Saturday, April 14, 2012

Italian Sausage and Red Pepper Pizza

Italian Sausage and Red Pepper Pizza
Ingredients
pizza dough calories Pillsbury classic can pizza dough= 960
1 red bell pepper calories=20
2 spicy Italian sausage links calories=400
1/2 cup ricotta cheese calories=120
1 minced garlic clove calories =4.5
1 cup frozen spinach calories=30
6 tsp Parmesan cheese calories=75
1/2 cup mozzarella calories=200
 1/2 cup tomato basil spaghetti sauce calories=90
corn meal calories= 110
total calories around 2009.5 if you cut the pizza into 10 slices it would be about 200 calories a slice. If you want to cut the calories down more reduce the ricotta cheese, other cheeses and substitute grilled chicken breast for the sausage. You could also use a homemade crust and cut the calories by a lot especially if you make a wheat crust.

Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Dust a cookie sheet with corn meal to keep the crust from sticking to the pan. If you have a pizza stone use it. Pizza stones make the crust so crunchy and delicious! 
Pat the dough down until you get the thickness of crust you like.
Spread the pizza sauce all over the crust you can use more or less and whatever brand is your favorite. 
In a bowl mix 1/2 cup  ricotta cheese, minced garlic,  and 1 cup spinach.

After you have mixed it all together spread it over the pizza sauce. It doesn't have to be smooth or pretty just try to spread it pretty evenly.


Top the pizza with precooked chopped Italian sausage (I used 2 sausage links cut in half length wise and then to small half moon slices) and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Add your sliced red bell pepper to the pizza and cover with the 1/2 cup mozzarella or whatever other white cheese you like.

Brush the crust with olive oil and bake for 25-30 minutes until the crust is cooked and the cheese is melted. If you want a crunchier crust cook longer.




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