Deep Dish Pizza

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 450 g pizza dough (frozen and thawed or fresh)
• 200 g salsiccia (or other raw sausage)
• 1 onion
• 0.5 green bell pepper
• 1 Garlic clove
• 120 ml canned pizza sauce
• 120 g shredded mozzarella (or cubed)
• 50 g grated Parmesan
• 2 cherry tomatoes
• basil for garnish

Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat the oven to 250°C fan. Lightly oil a deep pizza baking tray.

2. 2.

   Roll out the yeast dough on a floured surface and place it in the prepared pan, forming a small rim and pricking the base several times with a fork. Brush with olive oil and bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes.

3. 3.

   For the topping, remove the sausage meat from its casing and brown it briefly in 1-2 tbsp hot oil in a skillet. Break the meat into small balls. Peel and halve the onion, slicing it into strips. Wash, deseed, and slice the bell pepper into fine strips. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Add all to the meat and sauté for a few minutes until the sausage is golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.

4. 4.

   Remove the pre-baked base from the oven and spread pizza sauce over it, then add the prepared topping. Sprinkle shredded mozzarella and Parmesan on top. Wash the tomatoes, cut off the stems, slice them, and arrange on the pizza. Bake in the oven for another 15-20 minutes until golden brown.

5. 5.

   Take out of the pan and serve garnished with basil.