Turkey Sausage Pizzaiola Recipes

TURKEY SAUSAGE PIZZAIOLA

Steps:

• 1) Prepare Ingredients: Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Peel onion and thinkly slice. Rinse red and green bell peppers, halve lengthwise, and discard seeds. Thinly slice. Mince garlic. Drain pepperoncinis and thinly slice crosswise. Rinse basil and roughly chop leaves, discarding stems. 2) Cook Turkey Sausage: Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in large pan over medium-high heat. When oil is shimmering, add turkey sausage and cook until browned (about 2 mins per side). Remove from pan and set aside. 3) Saute Vegetables: Add onion and bell peppers to pan from turkey sausage over medium heat. Saute until softened, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan (about 5 mins). Add garlic and crushed pepper if desired. Cook until fragrant (about 1 min more) 4) Simmer Sauce: Add crushed tomatoes to pan with vegetables and bring to a simmer. Return turkey sausage to pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thickened and sausage is cooked through (8-10 mins). Stir in pepperoncini and half of basil. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. 5) Cook Malloreddus: While sauce simmers, add malloreddus and a generous pinch of salt to pot of boiling water. Cook until al dente (7-8 mins), then drain and add to pan with sauce. 6) Serve: Divide pasta, sauce and sausage evenly between 2 bowls. Garnish with remaining basil and serve.

PIZZAIOLA SAUSAGE SANDWICH

Steps:

• Brown sausage slowly, rendering as much grease as possible and drain.
• Sauté onions, red pepper, artichoke hearts, garlic in olive oil until crisp-tender, about 3-4 minutes. Add tomatoes, Italian seasoning, basil and sausage. Reduce heat and simmer until it is of the right consistency. Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Meanwhile, cut tops off rolls and hollow them out. Then place in 350°F oven for a few minutes until crusts are crisp.
• Fill each roll with sausage/vegetable mixture. Sprinkle cheese atop each roll and place under broiler just until cheese starts to melt.

TURKEY SAUSAGE PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. With greased fingers, press dough onto a 12-in. pizza pan coated with cooking spray. Prick dough thoroughly with a fork. Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the sausage, onion, mushrooms and green pepper over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking up sausage into crumbles; drain., Spread crust with pizza sauce. Top with sausage mixture; sprinkle with cheese. Bake until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted, 12-15 minutes longer., Freeze option: Wrap and freeze cooled pizza. To use, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Unwrap; bake on a pizza pan at 400° until heated through, 18-22 minutes.