Italian Sausage Deep Dish Pizza
- 1 (19 ounce) package Johnsonville Mild or Hot Italian Sausage Links, casings removed
- 1 small green bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 4 teaspoons yellow cornmeal
- 2 tubes refrigerated country italian bread dough (13.2 ounces)
- 6 slices provolone cheese
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce
- Cook sausage links according to package directions; drain, cut into 1/4-inch slices and set aside.
- In a skillet, saute green pepper slices in 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat until lightly browned.
- Remove peppers and set aside.
- In the same skillet, add remaining olive oil; saute mushrooms over medium-high heat until lightly browned.
- Position oven rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 400u0b0F.
- Butter the bottom and sides of two 9-inch round baking pans.
- Sprinkle 2 teaspoons of cornmeal in the interior of each pan.
- Remove bread dough from tubes, unroll and press one tube of dough up sides and over the bottom of each prepared pan.
- Arrange 3 slices of provolone over dough, followed by 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella and 1/4 cup of Parmesan into each pan.
- Spread 3/4 cup of pizza sauce over cheese layer.
- Top each pizza with half of the green peppers, mushrooms, olives and sausage slices.
- Bake at 400u0b0F for 30-35 minutes or until crusts are golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Cut into wedges.
- Serve.
sausage, green bell pepper, olive oil, mushrooms, black olives, butter, yellow cornmeal, country italian bread, provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, pizza sauce
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/italian-sausage-deep-dish-pizza-512132 (may not work)