Sausage and Broccolini Pizza
The recipe Sausage and Broccolini Pizza can be made in roughly 40 minutes. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 45g of protein, 58g of fat, and a total of 974 calories. For $4.08 per serving, this recipe covers 29% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 64 people have made this recipe and would make it again. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. It is brought to you by Foodnetwork. It works well as a rather expensive main course. A mixture of garlic, part-skim mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. With a spoonacular score of 84%, this dish is outstanding. Similar recipes are White Pizza With Broccolini, Broccolini Almond Pizza, and Skillet Pizza With Broccolini and Mushrooms.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 15 minutes
Cooking duration: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
1 bunch broccolini, cut into florets
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
1/3 cup roughly chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
4 hot or sweet Italian sausages (about 12 ounces), casings removed
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 8 ounces)
1 pound refrigerated pizza dough, at room temperature
cup ricotta cheese
Equipment:
baking sheet
plastic wrap
oven
bowl
frying pan
slotted spoon
cutting board
Cooking instruction summary:
Put an inverted baking sheet on the lowest oven rack; preheat to 475 degrees F. Line another inverted baking sheet with parchment; drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Form the pizza dough into an 8-inch oval on the parchment; flip to coat with the oil. Drape with plastic wrap; set aside. Combine the tomatoes and basil in a bowl. Mix the ricotta, mozzarella and mint in another bowl; season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausages and garlic; cook, breaking up the meat, 5 minutes. Remove to a plate using a slotted spoon. Add the broccolini and 1/2 cup water to the drippings in the skillet and cook 5 minutes. Stretch the dough to 11 by 14 inches on the parchment; spoon the ricotta mixture on top. Top with the tomatoes, sausage and broccolini. Slide the pizza (on the parchment) onto the hotbaking sheet. Bake until the crust is golden, 15 minutes. Transfer the pizza to a cutting board to slice. Photograph by Justin Walker
Step by step:
1. Put an inverted baking sheet on the lowest oven rack; preheat to 475 degrees F. Line another inverted baking sheet with parchment; drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Form the pizza dough into an 8-inch oval on the parchment; flip to coat with the oil. Drape with plastic wrap; set aside.
2. Combine the tomatoes and basil in a bowl.
3. Mix the ricotta, mozzarella and mint in another bowl; season with 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper.
4. Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
5. Add the sausages and garlic; cook, breaking up the meat, 5 minutes.
6. Remove to a plate using a slotted spoon.
7. Add the broccolini and 1/2 cup water to the drippings in the skillet and cook 5 minutes.
8. Stretch the dough to 11 by 14 inches on the parchment; spoon the ricotta mixture on top. Top with the tomatoes, sausage and broccolini. Slide the pizza (on the parchment) onto the hotbaking sheet.
9. Bake until the crust is golden, 15 minutes.
10. Transfer the pizza to a cutting board to slice.
11. Photograph by Justin Walker
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