Kale and Sausage Pizza
- 2 cups Packed Fresh Kale Leaves,washed
- 1 whole Batch Of Your Favorite Pizza Dough, Enough To Be Hand Tossed To About 16 Inches
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 clove Garlic, Minced
- 1 pinch Salt
- 2 cups Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 whole Spicy Italian Sausage, Casing Removed
- 1 cup Shaved Parmesan Cheese
- Have a bowl of ice water prepared (large enough to hold the water and kale).
- Youll need it in a few minutes.
- Bring a small pot of water to a boil.
- Then add the kale into the boiling water.
- Cook the kale for approximately five minutes, just to get it a bit tender.
- Remove it from the water with a slotted spoon and place the kale into the ice water to shock it.
- Drain the kale.
- Once drained, I placed the kale into a salad spinner to remove a lot more water.
- Trust me it holds a lot.
- Then I balled it up, and gave it another good squeeze, removing a lot more water.
- Slice kale into strips, then chop it.
- Preheat your oven to 475 F. Place a large circular baking sheet or pizza pan into the oven to preheat while you make your pizza.
- Lightly flour your dough ball, put it onto your work surface then begin pressing and spreading it with your fingers.
- Flip to repeat.
- If desired you can use a rolling pin to get started, then begin to toss it.
- See related blog link for a video about to how to toss a pizza.
- Its fun, and the kids love seeing it thrown into the air.
- Once your dough is ready and you have your desired thickness, remove the pizza pan out of the oven with your kitchen mitts.
- The pan will be really hot, so be ready to place it onto a wood cutting board, or a potholder.
- Drizzle the olive oil onto the baking sheet or pizza pan and tilt the pan to make sure you get full coverage of the oil onto the pan.
- Then carefully place your dough onto it.
- Once your dough is on the sheet, it is now time to build the pizza.
- Sprinkle the minced garlic over the pizza dough, sprinkle with a bit of salt, then add the mozzarella cheese.
- Top the mozzarella with the chopped kale, then start dotting on pieces of your uncooked Italian sausage, covering the pizza.
- Shower on the Parmesan cheese and place pan back into the oven.
- Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes or until the sausage is cooked and the cheese is nice and golden.
- Remove it from the oven and serve.
- My first bite was nothing short of amazing.
- The kale got a bit crispy in certain places, which I loved and reminded me of those light kale chips.
- And then that spicy Italian sausage and the cheese ... well, Im done.
- This was a super great pizza and I will definitely be making it more often.
- Im just saying that pizza joints need to start offering kale as an option for a topping.
batch, olive oil, clove garlic, salt, mozzarella cheese, italian sausage, parmesan cheese
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/kale-and-sausage-pizza/ (may not work)