Cheeseburger French Bread Pizza

This was the most popular pizza I have ever made. Everyone loved it and had tons of fun making ketchup and mustard mixtures on their plates to dip their pizza into. This pizza was easy to put together and so very tasty! It would also be a snap to prepare ahead of time and freeze, just omit the diced tomatoes until the day of cooking as fresh tomatoes, once frozen, thaw into a watery mess.

Cheeseburger French Bread Pizza

2 loaves French bread
Ragu Spaghetti Sauce
3-4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
1 lb. ground beef, cooked & drained
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 - 1/2 cup ketchup
2 tsp. prepared yellow mustard
1- 2 tsp. dried minced onion
2 - 3 cups diced Roma tomatoes
3-4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Ketchup & Mustard

Preheat oven 400* F. Split both loaves of French bread horizontally, lengthwise and lay 2 halves each, cut side up, on 2 cookie sheets. Sparingly spread Ragu sauce on each cut side, just enough to barely cover each one. Keep it sparse. Lightly sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese over top of the Ragu on each pizza. Meanwhile, in a skillet, combine the cooked beef, ketchup, mustard, dried onion, salt and pepper. Mix and stir over medium heat until well mixed and heated through. Divide the meat mixture evenly between the 4 halves, spreading the meat mixture evenly over top of each pizza. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella cheese evenly over top of all 4 halves again. Top each pizza with diced tomato. Finally, sprinkle each pizza generously with cheddar cheese. Place in oven and bake @ 400* F for 15 minutes, until cheeses are melted and everything is heated through. Cut into pieces and serve. Can use the Ketchup and Mustard to drizzle over top of the pizza before serving if desired, or let everyone dip their pizza into the topping of their choice.
Makes about 10-12 servings.