Spicy Sausage And Gorgonzola Pizza

Recipe Ingredients

3		Italian hot sausages - (abt 12 oz) - casings removed
1		Purchased fully-baked thin pizza crust - (10 oz)
1 1/4 cups	296ml	Purchased refrigerated marinara sauce
1 1/4 cups	182g / 6.4oz	Grated mozzarella cheese - (abt 5 oz)
1/2 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Thinly-sliced fresh basil leaves
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Crumbled Gorgonzola cheese - (abt 4 oz)
1/4 cup	59ml	Pitted Kalamata olives - halved
		= (or other brine-cured black olives)
4		Thin rounds green bell pepper - halved

Recipe Instructions

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 425 degrees. Saute sausage in large skillet over medium-high heat until just cooked through, breaking into 1/2-inch pieces with back of spoon, about 10 minutes. Drain off fat; set sausage aside.

Place pizza crust on rimless baking sheet. Leaving 3/4-inch plain border, spread 1 cup sauce over crust. Top with 3/4 cup mozzarella, 3/4 of basil, sausage, 1/2 cup Gorgonzola, olives, 1/2 cup mozzarella, bell pepper and 1/2 cup Gorgonzola. Drizzle remaining 1/4 cup sauce over.

Bake pizza until crust is crisp and topping is heated through, about 13 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining basil.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, March 2001

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