Salsiccia e Peperoni Pizza

It's rare that I make something that I really want to write up on the blog. Tonight's dinner was a simple sausage and sweet pepper pizza, but it turned out so delicious that I wanted to memorialize it.

Salsiccia e Peperoni Pizza

1 Smitten Kitchen pizza dough 

1/2 lb sweet Italian Sausage
1/2 large red or orange bell pepper, sliced
Shredded mozzarella
Fresh basil

Tomato Sauce:

1 14.5 oz can plain Tomato Sauce
Seasoning: dried Oregano, dried Rosemary, Garlic powder, dried Onions, crushed Red Pepper flakes, Red Wine Vinegar

Heat the oven as high as it will go.

Season the Tomato Sauce to your taste, and let it simmer on the stove while you make the rest of the pizza.

Heat a tbsp of olive oil in a large skillet. Add the sausage and let it brown, but it doesn't need to cook all the way through. Remove the sausage, leaving the oil in the pan. Add the peppers, saute until al dente.

Create your pizza! Roll out the dough, add a thin layer of sauce, then pile on the sausage and peppers. (You definitely won't use all the sauce and about 1/4 of the sausage.) Sprinkle on a thick layer of the cheese.

Bake 7-10 minutes. When it comes out, add the torn basil.

Eat!