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French Bread Pizza with Homemade Meat Sauce
French bread pizza with Homemade Meat Sauce is an easy and inexpensive recipe for dinner tonight. It's easy to customize with your family's favorite pizza toppings!
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
50
minutes
mins
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Italian
Keyword:
Pizza, Meat Sauce
Author:
Lois
Ingredients
Loaf of French or Italian Bread
One jar marinara sauce; or homemade
1
pound
ground beef
2
TBS.
oil
2
tsp.
Italian seasoning
Favorite pizza toppings; diced green peppers
pepperoni, mushrooms etc.
2
cups
shredded mozzarella cheese
1
TBS.
freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
For the Meat Sauce:
Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
Add the ground beef and Italian seasonings.
Saute until the beef is no longer pink.
Add the jarred marinara sauce or if you're using homemade marinara sauce, you'll need about 3 cups.
Season for salt and pepper.
For the Pizza:
Slice the loaf of bread in half and place each half on a baking sheet that's been lined with parchment paper.
Spread the meat sauce on top of the bread.
Add the mozzarella cheese.
Add the toppings; diced green pepper, pepperoni, mushrooms, etc.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Bake in a preheated 425 oven for about 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and begins to brown.
Serve immediately.