Name: Pizza Pot Pie Recipe
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cans pizza dough (I used Pillsbury (not thin crust)); 8 oz Mozzarella cheese (cut into 1/4-inch thick slices); 16 oz spicy Italian sausage (I used Bob Evans brand); 13.5 oz jar pizza sauce (I used DelGrosso brand); 1 cup whole black olives (optional); 4 tbsp salted butter (melted)

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This Pizza Pot Pie recipe is quick enough to make on a busy weeknight and is a cheese-lovers dream.

I saw this video about a pizza pot pie that is served at a Chicago-area restaurant and knew I had to create a similar recipe that I could make at home. I mean just look at this cheese pull! Not bad for less than 30 minutes of work in the kitchen.

I totally used a short-cut for this pizza pot pie recipe in the form of canned pizza crust. Believe me when I say I do not normally take short cuts when it comes to pizza. Making pizza is an event at our house but it’s reserved for lazy weekends. And we don’t seem to have too many lazy weekends around here anymore.

Here is how this Pizza Pot Pie Recipe works:

Use ramekins and butter the insides
Layer the bottoms of the ramekins with slices of mozzarella cheese, black olives and pizza sauce mixed with cooked spicy sausage
Top each dish with a circle of pizza crust and bake in a hot oven
Invert the dishes into bowls and gaze at all the cheesy goodness before digging in

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I am honestly surprised for how little effort these took at how delicious they really are – despite using pizza crust that is not homemade. Be sure and PIN this recipe because it is a must make!

pizza pot pie close up and cut with fork

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5 from 6 votes

Pizza Pot Pie Recipe

This pizza pot pie is based on a recipe made famous by a Chicago-area restaurant. It's a pizza baked in a bowl and then inverted to reveal the most ultimate cheesy topping.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 18

Cook Time 12

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 956kcal

Ingredients

2 cans pizza dough I used Pillsbury (not thin crust)
8 oz Mozzarella cheese cut into 1/4-inch thick slices
16 oz spicy Italian sausage I used Bob Evans brand
13.5 oz jar pizza sauce I used DelGrosso brand
1 cup whole black olives optional
4 tbsp salted butter melted

Instructions

Set four ramekins (at least 8 oz. capacity) on a baking sheet.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Melt the butter and using a pastry brush, lightly brush the insides of the four ramekins with melted butter.
Evenly layer the cheese slices into the bottom of the ramekins so the bottoms are completely covered with cheese.
Brown the sausage in a non-stick skillet and mix in the pizza sauce with the cooked sausage. Allow to simmer for a few minutes and remove from heat.
Top the cheese lined ramekins with the olives (5 - 6 per ramekin) and evenly divide the sausage and pizza sauce mixture to top the olives and cheese.
Unroll the pizza crusts onto a clean surface and brush the top sides with the remaining melted butter. Cut out four circles of dough (so there is about a 1/4-inch overhang on each ramekin.
Carefully place the pizza dough circles (buttered side down) on top of the filled ramekins. Lightly pressing so the dough is pinched down over the edges of the ramekins.
Bake the pizza pot pies for 10 - 12 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
Using hot pads to protect your hands, run a knife around the edge of each pot pie and invert them into clean bowls so the melted cheese layer is on top. Served immediately.

Nutrition

Calories: 956kcal

MORE PIZZA RECIPES:

Ultimate Pizza Dip
Pizza Crust
Pizza Bagels

Comments

Kristina @ Love & Zest says

February 12, 2018 at 12:18 pm

Now I am craving pizza! I have to make this!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
  
  You must make it!
  
Rebecca says

February 12, 2018 at 12:23 pm

This is seriously mouthwatering!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
  
  Thank you!
  
Cynthia | What A Girl Eats says

February 12, 2018 at 12:53 pm

Taking deep dish pizza to a new level for sure!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
  
  Yes, a deep dish with extra, extra cheese!
  
Amy Nash says

February 12, 2018 at 12:56 pm

I saw that video and it looked so good! So awesome that you recreated these at home! And that I can too now!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
  
  I hope you do! Thanks Amy
  
Leslie says

February 12, 2018 at 2:09 pm

Awesome! I can do this with gluten free dough. My kids will love it!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 14, 2018 at 9:46 am
  
  Absolutely it can be made with gluten free dough. My kids definitely thought these pizza pot pies were awesome
  
Ashley Nicole says

February 19, 2018 at 3:02 pm

I love this homemade version of pizza. Quick and easy to prepare. Deliciously satisfying and so cheesy!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 19, 2018 at 6:22 pm
  
  Thanks so much Ashley!
  
Layla Helton says

February 23, 2018 at 10:32 am

Yum!!! This looks so delicious, I cannot wait to try it out!

- foodtasticmom says
  
  February 23, 2018 at 2:53 pm
  
  Thank you Layla – let me know what you think!
  
Varun sharma says

May 27, 2020 at 8:00 am

This looks so delicious.

- foodtasticmom says
  
  May 28, 2020 at 7:25 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
Varun Sharma says

June 10, 2020 at 6:23 am

Pizza is my weakness. I love pizza very much.

- foodtasticmom says
  
  June 10, 2020 at 3:53 pm
  
  I do too!