Have pizza night at home with this easy recipe! Add Italian sausage, cheese, marinara, and bell peppers for a delicious pizza that tastes gourmet.
Duration:
Prep: 25
Cook: 15
Ingredients
- 12 ounces Italian sausage links mild or spicy
- 1 pound pizza dough store-bought or homemade
- Semolina flour optional, for pizza peel
- ½ cup marinara sauce or pizza sauce
- 1 cup freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 red bell pepper sliced into ¼-inch slices
- Chili oil optional, for serving
Insructions:
1. Preheat oven to 500°F. If you have a pizza stone, heat it up for about 30 minutes.
2. Take the sausage meat out of the casing and make small 1-inch balls. Cook these sausage balls in a large skillet on medium-high heat until they’re light brown and no longer pink, around 3-4 minutes. Drain them and put them on a plate with paper towels. Set them aside,
3. Roll or gently stretch your pizza dough into a big circle. If you’re not using a pizza stone, just put the stretched dough on a baking sheet with parchment paper. If you’re using a pizza stone, sprinkle a bit of semolina flour on a pizza peel and lay the dough there.
4. Spread the pizza sauce all over the dough, leaving about an inch of space around the edges.
5. Sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese. Then distribute the cooked sausage and sliced pepper on top.
6.Bake it for 6-9 minutes until the edges of the crust are all golden and the cheese is all melty.
7. If you like, serve it with some chili oil for an extra kick. Enjoy!
