- Preparation time
- 35 mins
- Cooking time
- 75 mins
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Serves
- 8 people
- Breakfast
- May 3, 2016
Deep-Dish Sausage Patty Pizza.
An easy homemade sauce tops a convenient refrigerated crust in a pizza you can customize with your favorite kind of sausage.
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Ingredients
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Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Pure Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup chopped onion
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped garlic
- 1 can (28 oz) Muir Glen™ whole peeled tomatoes, drained, 1/2 cup juice reserved and tomatoes coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon basil leaves
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 or 3 dashes black pepper
Pizza
- 1 lb bulk sweet Italian pork sausage
- 2 tablespoons Crisco® 100% Extra Virgin Olive Oil or Pure Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal
- 1 can (13.8 oz) refrigerated classic pizza crust
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (1 lb)
- 2 teaspoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F. In 2-quart saucepan, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; cook about 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until onion is tender. Stir in tomatoes, basil, bay leaf, salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in reserved tomato juice. (Sauce should be thick.) Remove and discard bay leaf.
- Meanwhile, spray 12-inch skillet with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray. Spread sausage over bottom of skillet into large patty. Cook over medium-high heat 5 to 8 minutes on each side, turning once, until no longer pink in center. (If necessary, cut patty in half or into quarters to turn.)
- Coat bottom and side of 12-inch cast-iron skillet or other ovenproof skillet with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with cornmeal. Unroll pizza crust dough in skillet; press on bottom and at least halfway up side. Brush dough with remaining 1 tablespoon oil; prick bottom and sides of dough with fork. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over dough. Top with sausage patty, keeping patty in one piece.
- Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until crust is light golden brown. Spread sauce over sausage. Bake 5 to 10 minutes longer or until crust is golden brown. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
