Name: Italian Chicken Sausage Pizzas
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pound pizza dough; 1/2 cup jarred marinara sauce; 8 ounces hot or sweet Italian chicken sausage, casings removed; 8 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded (2 cups); 1 ounce Pecorino Romano cheese, grated (½ cup); 2 jarred hot cherry peppers, halved, seeded, and sliced thin; 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

Why This Recipe Works

Baking the pizzas in a 500-degree oven and using an ample amount of olive oil on the baking sheet ensured crispy crusts.

Before You Begin

We developed this recipe using Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 500 degrees. Brush rimmed baking sheet with oil (use all of it).

Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece of dough into 5 by 7-inch rectangle and transfer to prepared sheet. Spread 2 tablespoons marinara on each rectangle, leaving ½-inch border. Break sausage into ½-inch chunks and divide evenly among rectangles. Sprinkle evenly with mozzarella and Pecorino.

Bake until cheese is spotty brown and crust is golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Let pizzas cool on sheet for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with cherry peppers and basil. Serve.