Sausage, Pepper and Onions Pizza
Forget delivery, homemade pizza sauce and crust help make this Sausage, Peppers and Onions pizza perfect.
Servings 4 Servings
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 ounce envelope active dry yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 cups all purpose flour plus more for flouring surface
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 - 2 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage
- 1 red bell pepper sliced, seeds and stem removed
- 1 green bell pepper slice seeds and stem removed
- 1/2 yellow onion sliced
Instructions
- In a bowl dissolve yeast in warm water. About 10 minutes.
- In another bowl combine flour, basil, oregano, garlic, and kosher salt.
- After yeast has dissolved, gradually mix in the seasoned flour. Mix with hands until well combined.
- On a flour coated surface, kneed dough until soft, about 5 minutes. Add more flour as needed so the dough doesn’t stick to your hands or the board.
- Grease a bowl with 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil. Place dough in the bowl, cover tightly with saran wrap. Let rise in a warm, dark place for 40 minutes – 1 hour or until it has doubled in size. I put mine in a kitchen cabinet.
- Once it has doubled in size, punch the dough to release the air bubbles.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough and then using your hands shape into 15 inch pizza pan. Once shaped, brush the dough with 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil.
- Bake the plain pizza dough for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and top with pizza sauce, mozzarella, Italian sausage, bell peppers and onions. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and the sausage is cooked.
- Allow to cool for several minutes, slice and serve.
Notes
Enjoy!