UPSIDE DOWN PIZZA (POPOVER PIZZA CASSEROLE)

Upside Down Pizza (Popover Pizza Casserole) image

Upside Down Pizza is a fun, new way to make everyone's favorite food, pizza. It is like a pizza pot pie, by baking a crispy crust on top! Fill it with ground beef and your favorite pizza toppings for an easy weeknight dinner!

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 15

Previous Next

Ingredients

1.5 lb lean ground beef
½ large yellow onion (diced finely)
1 24- ounce jar Traditional Spaghetti Sauce (I used Ragu Old World Style )
7 ounces Pepperoni (chopped)
1 tbsp minced garlic
1 tbsp Italian Seasonings
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1.5 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
3 large eggs (room temperature)
1 ½ cups whole milk (room temperature)
2 tbsp olive oil
1.5 cups all purpose flour (sifted through mesh into bowl)
¾ tsp salt
⅓ cup shredded parmesan cheese

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a glass 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
In a large skillet cook ground beef over medium heat until no longer pink. Drain grease and return ground beef to the skillet and use a meat masher to break meat into small pieces.
Add onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often so they do not burn. Add minced garlic and cook for an additional 2 minutes, stirring often.
Add Italian seasoning, salt, black pepper, and pepperoni. Stir well and continue to cook for an additional 3-5 minutes, or until pepperoni is cooked and heated through.
Add spaghetti sauce to the meat mixture and stir well. Let simmer for 3 minutes.
Add the meat mixture to the bottom of the baking dish and spread out evenly using a rubber spatula. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
Place in the oven at 400 degrees while you combine the bubble up top mixture. You want your baking dish to be very hot when you pour the bubble up mixture into it.
In a separate medium mixing bowl combine sifted flour, eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and salt. Use a large spoon to mix together. Don't over mix. (NOTE: This batter will be a bit runny and should be able to pour onto the top of the casserole)
Remove the baking dish from the oven and pour the bubble up top over the meat mixture, making sure to get the top all the way to the edges of the casserole dish. Sprinkle ⅓ cup shredded parmesan cheese over the top of the bubble up top and place in the oven.
Cook at 400 degrees for 30 minutes, or until the bubble up top has puffed up and is a deep golden brown color.
Remove from the oven and serve immediately.