Sausage Pepper Mushroom Pizza

(yields 8 slices or 4 servings based on 2 slices per serving)

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 740kcal

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)
28 oz Canned diced tomato
3 cloves Garlic minced
4 tbsp Fresh basil
2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
2 oz Mushrooms sliced
1 Green bell pepper seeded and sliced
1/2 Red onion peeled and sliced thin
8 oz Ground Italian sausage
Nonstick spray
3 tbsp All-purpose flour or more if needed
8 oz Mozzarella cheese shredded

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Prepare the store bought dough according to the directions on the package.
In a pot on medium heat, bring the diced tomato and garlic to a simmer. Season well with salt and pepper, partially cover with a lid and cook for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat stir in the basil and using an immserion blender or stand up blender blend the sauce until it is smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
In the meantime, heat the oil in a nonstick pan on medium heat. Saute the mushrooms, peppers, and onion until they soften up, approximately 5 - 6 minutes. Then set aside on a plate. Place the sausage in the pan and cook 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 with nonstick 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 doesnt 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.
Evenly ladle and spread a layer of sauce on the dough, leaving about an inch of dough without sauce around the edge.
Evenly spread the cheese over the sauce, evenly spread the onions, mushrooms, peppers, and sausage over top.
Bake the pizza in the oven for 10 minutes, then rotate the pan and bake until the crust is golden brown and crispy and the cheese is melted, approximately 8 - 10 minutes more.
Let the pizza sit for 2 - 3 minutes before cutting.

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