Cast Iron Loaded Deep Dish Pizza

• 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
• 1 whole (about 9 Oz. Size) Pizza Dough Ball
• 2 Tablespoons Chopped Fresh Basil, Divided
• 3/4 cups Ricotta Cheese
• 3/4 cups Tomato Or Marinara Sauce
• 3/4 cups Cooked Ground Beef (I Used Leftover Chili)
• 6 slices Fresh Mozzarella Cheese, Or As Needed
• 20 slices Pepperoni, Or As Needed
• 1/2 whole Large Tomato, Sliced

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. Add olive oil to a 9 cast iron pan.
3. Roll out dough on a floured surface and place in pan.
4. Stir half the basil into ricotta cheese and spread on bottom of dough.
5. Top with tomato sauce.
6. Crumble on beef, followed by mozzarella cheese.
7. Top with slices of pepperoni and fresh tomato.
8. Sprinkle on remaining basil.
9. Place pan on high heat on stovetop and leave for 2 minutes to heat up pan and get the bottom of crust started cooking.
10. After 2 minutes, move pan to oven and cook for an additional 18 minutes.

olive oil, fresh basil, ricotta cheese, tomato, ground beef, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, tomato

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/cast-iron-loaded-deep-dish-pizza/ (may not work)