Supreme Sausage Pizza

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 premade pizza dough
• 6 ounces tomato paste
• 1/2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
• 1 lb hot italian turkey sausage
• 1 red onion, thinly sliced
• 1 (8 ounce) package presliced mushrooms
• 1 diced bell pepper
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 16 ounces grated cheese, any variety

Recipe

• 1 1) prepare the pizza dough. you can do this however you like. search "pizza dough recipe", buy frozen bread dough and thaw it, buy a premade pizza crust, etc. i had a pillsbury mix for "hot roll" bread dough that i needed to use up, so that's how i made my dough. one way or another, grease up a pizza pan and roll out a layer of fresh dough. set aside.
• 2 2) mix together all the pizza sauce ingredients. red wine is optional but tastes so much better than water! set aside.
• 3 3) heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat; coat bottom with 1 tbsp olive oil. remove casings from sausage, and cook 3 mins, stirring to crumble. add onion and mushrooms, sauté 4 minutes add bell pepper, sauté 2 minutes.
• 4 4) assemble your pizza! spread pizza sauce mixture on the dough, leaving a 1 inch margin for your crust. layer on the sausage mixture. sprinkle cheese generously over the top.
• 5 5) bake at 415 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until the crust is golden brown.