An easy meat feast pizza recipe made with a plain flour pizza dough, topped with pancetta, ham, and pepperoni, and finished with a generous sprinkle of grated mozzarella cheese!
This delicious meat lovers pizza is quick and easy to make, and just as good as your regular takeaway pizza. Perfect for your next pizza night at home.
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!
- 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), dried 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.
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Seven: Sprinkle with grated mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and oregano.
Eight: Bake in a hot oven for 8-10 minutes until golden brown and bubbling.
Top Tips
- Short on time? Skip making your own dough and opt for a ready-made pizza base instead!
- Instead of using a rolling pin, simply place the dough on your pizza stone or baking tray and stretch it out with your hands.
- For an authentic rustic touch, sprinkle a bit of coarse semolina on the baking tray or pizza stone before adding the dough.
- Drizzle some extra-virgin olive oil over the dough before baking for a touch of luxury.
- For a crispier base, use a pizza peel to transfer the pizza directly onto a preheated pizza stone or baking tray.
- This recipe yields one large pizza (30cm diameter) or two smaller pizzas, if you prefer.
🍴 Serving suggestions
Serve this tasty meat feast pizza at your next pizza night, with a delicious tomato-free pizza bianca too!
Sides of dough balls, cheesy chips, pepperoni pizza fries, and sweet potato fries are great with pizza!
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 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 enjoyed fresh from the oven.
You can prepare the pizza dough in advance and freeze it until you're ready to use it. Defrost it completely in the fridge before rolling it out.
Any leftover meat feast pizza slices can be stored in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat them in a hot oven or air fryer, or enjoy them at room temperature.
❓ 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
- Spicy Chicken Pizza
- BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Easy Focaccia
- Naan Bread Pizza
- Scone Pizza
- Chorizo Mozzarella Pizza
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Recipe
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Equipment
- Baking Tin
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
Elizabeth says
This pizza is soooo good! Filling, tasty and surprisingly easy to make. We’ll definitely cook this again!
Aimee says
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 says
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 says
Making this for lunch today! Yummm!
Dannii says
This is always my husband's go-to pizza to order in. I am going to have to try making it myself!