Seeing how much of the country is freezing this week, I’m willing to bet that the general crockpot population (yep, that’s a thing) is feeling the love. If you find yourself with any leftover pot roast, then I have just the recipe for you.
Heck, it was so good even if you don’t have leftover pot roast you should probably just make one now so you can make this pizza.
In our household, a good crockpot meal will last for days. But (much to my husband’s dismay) I get tired of eating the same thing for days at a time. I’m really trying to get better at this. So re-purposing our meals is key.
Last Friday morning I was preparing dough for our weekly pizza night and I remembered that we had leftover pot roast.
It was sitting in the outside fridge and I could basically hear it crying out to me:
“Don’t forget me!”
“Ditch the pizza, use me up!”
“Alex will be so disappointed if you let me go bad”
Talk about a guilt trip.
I couldn’t ignore the pot roast, but didn’t want to break tradition. So I put the pot roast on the pizza. Problem solved.
Pot roast + gouda + parmesan + onion + arugula = pot roast pizza.
No one was mad.
- pizza dough (homemade or prepared)
- favorite pizza sauce
- freshly grated gouda cheese
- freshly grated parmesan cheese
- leftover pot roast
- 2 TB red wine
- 1 onion
- 2 TB butter
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- arugula
- preheat oven to 425F
- shred leftover pot roast and add to skillet over low heat
- add red wine to skillet and allow to simmer
- chop onion into small pieces
- add butter to small pan over low heat
- once butter is melted, add onion and dust with brown sugar
- stir onion mixture until onions have caramelized and are fragrant. remove from heat.
- line a cutting board with paper towels
- remove pot roast from heat and transfer meat to paper towels to drain excess moisture
- roll out dough on floured surface into desired shape
- layer pizza with sauce, pot roast, onion and cheese as desired
- bake in preheated oven for approximately 15 minutes
- once cooled, add arugula to top of pizza
- slice, serve and enjoy
- Baking times may vary due to oven and/or dough thickness. Check on pizza intermittently to avoid burning.