Veggie
and Sausage Supreme Pizza
Pizza
is everyone’s favorite. With all these fresh veggies, why not
serve them up on pizza? This one is main stream enough that even the
kids will go for it. Of course, you can change the toppings to suit
your fancy.
Veggie
and Sausage Supreme Pizza Recipe
I started making
this pizza when we lived in Minnesota and the kids were young. At that
time, we had a favorite national chain that we attended regularly. The
kids declared this pizza better than the restaurants’. That’s
pretty good considering the number of veggies that I would usually sneak
under all that cheese.
Ingredients
For the crust
1 seven gram package
instant yeast
2 3/4 cups all-purpose or bread flour
1 cup water at 105 degrees
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3 tablespoons olive oil
For the filling
1/2 pound mild
Italian sausage
about 1 1/2 cups pizza or spaghetti sauce
1 teaspoon dry crushed oregano (optional)
1 tablespoon dry crushed basil leaves (optional)
2 cups shredded mozzarella
about 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
about 1/4 cup diced onion
1/2 bell pepper diced
1/2 cup olives, sliced
1 cup shredded mozzarella, fontina, or gorgonzola cheese
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Directions
For the crust
Prepare a 15-inch
pizza pan or a 8 1/2 x 13-inch baking pan by greasing generously with
olive oil and sprinkling with corn meal or semolina flour.
1. Place half the
flour and yeast in the bowl of your stand-type mixer. Add the warm water
and beat with a dough hook until it is partially mixed—about 30
seconds. The purpose of this mixing is to hydrate the yeast.
2. Add the rest of the flour to the bowl. Add the salt, sugar, and olive
oil. Knead with the dough hook at medium speed for four minutes adding
more flour to reach a soft but not sticky dough. Press the dough into
the pizza pan or the baking pan and cover and let stand in a warm place
for about 30 minutes or until it is puffy. Complete with the filling
as directed.
For the filling
Preheat the oven
to 400 degrees.
1. Cook the Italian
sausage, drain the grease from the cooked sausage, and pat it free of
grease. Set it aside.
2. Spread the pizza sauce on the pizza dough. Sprinkle it with the optional
oregano and basil and then the 2 cups mozzarella. Spread the cooked
sausage over the cheese.
3. Spread the mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, and olives over the mozzarella.
Sprinkle the 1/2 teaspoon of oregano and 1 teaspoon basil over the vegetables.
4. Spread the remaining cheese over the vegetables.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the crust is brown and the cheeses
are bubbly. Serve hot.
Makes one 15 inch
pizza.
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