Stuffed Pizza- The Chicago classic made with a few shortcuts. Cheesy pizza filled with lots of mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage and finished off with homemade pizza sauce.

Growing up in the Chicago area, I was totally spoiled with good pizza. My favorites are a cracker thin version and this one..stuffed. Yes, totally opposites!

Stuffed pizza is not easy to find outside of the Chicago area. So, I either have to find it frozen somewhere or make it homemade.

This is my homemade version. 🍕

Now, this is not a stuffed crust or deep dish. It's stuffed. Think of it as building your pizza backward. Trust me, it's good. 🖒

Ingredients Needed

Self rising flour
Plain Greek yogurt
Italian sausage * see recipe note
Mozzarella cheese: shredded and sliced
Oil
Oregano
Tomato sauce + tomato paste
Dried garlic + onion + brown sugar + red pepper flakes
Grated Parmesan cheese

Your Layers

Bottom: Crust
Middle: Italian sausage + lots of cheese
Top: Pizza sauce

Pizza Dough

I love this pizza dough! It's just two ingredients and comes together quickly. However, if you have a favorite homemade pizza dough recipe, obviously, you can use that. You can also buy a premade crust. Either way, it will need to cover the bottom and part of the sides of a round 9 inch pan.

Pizza Sauce

Same as the dough. I have included my homemade pizza sauce recipe in the recipe card. But, if you want to cut back on time a bit, use your favorite store brand. You will need about 1 & 3/4 cups of sauce. Link to my favorite store bought pizza sauce is included in the recipe card.

Italian Sausage

Do you have to use Italian sausage? Of course not! It's pizza. Fill it with pepperoni, extra cheese, mushrooms, green peppers...whatever the heck you want.