Recreating a Classic School Sausage Pizza Recipe | The OG Rectangle Sheet Pan Lunchroom Pizza
(bell ringing)
- I hear the lunch bellringing, and pizza is served.
That's right, I've got therecipe for school pizza.
That's the title and it comes from
an official website calledschoolpizzarecipe.com.
My friend posted this recipeand I immediately knew
I had to try it for y'all,
because we all want ataste of the old classic.
I think kids today don't knowabout this little treasure,
so, let's recreate it.
But first, I gotta take theseoff, I really can't see you.
I'm gonna start with the crust
and I'm already blownaway by the sheer fact
that this didn't comestraight from a freezer.
The recipe is making the cruststraight up from scratch.
The secret, shockingingredient, powdered milk,
goes into the flour and then sugar.
It always had that littlesweetness in the crust.
Salt and yeast, this isthe fast instant yeast.
All right, so you whisk all that together.
It's easier than making a bread dough.
Then I'm gonna add oil to warm water,
110 to 115 degrees, stir that together,
and then this goes in here.
Stir with a wooden spoonuntil a batter forms.
Don't be trying to use a metal spoon here,
it says wooden.
It says don't worry about lumps,
you just want no dry spots.
So I'm guessing youdon't wanna over mix it.
This looks like a really wet dough.
You probably don't have a pan this size
because it probably wouldn'tfit in your oven anyway.
The recipe's actuallywritten for a smaller pan,
but we gotta keep it authentic here.
So it says spray the pan with Pam spray
and then put parchment on it.
This pan looks like it's been around
since I had school pizza.
I swear, I don't think I ever had
this kind of school pizza though.
I mean, I had it before but I don't think
my school served it.
I should probably follow the recipe
but I just feel likeit's a little too wet,
so I'm gonna just add a little more flour.
Here we go, I'm just gonna trust it.
Okay, so were gonna spread this
to all edges of the pan.
See, school pizza tasted so good
'cause there was all this lovebehind these homemade items.
It's not like just pulling things
straight from the freezer.
Could feel the TLC.
All right, I'm gonna put this in the oven,
475 degrees for eight to 10 minutes,
we'll see what happens.
Now, time to make the sauce.
Y'all, the instructionshere just say nothing.
It just lists the ingredients,
so that's all I have to go on.
Couple cans of tomatopaste, because cheap.
I would say this whole recipe,
even doubled, costs $3, $4.
Garlic.
I like that theingredients that are there,
I mean, pretty fresh.
It's not like again, a packet or anything.
Water, olive oil, salt and pepper,
oregano, basil, and dried rosemary.
I can't stand dried rosemary,
but I'm gonna trust the lunch lady.
Now it's starting to lookmore like pizza sauce.
(lips smacking)
I don't know, this is all justgonna have to come together.
I'm glad it's not sweetthough, I will say that.
Okay, and then the toppings.
The only topping on here is ground chuck.
So it's just browned hamburger meat.
I guess that's what it was
and we probably thought it was sausage.
Okay, just gonna go right in.
All right, it says brown the meat,
it doesn't say to seasonit with salt and pepper
but I'm sure you do.
See, this is back in the day when
they could just have alittle freedom in the kitchen
and kids would eat itbecause it tastes good,
it tasted like mama's home cookin'.
Now we're not allowed to addsalt and fat to anything.
So my kids want me to maketheir lunch every day,
they don't even like the school pizza.
A little salt neverhurt nobody, or did it?
Okay, I guess I should ofhad a little more faith
because it looks like pizza crust.
But since I made it from scratch
is it called processed still?
I mean, so this is probablyless processed food
back then than we have now.
All right, I would say mymeat is browned and crumbled.
Drain it.
And it's about time to assemble.
Now, this is not a lot of meat,
it's not even a pound of ground meat.
So you're talking about$2 to $3 worth of meat,
about a dollar or so worth of sauce
and a dollar or so worth of crust.
To feed like, 15 kids.
And that's how it's done.
These lunch ladies knowwhat they're doing.
All right, let's talk cheese.
I've got a shredded mozzarella
that you get from the dairy section.
The recipe says to be reallyauthentic school pizza
I'll need to use imitation mozzarella.
Can't do it, I don't even knowif they make that anymore.
On goes the sauce, Idon't know if I'm gonna
use this whole thing.
I didn't even read the directions,
I hope I did that right.
Sauce, spread all over the crust.
Then sprinkle the meats, the meats!
If only we could be playingthe "Sloppy Joe" song,
we'd be a complete lunch lady experience.
All right, sprinkle the cheese!
Imitation cheese would cost a lot less,
so I'm kinda gonna have to goback on what I said earlier
about how much this whole pizza costs,
'cause we're using about $6worth of cheese at least.
Still would even out to cost about,
probably less than a dollar a slice.
It's lookin' pretty good!
I probably should have trusted the crust
and spread it evenly to the edges.
Here goes nothin'!
Going back in at 475 foranother eight to 10 minutes.
That looks like school pizza.
All right, here we go.
I feel like I'm a doctor, only better.
The pizza is supposed to stand
for at least fiveminutes before we cut it.
So as of right now, Ithink it looks great.
However, I'm still skeptical on the crust.
Even though it was kinda firmbefore I put the sauce on,
once I put that sauceon it made the crust,
you know, gave it a little more moisture.
I'm gonna go three by five.
How did I do?
I mean, it looks like school pizza.
I mean, it was kind of flimsyso maybe this is right.
You know, a chef has totaste their food first,
before they serve it to their customers.
The flavor is pretty close.
I mean, this is a great,
affordable way to feed kids at a party.
I mean, I might just workon that crust a little bit.
But this is pretty much exactly
what was served in the cafeteria.
I think we nailed it.
But to be perfectly certain,
I'm gonna serve this up justlike a lunch lady would.
Hey baby, you hungry?
- [Customer] Yeah!
- All right, I hope you enjoy!
Come get my good pizza, oh yeah!
Did Mama not feed you today?
- [Customer] No ma'am!.
- You can come back foranother one, I'll be here.
Enjoy!
- Thank you!- I made this one special.
You hungry?
- [Customer] (laughing) No!
- Eat it anyway, you need your nutrition.
Next!
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