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Pistachio Pesto Sausage Pizza

Recipe - Pistachio Basil Pesto Sausage Pizza
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • Pistachio Basil 1/8 cup, touch more if you like a stronger pesto flavor
  • 1/2 Cup of Crumbled Sausage if you don't have Italian sausage on-hand, I used breakfast sausage that I de-skinned and sauteed with Italian seasoning
  • 1 Portion of Pizza Dough
  • 1 Cup of Mozzarella Cheese Preferably a softer mozzarella cheese
  • 3 Tbsp. Parmesan Chees
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  • 2 Tbsp. Cornmeal
  • 2 Tbsp. Flour for rolling out the dough
  • *Pizza Stone*

Method
 

  1. *Preheat the oven to 550F, yes that hot, make sure your pizza stone is already in the oven*
  2. Step 1 - Spread the cornmeal and flour on a piece of parchment paper over a large cutting board (if you have a pizza spatula thingamajig you can forgo the parchment paper.
  3. Step 2- Roll out the dough over the cornmeal and flour so the dough is nice and flat.
  4. Step 3- Spread the pesto evenly over the dough.
  5. Step 4 - Now spread the mozzarella cheese evenly over the dough. I prefer to cut the cheese into thin discs and spread it over, but you can shred it if you so choose.
  6. Step 5- Spread the sausage evenly over the dough.
  7. Step 6 - Sprinkle the Parmesan evenly over the pizza.
  8. Step 7 - Place the pizza on the pizza stone inside the oven, be careful not to burn yourself. (This is where your pizza spatula would come in handy, if not use the parchment paper as your way of lifting up the dough. DO NOT USE YOUR HANDS you'll have a mess soon enough, the dough is not sturdy enough. Trust me I've made this mistake before.)
  9. Step 8 - Cook for approximately 10 minutes, depending on your preference of doneness for the crust.
  10. Step 9 - Remove the pizza from the oven and enjoy, if you have the parchment paper, pull it (with the pizza on it) onto a tray or cutting board. Basically do whatever you have to do to get the pizza onto a tray.