Alfredo Sausage Pizza
(yields 8 slices or 4 servings based on 2 slices per serving)
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 684kcal
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- pizza pan or baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 lb Pizza dough store bought dough or us home made dough (see recipe in menu)
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp All-purpose flour or more if needed
- 2.5 cups Milk
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 oz Ground Italian sausage
- Nonstick spray
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 6 oz Mozzarella cheese shredded
- Dried oregano optional
- Red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. (If using store bought dough prepare it according to the directions on the package.)
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook until it starts to turn golden brown. Whisk in the milk and stir until it starts to become thick. Once thick and smooth, remove from the heat and whisk in the parmesan cheese. Then remove from the heat, taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Cook the sausage in the pan, breaking it up into smaller pieces using a spatula until it is no longer pink. Then set aside.
- Lightly grease a baking sheet or whatever kind of flat oven safe baking pan you are using to cook the pizza in, with non-stick spray.
- Clean and dry the counter well (make sure your hands are dried well before working with the dough). Sprinkle the counter with flour, place the pre-made dough on top of the flour, coating each side so the dough doesn't stick.
- Begin rolling out the dough using a rolling pin to stretch the dough to fit the baking sheet or pan you are using. Make sure it is being stretched evenly and avoid creating thin spots (if the dough starts to stick while stretching it, sprinkle flour to prevent it from sticking).
- Gently place the dough on the baking sheet or pan. Mix the olive oil and garlic powder in a bowl and brush it on the outer edges of the dough.
- Evenly ladle and spread a layer of sauce in the middle of the dough, leaving about an inch of dough without sauce around the edge (save about a half a cup to drizzle over the pizza after its cooked).
- Evenly spread the mozzarella over the sauce. Top with sausage.
- Bake the pizza in the oven for 10 minutes, then rotate the pan 180 degrees and bake until the crust is golden brown and crispy and the cheese is melted (approximately 8-10 minutes more).
- Drizzle the sauce that was set aside over the pizza and then let sit for 2-3 minutes before cutting. Sprinkle with oregano and red pepper flakes if desired.
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Nutrition
Calories: 684kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 35g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 1485mg | Potassium: 322mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 671IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 468mg | Iron: 4mg
Alfredo Sausage Pizza
(yields 8 slices or 4 servings based on 2 slices per serving)
Equipment
- Rolling Pin
- pizza pan or baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 lb Pizza dough store bought dough or us home made dough (see recipe in menu)
- 1 tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp All-purpose flour or more if needed
- 2.5 cups Milk
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 4 oz Ground Italian sausage
- Nonstick spray
- 1 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 6 oz Mozzarella cheese shredded
- Dried oregano optional
- Red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. (If using store bought dough prepare it according to the directions on the package.)
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and cook until it starts to turn golden brown. Whisk in the milk and stir until it starts to become thick. Once thick and smooth, remove from the heat and whisk in the parmesan cheese. Then remove from the heat, taste and season with salt and pepper.
- Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat. Cook the sausage in the pan, breaking it up into smaller pieces using a spatula until it is no longer pink. Then set aside.
- Lightly grease a baking sheet or whatever kind of flat oven safe baking pan you are using to cook the pizza in, with non-stick spray.
- Clean and dry the counter well (make sure your hands are dried well before working with the dough). Sprinkle the counter with flour, place the pre-made dough on top of the flour, coating each side so the dough doesn't stick.
- Begin rolling out the dough using a rolling pin to stretch the dough to fit the baking sheet or pan you are using. Make sure it is being stretched evenly and avoid creating thin spots (if the dough starts to stick while stretching it, sprinkle flour to prevent it from sticking).
- Gently place the dough on the baking sheet or pan. Mix the olive oil and garlic powder in a bowl and brush it on the outer edges of the dough.
- Evenly ladle and spread a layer of sauce in the middle of the dough, leaving about an inch of dough without sauce around the edge (save about a half a cup to drizzle over the pizza after its cooked).
- Evenly spread the mozzarella over the sauce. Top with sausage.
- Bake the pizza in the oven for 10 minutes, then rotate the pan 180 degrees and bake until the crust is golden brown and crispy and the cheese is melted (approximately 8-10 minutes more).
- Drizzle the sauce that was set aside over the pizza and then let sit for 2-3 minutes before cutting. Sprinkle with oregano and red pepper flakes if desired.
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Nutrition
Calories: 684kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 29gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 82mgSodium: 1485mgPotassium: 322mgFiber: 2gSugar: 15gVitamin A: 671IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 468mgIron: 4mg
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