Sausage Sweet Red Pepper Pizza Food

PEPPER SAUSAGE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a bowl, combine 1 cup flour, yeast and sugar. Add water; beat until smooth. Add the oil, salt, dried basil, pepper, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and 2 cups flour; beat until blended. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Cover and let rest 5 minutes., Meanwhile, place spinach in a microwave-safe bowl; cover and microwave on high 30 seconds or just until wilted. Uncover and set aside., Press dough into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Spread with pizza sauce; sprinkle with 2-1/2 cups mozzarella cheese, sausage, onion, spinach, mushrooms and yellow pepper. Top with remaining Parmesan and mozzarella cheeses. Sprinkle with pizza seasoning. Bake 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Sprinkle with fresh basil if desired. Cut into squares.

SAUSAGE & SWEET RED PEPPER PIZZA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400ºF.
• Cook sausage in skillet on medium heat 10 min., turning occasionally. Meanwhile, unroll pizza dough onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; pat into 15x10-inch rectangle. Reserve 1 tsp. Parmesan for later use. Mix remaining Parmesan with oil; brush onto edges of dough.
• Bake 5 min. or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, remove sausage from skillet, reserving drippings in skillet; cut sausage into 1/4-inch-thick slices.
• Top crust with sausage, peppers, tomatoes and mozzarella.
• Bake 10 to 12 min. or until cheese is melted and edges of crust are golden brown. Meanwhile, add spinach to reserved sausage drippings; cook 3 min. or just until spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally.
• Top pizza with spinach; sprinkle with reserved Parmesan.

SAUSAGE ONION AND PEPPER PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500. Coat a nonstick skillet with cooking spray. Add sausage and flatten with a spoon. Cook over medium high heat, breaking up sausage with a wooden spoon into small pieces, until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Drain sausage on paper towels. Wipe out skillet if necessary.
• Coat skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium high heat. Add green and red bell peppers, onion and garlic. Coat vegetables lightly with cooking spray.
• Cook, stirring often, until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in oregano and pepper flakes.
• Spread tomato sauce over crust. Top with vegetable mixture. Dot with sausages and sprinkle cheese over everything.
• Bake pizza for about 12 minutes, until crust is golden. Slide pizza onto a large cutting board. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving. Cut into wedges and serve.