Saturday, March 20, 2010

Spicy Sausage Pizza


You can swap out the spicy sausage for mild Italian sausage if you want less heat. I decided to make individual whole wheat pizzas. Yes, this is just one individual pizza.


Whole Wheat Pizza Doug (or regular pizza dough)
Pizza Sauce
Olive Oil
(1) Minced Garlic Clove
Spicy Italian Sausage (with casing)
Pizza Sauce
Sliced Fresh Mozzarella
Sliced Jalapeno
Italian Seasoning
Salt and Pepper for Seasoning
Shredded Parmesan Cheese
Sliced Fresh Basil

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Lay dough out on a lightly floured surface to rest and come to room temperature.

Heat sauté pan over medium-high heat and drizzle with olive oil. Cook sausages, browning all sides and cooked almost completely through. Turn off heat and leave to rest.

Preheat pizza stone (or sheet pan). Roll out pizza dough to the size desired. Slice sausage into thin slices. Pull out pizza stone. Lay pizza dough out on the pizza stone and cover with pizza sauce. Top with Mozzarella, sausage, garlic, jalapeno and season with Italian seasoning salt and pepper. Bake for about 10 to 12 minutes.

Pull out pizza and sprinkle with parmesan. Put back into the oven and bake for an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Take pizza out and garnish with basil. Let rest for about 5 minutes before slicing.....serve and ENJOY!!!!

Wine pairing.....Chianti or Zinfandel.

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