Italian Sausage Pizza-School Pizza Recipe

An authentic look at italian sausage pizza in school as a kid. Original school pizza was the favorite day of the week for many students. This homemade school lunch pizza has stood the hot lunch test of time and will make you take a trip down memory lane. Making it at home is a great way to eat more slices as well considering we were only allowed a slice or two in high school/middle school school cafeterias of our youth. We can eat as many as we want at home since there is enough pizza for everyone!

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You will need a dough for this recipe. If you want to buy one, that works. If you want a homemade one click here.

Ingredients:

• Pizza dough mix – I used an off-brand because it was on sale. You can use any crust kind you want store-bought or homemade dough.
• Sausage – I bought from a local farmer, which was very affordable, any pork sausage brand should work though. I prefer to use a milder Italian sausage for this recipe
• Marinara/tomato sauce – makes a good pizza sauce
• Mozzarella cheese – shredded, I like to shred my own
• Seasonings – adds more flavor to homemade sausage pizza

How to Make Cafeteria Style Rectangular Pizza Slices:

• Prebake dough – prebaking the dough is necessary for cooking it thoroughly. Adding toppings on raw dough could result in the dough not cooking properly so it is vital to prebake it.
• Cook toppings – in melted butter, cook garlic, onions, and leftover ground sausage together. This will allow the flavors to blend.
• On prebaked dough, spread on toppings – spoon on the marinara sauce, the sausage garlic mixture, cheese, and seasonings to the edge of the crust. Bake again. Cut and serve.

Variations:

• Favorite toppings – If you want to deviate from the standard, original recipe for school pizza, you can add more toppings like spinach, artichokes, ham, ground beef, bacon, peppers, etc. You can even add meat and make this a pepperoni and sausage pizza! Chicken or beef are great adds as well for additional protein
• Stuffed crust – You can make this stuffed crust by adding string cheese to the crust.
• Vegetarian – if you don’t want meaty toppings, you could make this recipe vegetarian by omitting the sausage. It would still have the pepper flakes for the homemade pizza look!
• Half sheet pan – you can halve this recipe and use a half-sheet pan. 

What to Serve with Old School Lunchroom Pizza:

The first vegetable that popped into my mind when posed with this question is corn or beans. We always had corn or beans with our pizza growing up in Elementary school! Obviously, when I was a kid, the corn or beans went in the trash since I did not eat vegetables back then. As an adult, I have been throwing my corn and beans away a lot less often.

FAQs

How to fit dough on pan?

There are some dough mixes that just end up being too small for the pan. However, keep working the dough from the middle and bringing it out to the corners before coming to the conclusion that it just won’t fit. Dough does rise, so don’t worry about it being too thin crust.

What is a great recipe for homemade pizza crust?

An easy pizza crust is hard to come by. Here is an easy pizza dough recipe.

What is the best sausage for homemade pizza?

Italian seasoned sausage has the herbs that make the sausage very flavorful for pizza. You can use breakfast sausage if you want more of a sweet flavor.

How to Store Lunch Lady Pizza:

• Fridge – store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week
• Freezer – I have not tried freezing this school pizza recipe. If you would like to freeze it, give it a try. Let me know how it goes!

Check Out My Other Pizza Recipes Here:

• garlic chicken pizza
• spinach alfredo pizza

Sausage Cafeteria Pizza

A take on old school pizzas! This easy dinner recipe is good if you have leftover sausage in your fridge.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 5 people

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9 x 13 baking sheet

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Ingredients

  

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• Pizza dough mix or however you want to make your pizza dough
• 1/2 tbsp butter
• 1/4 lb of cooked sausage crumbled
• 2 tbsp minced garlic
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup marinara sauce
• 2 cups of mozzarella cheese
• seasonings: red pepper flakes, pepper, Italian seasoning, oregano

Instructions

 

• Precook pizza dough according to directions. My dough mix said 5-7 minutes at 400 degrees.
• While pizza dough is precooking, melt butter in a small skillet on stove top. Add in garlic, onions, and cooked sausage to blend flavors.
• When done with precooking pizza dough, remove from oven and spread marinara sauce across the pizza dough in an even coat. Using a spatula, sprinkle garlic/onion/sausage mixture across the sauce. Sprinkle cheese on top of mixture. Top of with seasonings in amounts of your choice. I added extra black pepper for looks as it reminds me the most of school pizza.
• Finish cooking pizza according to directions of dough mix. My dough mix said 9-11 minutes. Cut and serve your Sausage Pizza.

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