After moving from Chicago (a true American pizza city) to Dallas, I missed bomb pizza options so I started making it at home. My baby cakes Harmony and I love to make this easy Sicilian pizza. The crust is thick and chewy plus it gets bits of caramelized cheese around the edges as it bakes. I also load it with smoky meat, onions, peppers and tons of cheese. Use my homemade pizza dough to make this next level.
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How to Make Sicilian Pizza
Step 1: Add all-purpose flour, salt, sugar and yeast to a large bowl and stir to combine. Next, add 2 tbsp of oil to the lukewarm water then add enough water to dry ingredients until it becomes elastic and soft but not too sticky. Remove from the bowl and knead with a little flour and form a ball. Take another large bowl and coat with 1-2 tbsp of olive oil. Add the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm area for an hour.
Step 2: After an hour, add remaining 3 tbsp of olive oil to a 11×17 inch pan. Remove the dough from the covered bowl and, using your finger tips, press and spread out the dough allowing some of the oil to get on the top of the dough in the dimples. Add plastic wrap over the pan and allow it to rest again in a warm area for another hour.
Step 3: Preheat the oven to 500 degrees or as high as your oven will go and set your rack on the lowest bottom position. Top your pizza dough with mozzarella cheese leaving a 1 inch border uncovered. Add as much cheese as you prefer. Spoon pizza sauce over the cheese in diagonal rows or in various spots on top of the dough.
Step 4: Sprinkle sausage, pepperoni, bacon, green pepper and onion on top of cheese and sauce. Finally sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese making sure to sprinkle even on the 1 inch border. Sprinkle with a tiny bit of Italian seasoning.
Step 5: Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the dough is very crisp and browned and the cheese is totally melted and golden and slightly browned bubbly (don’t’ burn!). Cool slightly before slicing and serving.
Sicilian Pizza Recipe
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Ingredients
For the Dough
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 0.75 oz Fleischmann’s® RapidRise® Yeast packet
- 1 1/2 cup lukewarm water up to 1 3/4 cup
- 6 tbsp quality oil to coat the bowl plus more for the pan
For the Assembly
- 1 lb mozzarella cheese sliced (up to 2 lbs)
- 3/4 cup pizza sauce up to 1 cup
- l lb crumbled cooked Italian sausage
- pepperoni slices
- cooked bacon in bits
- 1 green pepper chopped
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- grated parmesan cheese
- dried Italian seasoning
Instructions
For the Pizza Dough
- Add all-purpose flour, salt, sugar and yeast to a large bowl and stir to combine.
- Next, add 2 tbsp of oil to the lukewarm water then add enough water to dry ingredients until it becomes elastic and soft but not too sticky. Remove from the bowl and knead with a little flour and form a ball.
- Take another large bowl and coat with 1-2 tbsp of olive oil. Add the dough to the bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let rise in a warm area for an hour.
- After an hour, add remaining 3 tbsp of olive oil to a 11×17 inch pan. Remove the dough from the covered bowl and, using your finger tips, press and spread out the dough allowing some of the oil to get on the top of the dough in the dimples. Add plastic wrap over the pan and allow it to rest again in a warm area for another hour.
To Assemble Pizza
- Preheat the oven to 500 degrees or as high as your oven will go and set your rack on the lowest bottom position.
- Top your pizza dough with mozzarella cheese leaving a 1 inch border uncovered. Add as much cheese as you prefer.
- Spoon pizza sauce over the cheese in diagonal rows or in various spots on top of the dough.
- Sprinkle sausage, pepperoni, bacon, green pepper and onion on top of cheese and sauce.
- Finally sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese making sure to sprinkle even on the 1 inch border.
- Sprinkle with a tiny bit of Italian seasoning.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the dough is very crisp and browned and the cheese is totally melted and golden and slightly browned bubbly (don't’ burn!).
Notes
Nutrition
Recipe Tips
- Crust upgrade: Swap out the all purpose flour with bread flour. You will get a much chewier texture.
- When making the dough, remember that the temperature of the water can affect the yeast, so make sure it’s lukewarm.
- Don’t Overload: Yes this pizza has a ton of ingredients but if you make the pizza too heavy, it will get a little soggy and even greasier.
- Press It In: I like to press my toppings into the cheese just a little so they don’t slide off when you slice everything.
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Ingredient Notes
- Sausage: If you don’t have Italian sausage, you can use other types of sausage or meat.
- Green Peppers: Swap in red pepper or mushrooms.
- Parmesan Cheese: You can use other types of cheese such as cheddar or mozzarella.
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My daughter and I made this pizza last month (May 2025) and it was AMAZING! My daughter (college age) loves to make dough and enjoyed that part, and we both enjoyed putting together the rest for the family. We eat a lot of pizza and this was hands down the best! Making pizza at home is just simply the best! We have made several of your recipes now (including desserts) and we just love them all! Thank you so much for sharing!
So happy to hear that you both enjoyed it!!
Can you use whole wheat flour?
I haven’t tested this recipe with whole wheat flour, but I don’t see why not.
Awesome recipe
This was like a deep dish. It was delicious and the crust was nice and fluffy inside yet crisp on the edges. I will definitely make this again
Definitely trying this for this super bowl gathering with my immediate family. Can’t wait to see the outcome. Your recipes have never fail me yet, thanks Jocelyn