Sometimes I have a craving for pizza. The melted cheese, the sweet Italian sauce, just thinking about it makes my mouth water. When I discovered this Upside Down Deep Dish Pizza recipe on the Ragú website using Ragú Old World Traditional Style Sauce, I knew I had to try it. It’s a fun twist on traditional pizza and so easy to assemble. Because it’s made in a casserole dish, I had no problem transporting it to potluck dinners with friends. This dish has been a hit with the entire family, with my husband assuring me it was his favorite dish out of three new recipes I had tried lately. I adapted their recipe to give it our own unique twist, adding our favorite veggies, onions, pepper and mushrooms, plus topped it with pepperoni for more pizza goodness. Even my son, the king of picky eaters, told me, “This is really good, Mom, but next time leave out the mushrooms.” The beauty of this recipe is that I can substitute any sort of vegetable or meat I want or have on hand.
- 1 lb (16 ounces) lean ground beef
- 1 jar (1 lb. 8 oz.) Ragu® Old World Style® Traditional Sauce
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 package pizza crust mix
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 (6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 (3 ounce package) sliced pepperoni
- Prepare pizza crust mix as directed on package. Set aside to rise. Place ground beef, onion, garlic, and bell pepper in 12 inch skillet. Cook until ground beef is brown. Drain. Add Ragu Old World Style Pasta Sauce and mushrooms. Spoon into an 8″ by 8″ casserole dish. Top ground beef mixture with cheese. Layer pepperoni on top of the cheese. Roll the pizza crust into a square and place on top of the pepperoni. Bake 10 to 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven until pizza crust is brown and meat mixture is bubbly. Top with the remaining cup of mozzarella cheese.
What are your favorite ingredients to use in an Upside Down Deep Dish Pizza Recipe?
Ragu is a fav in our house. Ill have to try this dish-yum!
Oh this sounds yummy!! I’ll have to give this one a shot, my kids would love it!
Love Ragu and love this recipe!
I think my kids would really love this. I am so gonna have to try this.
I think this would be a big hit in my family! When I make pizza at home I usually use Ragu for the sauce! A sweeter spaghetti type sauce is what I love on pizza!
I am a HUGE fan of casseroles. Only one dish to wash. This looks amazing!
This is the pizza to eat. I love cheese pizza, so any cheese lovers out there, you have to eat this incredible pizza.
I am definitely trying this next week, I’m going to grab the ingredients tomorrow! You had me at pizza!
Yum! First of all, Ragu is one of my faves. Second of all, and upside down deep dish pizza! Very creative!
Easy & delicious sounding, yum! Thanks for sharing the recipe 😀
Yummm.. this looks delicious and something my boys would love to eat for dinner.. Thanks Ms. Pam for another wonderful recipe, especially since we love Ragu, this will come in handy.
I love this recipe. We’ve always used Ragu on our pasta dishes. My mother used it when we were kids too.
Oh wow, this looks so good! Now I’m craving something cheesy… with tomato sauce… mmm 🙂
This looks lik something the kids would love! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This looks very yummy! I bet the kids would love it!
Pizza is one of my favorites and this would be no exception. The recipe looks easy enough and delicious.
I love how you share easy done and totally yummy recipe’s like this one.
This does look and sound delicious. I bet every single person in the house would like it too!
Ok, this looks like a winning recipe for our entire pizza. Such a unique twist to plain old pizza!
WOW, this looks amazing. 😀 We love pizza. MMM, what a great twist.
I made that once and really loved it! Now you’ve got me craving it again!
We love pizza around here and this looks so good!!! This looks like an easy recipe for weeknights too!
That looks very good. I think my family would love this.
I’m a cheese pizza fan, so my favorite ingredients are difference cheeses!! YUM! This looks delicious!
This is def a new way of making pizza. It’s good to try new ways of cooking a favorite dish.
How fun and creative!! Oh, and yummy!!
This looks SO good! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Delicious! This would be a great way to change up the pizza for pizza movie night.
Ooh yum! That sounds simple and delicious!
Wow, kinda looks like lasagna, but so much awesome-r!!! LOL What a tasty creation!
You had me at Pizza! We are pizza obsessed and always looking for a new recipe. Thanks for sharing
Pizza made anyway and i’m so in be right over.
We typically eat a lot of pepperoni and sausage pizzas but lately have been ordering chicken/bacon/ranch or BBQ Chicken. If I were to make one with Ragu, it would have to be lots of pepperoni and cheese.
This recipe sounds delicious! We absolutely love pizza-I am going to try it next time we have pizza night.
This is a perfect dish for our family. They love pizza and I like making casseroles. This really does sound wonderful.
Oh my that sounds amazing. I love pizza!
I’m going to try this but with wheat free pizza dough, we are going wheat free here. I can make it with my almond flour. So tasty!
Have mercy! That looks delicious – so delicious that I think that I will change my plans for dinner tonight. I’m off to the store…
I am totally in the mood for something like this, thanks for sharing. Pizza night tonight!
Wow! What A Great Idea & Looks So Delicious!!
What a fun recipe! Now this is a recipe to get my son to rave about dinner.
What an awesome idea! We made pizza the other day and this looks delicious.
Well that is a unique twist to a casserole! lol. My kids would absolutely Love this meal!
Looks easy and delicious. Perfect for a mother of 3.
I love the whole idea of upside down pizza! This looks delicious!
This would go over great in my house. I’ll definitely give it a try.
We love dishes like this. It is actually something I can serve my whole BIG family and still have leftovers. Thanks so much, it sound delicious.
Yum, yum, yum! This looks like a perfect dish for my pizza loving kids!
That is a neat recipe. I love a crispy crust though, so I’ll stick with it on the bottom 🙂
This is so neat! We are definitely going to have to try it out.
Oh my this is a first I have ever saw this and earns a share on my fanpage. yum cant wait to make this for my fans.
A casserole and a pizza all in one! This is certainly a dish that would be a big hit in my house!
looks great, Ragu is my preferred jar sauce, I just bought 4 jars a few days ago!
this is interesting, I have never made an upside down pizza, but I am sure this is delicious.. I will be trying this in the future.
My daughters would sooo love this! I would make it with just cheese since my household doesn’t like toppings on their pizza.
I’ve never heard of an Upside Down Pizza Dish but it look very yummy so I might have to give it a try. I love using Ragu!
We love mushrooms and sausage on our pizza. I’ve never made an upside-down pizza before!
yum! looks tasty and kid friendly too!
What a neat idea….looks delicious. A neat twist to pizza!
I think I’m going to pick up ingredients to make this tomorrow. We’re due for a cold, rainy weekend and I think upside down pizza is JUST what the ‘doctah’ ordered!
this would be a big hit in our house. LOVE pizza related anything!! so delish!
Wow, that looks so ooey gooey and delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make anything like that before, I am going to try your recipe!
That would go over BIG in my house. We love casserole type dishes and we LOVE pizza, so this one is perfect.