Pizza - Italian Sausage and Arugula

Thin crust, Naples style pizza

Yield:
Serves 3 to 4 persons
Category:
Pizza
Cuisine:
Italian

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 batch of your favourite pizza dough
  • ½ lb. uncooked hot (or mild) Italian sausage
  • ¼ cup chopped yellow or sweet onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
  • 28 ounces canned crushed tomatoes (or give a few fresh tomatoes a quick whirl in a food processor)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tub 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup fresh arugula

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 480 degrees F.
  2. Heat a medium saucepan over high heat. Add sausage and cook, breaking it up into chunks with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Cook sausage, stirring occasionally until it is cooked through, about 8 minutes.
  3. Remove cooked sausage to a separate bowl and return saucepan to the stove over medium heat.
  4. Add onion and garlic to saucepan and sauté until onion is translucent about 3 minutes.
  5. Add red pepper flakes, crushed tomatoes, salt, and pepper to the saucepan and stir to combine. Bring sauce to a simmer, then remove from heat and set aside.
  6. Press pizza dough into a pizza pan. Top dough with tomato sauce, followed by the mozzarella, and finally, top with the cooked Italian sausage.
  7. Bake pizza for 12-15 minutes until cheese is melted and crust is lightly browned. (exact bake time will vary with oven and ingredients)
  8. Top baked pizza with fresh arugula. Give it a rough chop and scatter it over the top
  9. Slice and serve immediately.

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