Our friends south of the border will be celebrating Thanksgiving soon. For many, this means indulging in roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. However, not everyone wants to spend hours in the kitchen roasting a whole turkey and preparing an elaborate meal. That’s where Dee’s Thanksgiving Pizza comes to the rescue, offering a creative and mouthwatering alternative to the traditional holiday spread.
Inspired by the renowned DiGiorno pizza company, who introduced their own Thanksgiving-themed pizza, Dee decided to create her unique twist on this idea.
Her Thanksgiving Pizza doesn’t just taste like the holidays – it combines all your favorite Thanksgiving elements into one scrumptious pie.
Let’s just say Trent is a big fan of this carb loaded delight!
Ingredients You’ll Need:
- Ready made crust (so much easier)
- Cooked Chicken (or turkey): To maintain the essence of Thanksgiving, use turkey or chicken as substitute.
- Turkey Gravy (used as the pizza sauce): The base of your pizza, providing that rich, savory flavor you’d expect from a Thanksgiving feast.
- Mozzarella Cheese: The cheese that ties all the ingredients together, offering that gooey, melty goodness. Try a spicy kind or even brie for a twist!
- Mashed Potatoes (enhanced with dill and roasted garlic spice): Dollop the creamy mashed potatoes all over.
- Stove Top Turkey Dressing (stuffing): A vital component for the true Thanksgiving experience, sprinkle all over.
- Cranberry Sauce (warmed and spiced up with red pepper flakes): A drizzle of cranberry sauce with a hint of spiciness to complement the savory elements.
Steps to Create Your Thanksgiving Pizza:
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- Roll out your pizza dough or use a pre-made pizza crust as the canvas for your creation.
- Spread the turkey gravy evenly over the pizza crust, acting as the sauce foundation for your holiday-inspired masterpiece.
- Arrange pieces of cooked chicken over the gravy, substituting for traditional turke
- y slices.
- Sprinkle a generous amount of mozzarella cheese over the chicken so the meat won’t dry out/
- Add dollops of the dill and roasted garlic spice-infused mashed potatoes onto the pizza.
- Sprinkle the Stove Top turkey dressing generously over the pizza, infusing it with that beloved stuffing flavor.
- Warm the cranberry sauce and add red pepper flakes to give it a kick, then drizzle this spiced cranberry sauce mixture over the pizza. (or drizzle after pizza is cooked)
- Place your loaded pizza in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cheese has melted and the pizza crust has reached your desired level of crispiness.
- Remove your Thanksgiving Pizza from the oven, slice it up, and savor the unique flavors that combine the essence of Thanksgiving!
Try it out and discover a fresh take on a beloved tradition. Enjoy!
