Super Sausage Pie of Love

This is a combination of a couple recipes with a few of my own special twists. It is soooooo good and easy, everyone deserves a slice. I am still thinking about how good it was.... YUMMY YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!




*Pre heat oven w/ pizza stone @ 500

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Pizza Crust:
2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup bread flour
2 packets of dry active yeast
1 t salt
1 t sugar
1 1/2 cup luke warm water

1/2 t olive oil

Pizza Topping:

2/3 cup Parmesan cheese
2 t chopped rosemary
1/2 t crushed red pepper
1/2 t kosher salt

3 links hot sausage, casing removed
2 shallots, thinly sliced
1 cup wild mushrooms, use your favorite variety (we used crimini, chantrelle, shitake and oyster mushrooms), sliced
1 t sugar
4 T brown sugar
1 lemon, zested
1 3/4 shredded whole milk mozzarella
chopped green onions or parsley (for garnish, optional)


To make the pizza crust...

1. Mix the wheat flour, white flour, yeast, salt and sugar. Gradually add the warm water and knead. Once the dough starts to form into a sticky ball, transfer it to a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes, until firm and smooth.
2. Add 1/2 t olive oil to the bowl and return the dough ball to the bowl and roll around so that the bowl sides and dough are lightly coated with the oil.
3. Cover in plastic and let rise for about 1 1/2-2 hours on the preheating oven to keep dough warm.
4. Once you have allowed the dough to rise punch down and cut in half to form two balls.


Never trust a round pizza....

1. Heat skillet over medium heat, add about a tablespoon of olive oil, heat and brown sausage, remove with slotted spoon.
2. Caramelize shallots in remaining sausage grease, and add a little more olive oil if necessary. Cook about 7 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and sugar. Cook about one more minute and set aside.
3. Caramelize mushrooms in same pan. Once mushrooms begin to soften add brown sugar,the zest of one lemon and 1/2 of the rosemary.
3. Return sausage and onions to pan and mix.

4. Spread out one of the pizza dough balls on a lightly floured surface. work in half of the dough seasoning, red pepper flakes, Parmesan cheese, rosemary and salt. Press down with hands and form into 10-12 inch pizza circle.
5. Remove hot pizza stone from oven and sprinkle with cornmeal. Transfer pizza crust to the pizza stone.
6. Drizzle crust with olive oil. Top with half of the cheese and sausage mixture.
7. Bake each pizza 10 minutes, or until crust is brown and cheese is bubbling.
8. Drizzle pizza with olive oil, and a little truffle oil if available. Garnish with chopped green onions or parsley.




*makes two pizza's. Serve with a hearty Italian red wine.