Leftover meat feast pizza slices should be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days, and can be eaten cold (I often pack a slice in lunchboxes), or reheated in a hot oven for a few minutes.
❓ Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can! Due to the lower protein content of plain flour, the texture of the pizza dough will be slightly different, but still as tasty!
A meat lovers pizza can have any variation of the following ingredients; ham, pepperoni, spicy sausage, bacon, chicken or ground beef.
😋 Other recipes you might like
- Pizza Bianca
- BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Easy Focaccia
- Mini Sausage Rolls
- Cheese and Bacon Turnovers
- Scone Pizza
- Chorizo Mozzarella Pizza
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Recipe
Best Meat Feast Pizza
Equipment
- Pizza Stone
Ingredients
For the plain flour pizza dough
- 270 g Plain Flour
- 7 g Fast Action Dried Yeast
- ½ teaspoon Sea Salt
- ½ teaspoon Caster Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 160 ml Tepid Water
For the topping
- 3 tablespoon Pizza Sauce or passata
- 8 Pepperoni Slices
- 160 g Pancetta or chopped bacon
- 150 g Ham sliced
- 125 g Mozzarella
- 2 tablespoon Parmesan grated
- 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Basil leaves to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 240°c (220 fan).
To make the pizza dough
- Place the flour, yeast, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Mix with a spoon.270 g Plain Flour, 7 g Fast Action Dried Yeast, ½ teaspoon Sea Salt, ½ teaspoon Caster Sugar
- Pour in the olive oil and tepid water. Mix in with a spoon then use your hands to bring the dough together.2 tablespoon Olive Oil, 160 ml Tepid Water
- Knead the dough for 1 minute on a lightly floured work surface before placing it back in the bowl (covered with clingfilm or plastic wrap) to prove for 45 minutes at room temperature (you could speed up proving by putting the bowl in a warm place like an airing cupboard).
- Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface or cutting board to roughly 30 cm diameter and place on a pizza stone or baking tray. Leave to rest for 5 minutes whilst you get the toppings ready.
For the topping
- Spread the pizza base with the tomato sauce.3 tablespoon Pizza Sauce
- Place the pepperoni slices, sliced ham, and pancetta cubes on the pizza8 Pepperoni Slices, 160 g Pancetta, 150 g Ham
- Sprinkle with grated mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and oregano.125 g Mozzarella, 2 tablespoon Parmesan, 1 teaspoon Oregano
- Bake in a hot oven for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.Basil leaves to garnish
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Notes
- If you don't have time to make your own pizza dough, cut that step out and buy a ready made pizza base!
- Instead of rolling the pizza dough out with a rolling pin, place the dough on your pizza stone or baking tin and stretch it out with your hands.
- For an authentic rustic pizza base, sprinkle a little coarse semolina onto the baking tray or pizza stone before placing the dough on top.
- A drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil before baking gives it an extra luxurious feel.
- For an extra crispy base, use a pizza peel (paddle) to transfer the pizza to the oven and place it directly on a preheated pizza stone or baking tray.
- The ingredients quantities in this recipe make 1 large pizza (30cm diameter) or you could make 2 smaller pizzas if you prefer.
- Add more meat to the meat feast pizza! Ground beef, bacon, spicy sausage, and chorizo all work well!
- Add sliced red bell peppers and black olives for extra flavour and texture.
- Garnish with fresh basil leaves.
- Swap the plain flour for strong bread flour in the pizza dough, for a more authentic Italian style pizza base
Elizabeth
This pizza is soooo good! Filling, tasty and surprisingly easy to make. We’ll definitely cook this again!
Aimee
Every Friday night we try new pizza in our house and meat lovers are always a favorite. I love how you included step-by-step instructions from start to finish cause we're going to need them when we make this on Friday.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
We love our pizza nights and I am always looking for different ways to mix and match. This recipe was a big hit and we all loved it. I had couple of my neighbors kids as well and they liked it as much as we did.
Jess
Making this for lunch today! Yummm!
Dannii
This is always my husband's go-to pizza to order in. I am going to have to try making it myself!