Monday, January 2, 2012

recipe: sausage and pepper pizza

today's lunch, impromptu pizza party.


ingredients list:
- 1 recipe for pizza dough or fresh store-bought (i use store bought)
- 1 & 1/2 cups red sauce (i used homemade meat sauce that i had leftover, recipe below)
- 1 & 1/2 cups mozz cheese, shredded
- 2 hot sausages, sliced into small chunks
- 1/2 green pepper, diced
- 1/3 onion, diced
- 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3 tbsp olive oil, separated
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp parsley

- pinch salt

meat sauce ingredient list (full recipe):

- 1 lb sweet Italian sausage
- 3/4 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup onion, minced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 (6 oz) cans tomato paste
- 2 (6.5 oz) cans canned tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup water or red wine
- 2 tbsp white sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp dried basil leaves
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
- 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

to make sauce: brown sausage, ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until well browned. add to slow cooker along with crush tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, and water. season with sugar, basil, fennel seeds, italian seasoning, 1 tbsp salt, pepper, and 2 tbsp parsley. simmer over low heat for 2-3 hours, stirring occasionally.

to make pizza: mix 2 tbsp olive oil, salt, garlic powder, and parsley in small bowl and set aside. heat a large skillet on medium-high heat, and preheat the oven (with pizza stone in the oven also) to 450 degrees. sautee sausage in 1 tbsp olive oil  in the hot skillet for about 5-7 minutes, adding pepper & onion for the last 3-4 minutes, then set aside. roll out pizza dough on lightly floured surface. lightly flour the hot pizza stone, then carefully transfer the dough to the stone. spread meat sauce onto the dough, then pile on first some cheese, the meat & veggies, more cheese, and a few dashes of oregano & crushed red pepper. bake in preheated oven for about 14-16 minutes, removing it at the 10 minute mark to brush the crush with the garlic olive oil mixture. allow to cool at least 5 minutes before serving (i always burn my mouth when i make pizza)
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yummmz. i love anything that has this sauce in it, so this pizza was the tits. we usually brush the olive oil onto the crust before baking it, but waiting until 10 minutes into the baking process made for a softer crust... it was like a delicious lil bread stick at the end of each piece. so perfect. 7.5*******~.

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