Sausage and sage pizza

12 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
3Sweet or hot Italian sausages (or a combination of both),
Casing removed
1Heaping C Grated mozzarella cheese
12Inch pizza crust
5tablespoonsGrated romano cheese
1Heaping T Chopped fresh sage OR
1teaspoonDried sage
Juice of 1/2 lemon

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Crumble sausage meat into small pieces.

Either cook in microwave briefly or saute' (3 to 5 minutes) to draw out excess fat; drain on paper towels.

Sprinkle mozzarella evenly over pizza crust, then distribute sausage meat evenly over crust.

Sprinkle romano cheese, then sage, evenly over meat.

Bake pizza with toppings until nicely browned, about 10 minutes.

Before serving, squeeze lemon juice over top of pizza. Makes one 12 inch pizza.

SOURCE: *Quick Italian Cuisine International, Knapp Press C 1984 ISBN 0-89535-147-1 SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 3/93