Deep Dish Stuffed Crust Pizza
Ingredients:
- 1/2 box of Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix prepared
- 3 cups of leftover venison roast
- 8 oz. tomato sauce
- 2 tsps. chili powder
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1 cup fiesta cheese
- 5 sticks of string cheese, mozzarella
- 2 Tbsps. of butter
- 1 Tbsp. of garlic, minced
Getting it done:
- Fix 1/2 of a Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix according to the box directions for pizza. While the dough is rising, drain the leftover venison roast of any liquids and remove any veggies.
- Shred or chop the roast and heat on medium-low heat. Add the chili powder, cumin, and tomato sauce. Still well and remove from heat.
- Once the dough is ready, place in a 10 or 12 inch cast iron skillet (number 8 or 9). Press the dough evenly in the bottom, making sure it’s not thin.
- Bring the dough all the way up the sides–it’s OK if the dough tries to fall down from the sides. We will fix that later.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Spread the venison mixture in the skillet. Place the string cheese on the inside edge of the crust–it doesn’t have to be perfect–just lay it on top of the venison mixture around the crust.
- Fold the edges of the dough over the cheese. If needed, gently pull up on the dough and stretch it. You can roll the dough inward to enclose the cheese or you can simply fold it over.
- The dough will slightly overlap, so pinch the overlaps together to help keep them in place as it bakes.
- Heat the butter and minced garlic in the microwave for about 8 seconds and brush it over the exposed dough.
- Top with fiesta cheese and bake until the crust turns golden brown–about 7 minutes. To make sure it’s done, poke a toothpick in the thickest part of the crust. If it comes out clean, it’s done.
Stay Healthy
Serves: 8 Slices of Deep Dish Stuffed Crust Pizza
Serving Size: 1 Slice
Calories: 366
Fat: 14 g
Carbohydrates: 24 g
Note
This recipe is for one pizza. If you want to use the whole box of Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix, but don’t have enough venison roast leftover you can always make the whole box, cut the dough in half, use half for this recipe, and the other half for cinnamon rolls–yum!
This looks amazing! I wish I had more time cooking! I like saving food too- left overs especially. I like how creatively you made this with the idea of avoiding waste. Awesome recipes on your site. Hard to read as it makes me salivate and crave the food!
Thanks so much! I feel it is important to avoid waste and I actually feel bad when I have to throw food out. I’m happy my food makes you hungry 🙂
I have a giant venison roast that my friend gave me. It’s still sitting in my freezer because I literally have no idea what to do with it! This though…this looks pretttttttyyyyyy darn good! I’ve saved it – I’ll have to give it a try!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it. There are so many things you can do with a roast. Check out our Crock-Pot Venison Shoulder Roast and our Easy Deer Pot Roast. They both are easy recipes and you can always use the leftovers for the Deep Dish Stuffed Crust Pizza.
We had some ground venison left over that needed to be used and were just going to make some tacos… then I saw this idea. We used mozzarella sliced into strips for the stuffed crust, jalapeno jack cheese on top, and used ready to bake pilsbury pizza dough. I threw some sliced jalapenos and cherry tomatoes on top of the cheese. We also did the beef with lots of chili powder and cumin and salt and pepper. It was incredibly delicious and fun to put together. Thanks!!
You’re welcome. That sounds wonderful! Very creative!