Sausage Mozzarella Pizza

Today's recipe is a Sausage Mozzarella Pizza made with store-bought pizza dough. We love using cooking shortcuts when we can and this recipe makes a delicious pizza dinner idea rather quickly.

This recipe for this Sausage Mozzarella pizza was inspired by a wonderful lunch that we had in Rome last year. We had just arrived in Rome and were looking for an outdoor cafe near our hotel. The restaurant was one of many in the historic area. The square is a bustling open market during the day, and turns into a fun and hip entertainment area in the evening.

This pizza tasted so good and as I usually do, I took a photo of it. My husband is used to my ritual of photographing food on our vacation. I like to use the photos for recipe inspiration, if I enjoy the food. Here is the actual pizza at a sweet outdoor cafe in Campo di Fiori.

This was taken as they were removing the open market and preparing the square for the evening. Campo de fiori translates to field of flowers in English.

I loved the pizza so I recreated it when I got home. To save time, you can use a ready-made crust, but it is especially good on a homemade crust.

And to help set the mood, here are a few photographs from Rome.

Our visit to the beautiful Colosseum was on a lovely sunny day. Amazing the history that is in this city!

The interior of the Roman Colosseum. Construction of this amphitheatre began 70 AD.

And here is my Italian Sausage pizza and the recipe!

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Italian Sausage Pizza Recipe

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Sausage Mozzarella Pizza

Raquel Pineira

a Sausage Mozzarella Pizza made with store-bought pizza dough.

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 32 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Lunch

Cuisine Dinner

Servings 8 pizza

Calories 215 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 package pizza dough refrigerated or homemade
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 cup cooked sweet pork sausage
• 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese shredded
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil

Instructions

 

• Remove casing from the sausage and cook over medium heat.
• Break up sausage while it cooks into little pieces.
• Once sausage is no longer pink, drain oil and sent aside.
• In a small bowl, mix together olive oil and garlic.
• Roll out the prepared pizza dough and place on cookie sheet or pizza stone
• Brush the olive oil and minced garlic mixture on the dough.
• sprinkle ½ cup mozzarella cheese on the pizza.
• Add cooked sausage and mushrooms to the pizza.
• Top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with oregano and basil.
• Bake per prepared dough instructions. I like to make it on a pizza stone at 500 and bake 8-10 minutes until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

Nutrition

Calories: 215kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 8gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 485mgPotassium: 19mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 147IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 110mgIron: 2mg

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