Sausage Pizza With Roasted Red Peppers
Sausage pizza is good, but sausage pizza with roasted red peppers is something you'll think about for days. The peppers bring this earthy, smoky sweetness that makes the whole thing feel more considered—cheesy, a little salty, a little sweet. It just works.
Servings: 8 slices
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh pizza dough
- 1-2 cups tomato sauce, more or less
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 12 oz Italian sausage, cooked, drained, and crumbled
- 12 oz jar of roasted red peppers, drained Some roasted red peppers already come sliced. If whole, slice them into bite-sized pieces.
- 1 cup ribboned or roughly chopped baby spinach
- 1-2 TBSP Olive oil, to slick the pizza pan
- 2 TBSP cornmeal (optional)
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and let it be for a minute before you start breaking it up. Cook for 7–10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it’s browned and cooked through, then transfer the sausage to a paper towel-lined plate to soak up excess grease. Set it aside.
- Set the oven to 525-550°F with the center rack in position. Generously coat a large sheet pan with olive oil and scatter some cornmeal over the bottom if you have it (optional, but it does something nice for the crust).
- Place the dough in the center of the pan and press it outward toward the edges, slowly and evenly, ensuring there are no thin spots.
- Ladle about a cup of sauce onto the center of the pizza dough and spread it out toward the edges, leaving some room for the crust to do its thing. Add more sauce as you see fit, then sprinkle on the mozzarella. Finally add the ribboned spinach, roasted red peppers, and crumbled sausage. Optional: for a flavored crust, brush the exposed crust with olive oil, then sprinkle it with a little garlic salt and cornmeal before the sauce goes on.
- Pop the pizza into the oven for 12–15 minutes or until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted.
Notes
If your sausage is in a casing, simply squeeze the meat out of the casing and into the pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 413kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g
