Spicy Apulian Pizza with Sausage
Next time you crave a spicy pizza with sausage try this Apulian style chunky dough pizza, you won't regret it.
Equipment
- 1 chopping board
- 1 chopping knife
- 1 round pizza dish
- 1 small pot
Ingredients
- 1 store bought round and deep pizza dough or regular pizza dough
- 3 tbsp homemade tomato sauce with basil
- 3/4 handfuls shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 small yellow onion you can choose a stronger variety if you prefer
- 1/2 orange pepper
- 2 Italian sausages
- salt, pepper, and oregano I am using dry oregano, but you can use it fresh too.
- 5 tsp Belmorso Cannonata
Ingredients for Homemade Tomato Sauce
- 750 ml tomato passata
- 6 leaves fresh basil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tbsp Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
Preparing the Homemade Tomato Sauce
- Add all your ingredients into your pot, mix, and leave the sauce to simmer for 40 minutes on low heat. You can leave the garlic cloves hole and then remove them if you prefer.
Making Spicy Apulian Pizza with Sausage
- Peel and slice the onion sideways into thin pieces.
- Take half of your pepper, wash it and slice that into half strips.
- Take your pizza dough and lay it on a dish with a fresh sheet of parchment paper.
- Spread your tomato sauce, enough but not too much that it makes the pizza liquid. If you are using frozen homemade tomato sauce, add a little less as it tends to be slightly more watery.
- Top with as much mozzarella cheese as you'd like.
- Then layer your vegetables on top, the onions and the pepper.
- Season lightly as your pizza is already well seasoned with the ingredients.
- Next, sprinkle the oregano.
- It's time to add dollops of the spicy component that will make your pizza so delicious. I am speaking about the Belmorso Cannonata, that so many rave about.
- After that, you want to take your sausage, remove the casing and add it into crumbled pieces on top of the other ingredients.
- Bake in a pre-heated oven for 20 to 25 minutes. I preheated my oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes and the pizza turned out perfect.
- Take it out of the oven, cut into slices, drizzle some Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil and share it with a loved one. It's perfect to be enjoyed alfresco, on ar romantic set table or while watching a movie.
Notes
This pizza is not low calories, as you can see. I suggest to see it as a treat and enjoy every crumb. Then work out a little more the next day :).