Pizzeria-Style Sausage Pizza
Recipe provided by: Recipe AmericaRecipe Number: 271
Original recipe yield: 6
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 45 min
Ingredients:
1 pound fresh bulk pork sausage
mildly seasoned
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (6 oz.) tomato paste
1 1/2 teaspoons fennel seed
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon oregano leaves
1 loaf frozen pizza dough
thawed
2 cups shredded provolone cheese
2 cups chopped tomatoes (seeds removed)
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Brown pork sausage with green pepper
in medium skillet; drain well. Stir in tomato sauce, tomato
paste, fennel seed, sugar and oregano. Simmer 5 minutes. Using
14-inch pizza pan or 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan, prepare pizza
crust following package directions. Layer provolone cheese,
sausage mixture, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese on pizza crust.
Bake on lowest rack of oven at 375 degrees F. for 35-45 minutes
or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.