Pizza with Fennel Sausage and Hot Peppers

Name: Pizza with Fennel Sausage and Hot Peppers
Yield: Makes 1 11- by 17-inch or 2 9-inch pizzas
Ingredients: 1½ cups grated mozzarella cheese; 1 tablespoon finely minced garlic steeped in virgin olive oil for about 1 hour; 1 tablespoon dried red pepper flakes; Salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 cups sliced (¼ inch) red onion(s); 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar; 3 cups escarole, cut into ½-inch strips well washed and drained; 4 to 5 tablespoons olive oil; Basic Pizza Dough; 8 ounces fennel sausage

Preparation info

Makes
1
11- by 17 inch

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Back to Square One

By Joyce Goldstein

Published 1992

About

Make the pizza dough. Remove the casings from the sausage and break up the meat into 1-inch pieces. Set aside.

Ingredients

Basic Pizza Dough
8 ounces fennel sausage
4 to 5 tablespoons oliv

Main course

Method

Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a sauté pan or skillet over high heat. Add the escarole and cook, stirring often, until partly wilted, about 2 minutes. Then add the vinegar and cook until the greens are tender but not mushy, about 3 more minutes. Drain the greens in a colander; there should b