Sausage-crust Pizza [2 recipes]

Sausage Pizza recipe is ridiculously simple, thank you Heather Clark!

Ingredients:
- 1 lb sweet Italian turkey/chicken sausage
- Vegetable toppings (I use 1 sweet onion and 2 bell peppers, and a handful of kalamata olives)
- 4 to 8 oz no-salt-added tomato sauce (canned)
- Italian seasonings to taste (I use basil, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder)
- 4 oz shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- grated Parmesan cheese to taste

1. Preheat oven to 400F. Remove sausage from casings. Spread into a 9-inch pie plate, using your hands. Bake 10 min or until sausage is firm. Carefully pour off any excess fat.


2. Combine canned tomato sauce and Italian seasonings in a small bowl. Spread over cooked sausage crust.

3. Spoon half of sliced veggies over sauce, sprinkle with the moz and parm. Top with remaining veggies.

4. Bake 8-10 min or until cheese is melted.

**Optional: The recipe says to saute your veggies first. I've never done this. But if you use mushrooms as a topping, it might be good idea, to develop their flavor.

That's it! Super easy 


 Oh, by the way, the recipe is adapted from "Incredibly Easy Gluten-Free Recipes."




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Low Carb Sausage Pizza Crust

2 pounds sausage
1 - 8oz can unsweetened tomato sauce
6 oz cheese
½ cup parmesan
½ Red onion, chopped fine
6 cloves garlic, chopped fine
3 tablespoons Italian herbs dry, ½ cup fresh
½ stick butter
salt and pepper

1. Press ground sausage into a deep cookie sheet, right to the edges and flat, but not too thin because it will shrink up as it bakes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Cover the top of the raw sausage with some salt and pepper and an even coating of the parmesan. Put into the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until edges are nice and brown.

3. In a frying pan on medium, melt the butter and add red onion and garlic. Add salt to sweat those bad boys for 5-6 minutes. Turn off the heat.

4. In a bowl mix the tomato sauce and cooked onions and garlic, add the basil, and mix. Allow to sit while sausage crust bakes. Flavors must meet each other and say howdy neighbor.

5. Spread sauce mixture on sausage crust, leaving the oven on. Add more parmesan and shredded cheese. Add all the toppings you want. Return to oven for 20 minutes or until it’s the way you like it. I likes bubbly and a little browned.

6. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before slicing. Stores and reheats awesomely!


I highly recommend green leafy veggies for toppings including spinach, green and red peppers, finely chopped kale or collards, broccoli and ham, chicken, onion, and hot sauce.




From the Rebel with a Spatula