Broccoli Rabe And Sausage Pizza

4 Balls Pizza Dough For Individual Sized Pizzas
Use My Favorite Pizza Dough Recipe Or Dough Of Your Choice

1 Bunch Prepared Broccoli Rabe (See Instructions Below)

4 Large Sausage Links

1 Tablespoon Olive Oil

3 Cups Prepared Tomato Sauce

1 (8 Ounce) Block Mozzarella Cheese, Thinly Sliced


To prepare the broccoli rabe, wash the stalks and cut the leafy parts into 1 to 2 inch lengths. Peel the stems and cut into 2 inch pieces. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, and cook for about 3 minutes or until tender. Drain. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil and cook two cloves of garlic peeled and minced until sizzling. Add salt, pepper, and a dash of red pepper flakes. Return the broccoli rabe to the pot and cook a minute or two more in the seasoned oil. Cool.

In a skillet, heat the oil. Remove the sausage meat from the casings and cook until lightly browned, breaking the meat up with a fork as it cooks. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Roll out one ball of dough into a 12 to 14 inch circle and place on a cornmeal dusted pizza peel. Spoon some of the tomato sauce onto the pizza spreading it to within 1 inch of the edge. Place cheese slices over the sauce, then top with some of the broccoli rabe and sausages. Cook for about 12 to 15 minutes or until the crust is lightly browned and the cheese is bubbly. Serve immediately and continue to prepare and cook the rest of the pizzas.

Pizza Quattro Staggioni

2 Pizza Dough Balls (See My Pizza Dough Recipe)

2 Cups Prepared Tomato Sauce

2 Cups Full Fat Cubed Mozzarella Cheese

1 Can Artichoke Hearts Drained And Quartered

1 8 Ounce Package Baby Bella Mushrooms, Sliced And Sauteed Until Tender And Golden Brown

6 Thin Slices Prosciutto

About 24 Pitted Kalamata Olives

4 Tablespoons Capers


Preheat oven to the highest setting and place a pizza stone in the oven for at least 30 minutes. Making one pizza at a time, shape your pizza dough into a 12 inch circle and place it on a pizza peel lightly sprinkled with corn meal.

On each pizza, spread one cup of the prepared tomato sauce on top, and then divide the mozzarella evenly between the two pizzas. Arrange the artichokes on one quarter of each pizza, the olives on another, the mushrooms on yet another, and finally the prosciutto on the last quarter. Sprinkle the capers over the top and bake for about 8 to 9 minutes or until the cheese is bubbling and the crust is lightly browned. serve immediately cut into wedges.

Classic Mexican Pizza With Tortilla and Beans


Mexican pizzas are corn tortillas, topped with beans, beef and all the delicious taco toppings you can imagine. They can be served as an appetizer or main dish.

Here is a great Mexican pizza recipe:

1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried minced onion
1/4 teaspoon paprika
11/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 tablespoons water
8 small flour tortillas
1 cup Crisco shortening or cooking oil
1 (16 oz.) can refried beans
1/3 cup diced tomato
2/3 cup mild salsa
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup sliced black olives

Start with cooking the ground beef over medium heat until brown, then drain off the excess fat from the pan. Add salt, onions, paprika, chili powder and water, and let simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Stir often to avoid burning.

Heat the oil or Crisco shortening in a frying pan over medium - high heat. If the oil begins to smoke, it is too hot. When the oil is hot, fry each tortilla for about 3045 seconds per side and set aside on paper towels.

TIP: You can also bake the tortillas in the oven at 375, for 12 minutes instead of deep frying.

When frying tortillas, be sure to pop any bubbles that form so that the tortillas lays flat in the oil, and become golden brown. Heat up the refried beans in a small pan over the stove or in the microwave.

Preheat the oven to 400F.

When meat and tortillas are done, stack each pizza by first spreading about 1/3 cup refried beans on the face of one tortilla. Next spread 1/4 to 1/3 cup of meat, then add another tortilla.

Coat pizzas with two tablespoons of salsa on each, then split up the tomatoes and stack them on top. Next, divide the cheese, onions and olives. Place pizzas in hot oven for 812 minutes or until cheese on the top is melted.

