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The Best Leftover Turkey Recipe You’ll Ever Need (We Promise!)

Leftover turkey pizza
Prep Time
10 min
Cook Time
18 min
Yields
1 pizza

We’re sure you’ve come across a lot of ways to use up leftover turkey, but what about a recipe that uses ALL the holiday leftovers? Introducing the Love Your Leftovers holiday pizza! You will never need — or want — to find another holiday leftovers recipe again. You might even find yourself roasting up a turkey just to make this delicious pizza. For the carbs portion, feel free to use any leftover carb you have available, like roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes or stuffing. Add the cranberry sauce and Brussels sprouts and you’re good to go!

Related: Delicious Uses for Leftover Mashed Potatoes

Like Marcella’s leftover turkey pizza recipe? Try her vegan eggnog or her cinnamon streusel muffins.

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ingredients

1
lb pizza dough, store-bought or homemade
Olive oil, for brushing
Salt and pepper, to taste
1
cup ricotta cheese
1
cup leftover turkey, pulled or diced (Not a fan of turkey, but have leftover ham or leftover rotisserie chicken? They both work too!)
½
cup mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes or stuffing
½
cup cranberry sauce
½
cup roasted Brussels sprouts, thinly sliced
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directions

Notes

Not a fan of turkey, but have leftover ham or leftover rotisserie chicken? They both work too!

Leftover turkey pizza ingredients
Step 1

Preheat oven to 450°F. Place pizza stone in the oven. Divide dough into two equal portions. Stretch and roll out dough to desired thickness.

Person kneading pizza dough
Step 2

Generously brush the dough with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a pizza paddle.

Step 3

Dollop with ricotta cheese. Top with turkey, potatoes, cranberry sauce and Brussels sprouts.

Leftover turkey pizza recipe
Step 4

Slide pizza onto the heated stone and bake until the crust is golden, about 15 to 18 minutes. Enjoy!

Leftover turkey pizza

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