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Pizza Dough Balls

This pizza ball recipe is wonderful and can be either baked or fried. Everyone will love these pizza dough balls! Fried pizza bites anyone?
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings: 16 balls
Calories: 586kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tubes refreigerated crescent roll dough
  • ½ lb ground beef
  • 4 cups canola oil
  • 8 oz mozzarella pearls
  • ½ cup marinara sauce +¼ cup for dip
  • 16 slices pepperoni
  • 1 ½ teaspoon garlic salt

Instructions

  • Get out and measure all of your ingredients.
  • Cook and drain ground beef. Add to a medium bowl with marinara sauce. Stir to combine.
  • Unroll crescent roll dough onto a lightly floured cutting board. Separate into sections. Each section should consist of two pre cut triangle pieces (forming a rectangle). Pinch the seams together to seal then,  cut each rectangle in half.
  • Place a piece of pepperoni in the center of each section.
  • Add about 4 mozzarella pearls on top of the pepperoni, then a spoonful (about 2 tbsp) of the meat mixture.
  • Followed by another slice of pepperoni.
  • Fold each corner of the dough over the center of the peperoni. Pinch the seams to seal and roll into a ball shape.
  • Sprinkle each ball with garlic salt.

Fry

  • Add canola oil to a sauce pan, an inch or two deep and heat to 325 degrees. Very carefully place each ball into the hot oil. Be sure to leave plenty of room in between as these will grow as they cook, you may have to fry in two batches to be safe. Fry 2 minutes per side. Remove from oil and place onto a paper towel lined plate to remove excess oil.

Bake

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees and bake for 25 minutes, or until crust is golden brown on a rimmed baking sheet covered in parchment paper.
  • Serve with marinara sauce to dip and enjoy!

Notes

If you want to switch up your pizza routine, I suggest that you check out our summer pizza recipes and/or fall pizza recipes. There will be so many options, on those lists, that  your head will spin with happiness!

Nutrition

Calories: 586kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 63g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 16g | Monounsaturated Fat: 38g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.4g | Vitamin A: 129IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 0.4mg