If you want more Taco Bell like Mexican Pizzas, you can spread the beans on the tortilla, top that with meat, then add another tortilla and cover with cheese and bake for 10 minutes. Then top with sour cream, salsa, and jalapeno peppers.

Pizza Margherita

Let's talk pizza! Here's one of my best free Italian recipes, that of pizza Margherita, which is the easiest of pizzas. Using this recipe as a base, you can add whatever you want on it!

What you need (1 serving):

125 g 00 flour
1 teaspoon brewer’s yeast
1 mozzarella
canned tomatoesor tomato sauce (NO ketchup!)
water
salt
sugar
extra virgin olive oil
basil

Let's do it!
Melt yeast in two fingers of warm water, then add just a bit of sugar and 2 teaspoons of flour. Mix it all and leave it for 15-20 minutes.
Pour the remaining flour in a bowl, adding half a teaspoon of salt, then 1 teaspoon of extravirgin olive oil, and in the end the previously prepared yeast. Work it all with a wooden spoon, then pour oil on your hands and use them to mix the dough. When your knuckles leave a dent and it rises again in no more than half a minute, than the dough is ok.
Let it rest for 3 hours, covered with a cotton or linen cloth.
Pre-heat your oven at 200°. Make a dish with your dough. It should be no higher than 2 or 3 mms. Pour tomato sauce on it, making sure you leave a white border. Ease yourself with a spoon. Cut mozzarella in small cubes or thin slices and add it on the tomato sauce. Add some extravirgin olive oil (be careful: it shouldn't be too much!) and cook it in your oven.
When your pizza is ready (it should take no more than 20 minutes if the oven was pre-heaten), add some basil leaves and eat!

While it cooks, you could wonder on where this Pizza found its name...
In about 1889, Queen Margherita took an inspection tour of her Italian Kingdom. During her travels around Italy she saw many people, especially the peasants, eating this large, flat bread. Curious, the queen ordered her guards to bring her one of these Pizza breads. She summoned Chef Raffaele Esposito from his pizzeria to the royal palace and ordered him to bake a selection of pizzas for her pleasure. To honor the queen who was so beloved by her subjects, Raffaele decided to make a very special pizza just for her. He baked it topped with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and fresh basil, to represent the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green. This became Queen Margherita's favorite pizza and when word got out that this was one of the queen's favorite foods, she became even more popular with the Italian people. She also started a culinary tradition, the Pizza Margherita, which lasts to this very day in Naples and has now spread throughout the world.

How to Make a Delicious Grilled Pizza

Grilled Pepperoni Pizza with Vegetables

The following recipe shows you how to make a delicious grilled pizza recipe. This recipe makes enough for four people, but make that two if you are very hungry! Feel free to add any vegetables to the pizza. Saute any hard vegetables in oil before adding them to the pizza. Softer ones like tomato, zucchini, or mushrooms will soften on the grill.

You will need:



1 lb pizza dough

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons flour

1 jar pizza sauce

1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 cup shredded mozzarella

6 oz pepperoni, sliced

1 tomato, sliced (and any other vegetables you like)

2 canned pineapple rings, chopped

6 olives, halved

How to make it:

Preheat a gas grill on high for 15 minutes, and then turn the temperature down to medium. Sprinkle the flour over cutting board. Stretch and roll the dough into the size and shape you want, on the floured cutting board.

Spread half olive oil over the dough, then flip it and spread the rest of the oil over the other side. Put the dough on a tray or big piece of foil to carry it to the grill, then flip it upside down on the grill and remove the foil or tray.

Close the grill lid and cook the pizza crust for about 4 minutes, checking it halfway through. Transfer it to the cutting board and add the sauce to the pizza crust, grilled side up. Add the toppings, cheese, and herbs.

Switch off one of the two grill burners and put the pizza back on the grill. Cover the grill, cook it for 10 minutes, or until the cheese is melted, and the pizza crust is cooked through and browned on the bottom.

If the pizza crust is cooked on the bottom but the cheese is not melted yet, move the pizza to another spot on the grill. Remove the finished pizza, using a pair of long handled spatulas or a baker's peel, slice it into wedges, and serve.