Pear, Italian Sausage, & Goat Cheese Pizza

Pear, Italian Sausage, & Goat Cheese Pizza

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Recommended Supplies

  • Pizza Dough (I typically use dough from a local Italian restaurant in Boston or use Portland Pie Co dough. When I don’t have either of those I will use dough from the local grocery store or make my own dough if I have the time but that doesn’t happen often

  • Parchment paper

  • Pizza peel

  • Pizza flour or cornmeal

  • Pizza Stone

  • Rolling Pin

  • Non-stick Pan

Ingredients:

  • 1 dough

  • 2 Hot Italian Sausages (If you don’t like spicy food then you can use sweet)

  • Your Favorite Olive Oil. This week I used this one.

  • Garlic Powder and/or Pizza Seasoning. I have this one.

  • 1 Pear

  • 4 oz of Goat Cheese

  • 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese

Recipe:

  1. If you don’t already have a pizza stone… BUY ONE. I bought mine on Amazon: Pizza Craft Rectangular Cordierite Baking/Pizza Stone for Oven or Grill

  2. Preheat your oven as high as it can go (mine goes up to 550 degrees).

  3. Throw some pizza flour or cornmeal on your counter, place the dough on top and sprinkle extra on top. Begin rolling the dough out with the rolling pin if you’d like or stretch it out with your hands, starting from the center. You can switch between using the rolling pin and stretching the dough out with your hands until you get the desired size of your pizza.

  4. Place a piece of parchment paper onto your pizza peel before you put the dough on top. This will help with clean-up and help you get your pizza in and out of the oven with ease. I like to sprinkle a little pizza four on top of the parchment paper too.

  5. Heat your non-stick pan on medium heat, spray on some olive oil, and start cooking the sausage. I like to take the sausage out of the casing when making this pizza.

  6. While your sausage is cooking, thinly cut your pears.

  7. Season your dough with some garlic powder and/or your favorite pizza seasoning.

  8. Drizzle some olive oil on top.

  9. Sprinkle your mozzarella cheese on top of the dough and add your goat cheese as well.

  10. Layer your sliced pears on top of your cheese.

  11. Once your sausage has cooked, you can place that on top of the pears.

  12. I then roll the “crust” over the edge and I like to include some of the pizza toppings inside of the crust. When you roll the crust, remember to do it lightly so that you have a light, puffy, and crunchy crust.

  13. Place your pizza on your pizza stone with your peel and cook for 8 -10 minutes.

  14. Once your pizza is golden brown it’s ready to eat!

  15. BONUS - If you like the mixture of sweet and salty I recommend drizzling on some hot honey at the end.

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