Systems and methods for making a pizza pie having an outer cheese portion

A cutting system for a pizza dough, comprising:

• a pizza pan including a base portion and a generally vertical wall portion, the pizza dough received in and extending across the base portion of the pizza pan and along the generally vertical wall portion of the pizza pan;
• a guide placed in the pizza pan and over the pizza dough, said guide having a generally circular shape with a diameter generally corresponding to a diameter of the pizza pan, and including a central dome and a outer ledge extending from a circumferential edge of the central dome, such that the circumferential edge of the central dome contacts the pizza dough at the base portion of the pizza pan while an interior surface of the central dome remains vertically spaced from the pizza dough and the base portion of the pizza pan, and wherein the outer ledge of the guide is positioned adjacent the generally vertical wall portion of the pizza pan;
• and
• a cutting tool having an outer cutting edge, said cutting tool moveable along the outer ledge to cause the outer cutting edge of the cutting tool to form a plurality of openings in the pizza dough about a periphery of the pizza dough.