sausage mushroom pizza

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons cornmeal
• 2 pounds frozen pizza dough, thawed or whole wheat sesame dough (below)
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 8 ounces bulk italian sausage, cooked and drained
• 1 cup thinly sliced fresh mushrooms
• 8 ounces shredded italian cheese blend
• grated parmesan cheese (optional)
• snipped fresh basil (optional)

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins Ready Time: 52 mins


• preheat oven to 450 degrees f. cover two large baking sheets with reynolds wrap® heavy duty aluminum foil. sprinkle with cornmeal.
• divide whole wheat sesame seed dough or thawed pizza dough into 8 equal portions. cover and let rest for 10 minutes.
• roll each portion of dough on a lightly floured surface into a 6-inch circle. transfer to prepared baking sheets. prick the crusts with a fork. do not let rise.
• bake about 7 minutes or until light brown. in a small bowl, combine pizza sauce and crushed red pepper. top each crust with pizza sauce, then with sausage and mushrooms. sprinkle with italian blend cheese. bake 5 minutes more or until cheese melts. if desired, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and/or fresh basil.
• grilling: line grill rack with heavy duty aluminum foil. preheat grill; reduce heat to medium-hot. brush tops of dough circles with 1 tablespoon olive oil. place dough circles, oiled sides down, on foil-lined grill rack. cover and grill about 1 minute or until bottom is browned and firm. transfer dough circles to a clean surface, grilled side up. top pizzas as directed above. return assembled pizzas to the foil-lined grill rack. cover and grill 2 to 3 minutes or until bottom is browned and cheese has melted, rearranging pizzas as necessary to assure even browning.