Sweet Italian Sausage and Pepper Pizza

Name: Sweet Italian Sausage and Pepper Pizza
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 Tablespoons olive oil; 1 (19-ounce) package sweet Italian Sausage; 2 bell peppers-1 red, 1 green (or use 2 green or 2 red), chopped; 1 small to medium-size onion, chopped; 1 jar (1 lb. 8 oz.) pasta sauce; 3 cups (12 ounces) shredded Mozzarella cheese, divided; 2 (14-ounce) packages 12-inch Italian bread shells

by NancyC | nancy-c.com

16 Servings

45 min

If you’re a pizza fan, I think you’ll enjoy this recipe! You'll get two yummy pizzas! They're made with sweet Italian Sausage, bell peppers, chopped onion, Mozzarella cheese, and a jar of pasta sauce. Italian bread shells are used for the crusts, so that saves some time and keeps things easy! :)

So you’ll end up with two thick and gooey pizzas, oozing with lots of sauce and cheese. Because they’re so saucy and cheesy, they can be a little on the messy side when eating…so be sure to serve with lots of napkins!

I love the slices of Sweet Italian Sausage in this pizza–it tastes so good with the rich tomato flavor of the sauce and all that mozzarella cheese! Keep this recipe in mind for lunch or dinner. It’s great for Game Day too!

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Yield 16 Servings
Time spent: Prep time: 35 Minutes Cook time: 10 Minutes Total time: 45 min

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Heat olive oil in 12-inch skillet over medium-low heat (if oil is splattering too much, turn heat down a little lower) and cook sausage, turning occasionally, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove sausage from pan, let cool slightly and cut into thin slices (about 1/4″ to 1/2″ thick)—it’s easier to cut the sausage into slices after it has cooked a little. Sausage slices will still be pink in center, so return to skillet and cook a few minutes more, until sausage is fully cooked.
Remove sausage slices from skillet and drain on paper towel.
With oil still in skillet, add chopped bell peppers and onion into it and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 5 minutes or until tender.
Stir in pasta sauce and cook another 3 to 5 minutes, until everything is heated through.
Preheat oven to 375˚F. Place Italian bread shells on pizza pans, pizza stones, or one very large baking sheet and top each shell with half of the pasta sauce/veggie mixture, spreading evenly over surfaces (keep sauce about 1″ from the edges of the bread shells so it won’t drip off while it’s baking).
Top the sauce evenly with 1 1/2 cups of Mozzarella cheese on each pizza.
Then arrange half of the sausage slices evenly over the cheese on each pizza, pressing slices slightly into the cheese and sauce toppings.
Bake pizzas at 375˚F for 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool a few minutes, then cut with a pizza cutter and serve.

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