Smoky, Spicy Pizza

Name: Smoky, Spicy Pizza
Prep time: 21 min
Cook time: 21 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, Italian, European
Ingredients: 92 grams spicy Italian sausage or fresh chorizo (about 1 link), removed from casing; 1 large jalapeño cut into 1/4-inch slices, seeded; 59 milliliters marinara sauce; 142 grams smoked mozzarella, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 Pizza Dough or; 1 Whole-Wheat Pizza Dough

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Smoky, Spicy Pizzan a try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 23g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 627 calories. A mixture of olive oil, pizza dough, mozzarella, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the pizza dough you could follow this main course with the Grilled Dessert Pizza as a dessert. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 21 minutes.

Instructions

Place oven rack on lowest shelf. If you have a stone, place it on rack. Preheat oven to 550F, or your oven's highest temperature, for 45 minutes.

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Warm 1 tsp. oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Crumble sausage into skillet; saut until no longer pink, 3 minutes.

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Transfer to a plate.

Dust a 14-inch-wide pizza peel with cornmeal; flatten dough on top. Using lightly floured fingers or a floured rolling pin, stretch dough into a 13- to 14-inch round. (

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Sprinkle peel with more cornmeal if necessary to make sure crust slides around easily on peel.)

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Crust

Brush remaining 2 tsp. oil over surface of crust.

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Arrange cheese over dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Spoon sauce in a spiral over pizza, getting a little bit on cheese, leaving a 1-inch border.

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Sprinkle on sausage, jalapeo and red onion.

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Carefully slide pizza onto stone.

Bake until crust is just slightly charred on top and golden on bottom (lift an edge to check) and cheese has melted, about 8 minutes. Using peel, transfer pizza to a cutting board.

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