Spicy Sausage & Pepper Pizza

This pizza can be served for breakfast, lunch or dinner in my opinion. We chose breakfast over the weekend - it was a nice change from the usual. It was a meal that we threw together based upon what was leftover in the fridge from other meals and this creation evolved - yum! Leftovers can be eaten cold or warmed up in the oven. Here is how we made it...

Spicy Sausage & Pepper Pizza      

Serves 4

Spicy Sausage & Pepper Pizza

ingredients

•1 lb pizza dough
• flour and cornmeal for dusting
• 3/4 lb bulk hot sausage
• 1 c green chile sauce
• 1/4 c hot rotel
• 1/4 c chopped onion
• 1/2 c chopped mini yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 c shredded mozzarella
• cilantro and avocado for serving

directions

1. Let dough sit out at room temperature for 1 hour. Preheat the oven to 450º.

2. Brown the sausage in a skillet over medium high heat until crispy and cooked through. Remove from skillet and let drain on paper towel lined plate.

3. Puree the green chile sauce with the rotel in a blender, set aside.

4. Roll out on a lightly flour dusted surface into an oval shape. Place the dough on a cornmeal dusted baking sheet. Spoon on the green chile/rotel sauce evenly on the dough all the way to the edges. Add the sausage, peppers, onions and cheese evenly across the pie.

5. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is all melty and gooey. Let pizza rest on board for 5 minutes before cutting. Serve topped with cilantro and diced avocado.

Enjoy!