This is a staple at our house. I really hate buying frozen pizzas - one, they never have very much toppings on them and two, they are so expensive! With this recipe you can make 4 frozen pizzas that are healthy and delicious!
I usually make the dough for the pizzas in the morning and pre-bake the dough at 500 F for 5 minutes.
Then I set things up assembly line style and start putting on the sauce and toppings.
Put these in the freezer for a couple hours then take them out, wrap up and back in the freezer until you're ready for pizza night!
Homemade Frozen Pizzas
2 batches of pizza dough
3 cups pizza sauce
32 ounces mozzarella cheese, grated
1 pound Italian Sausage, browned
1 pound ground beef, browned
8 ounces pepperoni slices
8 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
salt & pepper to taste
any chopped veggies or other pizza toppings you love
Directions:
Preheat oven to 500°F
Prepare pizza dough and pizza sauce as directed. Sprinkle corn meal over 4 round pizza pans (I use the disposable aluminum ones so I can put them in the freezer and not be without my pans later). Divide pizza dough into 4 and gently stretch pizza dough to fit pan, forming a raised edge at lip. Let sit for about 10-20 minutes. Take a fork and poke holes over bottom of crust. Bake in oven for 5 minutes. Let cool then lightly brush crust with olive oil to seal crust.
Cover each crust with 3/4 cup pizza sauce (more or less depending on your tastes), top with 1 cup Mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup Italian sausage, 1/2 cup ground beef, 2 ounces of pepperoni, handful of chopped veggies that you like, 2 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese and sprinkle of salt and pepper.
At this point I put the pans in the freezer to flash freeze. After a couple of hours I take the pizzas out of the freezer and wrap in a double layer of heavy duty aluminum foil. I've had a pizza in there for as long as 2 months (that's the longest I can keep them around) wrapped this way and there was no freezer burn or anything.
To bake, place frozen pizza on a pizza pan on the middle rack in a cold oven and set oven at 400°F. Check at 20-25 minutes and remove when crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack for 2-3 minutes before cutting into wedges and serving.
