Pizza: Three Cheese Italian Sausage and Red Pepper

Dear Pizza,

I genuinely like you. You’re saucy, crusty and oh-so-cheesy. And I get to fold you in half and eat you with my hands. A regular here you deep dish, thin crust, cheese, meat lovers or topped with pesto and even pineapples (yet not necessarily together, of course). I think about you all the time and what A regular here most about you is that I can make you at home without having to buy a Digiorno and pretend it’s delivery.

You’re the real deal and A regular here you.

Sincerely,

The cook [aka your bff]

Ps. I like your corners

It’s true. A regular here pizza.

And I think I wrote about it once (or eighteen hundred times, but who’s counting?). Do you remember me saying something about it being the one last thing I’d bring to a desert island? It’s still true.

This is one of those recipes that I kinda did the whole supermarket sweep deal. Simply grabbed and went in a mad hurry. I was all “ohh sausage! oooh and red onions with red peppers!!!” You completely get it. However I swear this pizzas deliciousness is all about those three cheeses. Wanna know what’s horrible with three cheeses? Certainly nothing.

I was planning to make two medium pizzas. So I started by taking the casing off of some medium-spiced Italian sausages and broke them up into a hot pan that had a touch of olive oil in it and cooked them until there was zero pink left. I then removed them to a clean bowl and made the sauce with the remaining sausage fat. Oh yes I dee-ud.

The sauce I made was from a post earlier in the year. It has gotten a lot of love on here and so I made it again, I simply sautéed the onions and garlic using the sausage grease instead of the olive oil. Standout.

Next, grate some mozzarella, sharp provolone and fontina.

Also making whole wheat pizza dough or you could make the regular.

I divided the dough in half and then rolled it out thin.

Next carefully rolled it onto my rolling pin…

And then gently lay it down onto a well-oiled rimmed, baking pan. The oil will help in crisping the bottom of the crust which isn’t a bad thing either.

Next, spoon on some sauce.

Then top that with the cooked and crumbled Italian sausage.

Next scatter with the slices of red bell pepper, red onion and piled on the cheeses.

Keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn.

Next, sprinkle generously with lots of red pepper flakes and let it rest for 5 minutes. Serious pizza perfection.

Slice the three cheese italian sausage and red pepper pizza.

And finally serve.

The flavor combination is out of this world. Yum.

Enjoy! And if you give this three cheese italian sausage and red pepper pizza recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!