Bring the taste of home to your kitchen with this authentic Napoletana Style Italian Sausage Pizza like mom used to make.
This sausage pizza has the perfect balance of savory sausage, tangy tomatoes and aromatic herbs that bring back fond memories of your childhood.
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Jump to:
- Here's Why You'll Love Sausage Pizza
- Feeling Confident Enough to Make Pizza Dough?
- How to Stretch Store Bought Pizza Dough
- Ingredients
- How to Make Italian Sausage Pizza
- Top Tips
- Substitutions and Variations
- Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
- Appetizers You Might Like
- Recipe Details
- Top Tips
- How to Stretch Store Bought Pizza Dough
- PIN it for later here
- Food Safety
- Comments
Here's Why You'll Love Sausage Pizza
- authentic Italian flavor inspired by traditional Napoletana style pizza with juicy tomatoes and Italian sausage
- homemade taste is better than takeout not to mention it's more economical
- easy to customize with your own toppings
- perfect for lunch, dinner, or even a snack
- perfect as a cold lunch for work
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Feeling Confident Enough to Make Pizza Dough?
Make your sausage pizza with our homemade pizza dough recipe. It's light, airy and perfectly chewy, just like the traditional pizzas. Plus it's easy to prepare ahead of time so you can focus on building your toppings and enjoying a fresh, piping hot pizza straight from the oven.
How to Stretch Store Bought Pizza Dough
Believe it or not, a lot of people find it difficult to stretch store bought pizza dough. Even I had my struggles with stretching pizza dough until I found this trick! And no, it does not involve rolling your dough!
Here is a step by step process that is guaranteed to take your pizza dough struggles from stretch and ripped dough to perfectly stretched dough.
Step 1: Take your packaged pizza dough out of the fridge and leave it on your kitchen counter until it comes to room temperature. Do not remove the dough from the package.
Step 2: Oil your baking sheet (aluminum preferred), with about 2 tbsp of oil (any oil will do).
Step 3: Once your pizza dough reaches room temperature, place it on your greased baking sheet and gently stretch it as far as it will go but don't fight with it! Cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel so it won't dry out!
Step 4: Let it rest for about 20 minutes.
Step 5: Continue to stretch it as far as you can without tearing it. If necessary, let is sit for another 20 minutes. Cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel so it won't dry out!
Step 6: Repeat Step 5 until you have stretched it all the way to the edges. Remember to cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel while it rests.
Step 7: You're ready to top your pizza with your favorite pizza toppings!
If you tried this method, let me know how you did in the comments!
Ingredients
This sausage pizza comes together with ingredients like: pizza dough, ground pork, fennel seeds, parmesan cheese, tomato, oregano, and salt.
For exact measurement details and directions see recipe card...
How to Make Italian Sausage Pizza
Prepare a baking sheet by greasing it with oil.
Heat oven to 375℉
Using basting brush, brush the top of the pizza with olive oil, including the edges of the pizza so they get crunchy. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top. Chop up your tomatoes in to small chunks, drain any liquid. Add garlic.
In a medium bowl, mix together ground pork, salt and fennel seeds.
Stretch your pizza on your baking sheet. Grab little bits of the sausage mixture and place on the pizza dough throughout your pizza, leaving space for the chopped tomato mixture.
Place the tomato mixture on the pizza wherever there is room. Sprinkle oregano on top of the pizza. Sprinkle more salt on top of the pizza (optional).
Bake at 375℉ for 45 minutes or until golden.
Storage:
Leftover pizza stores very well. Wrap it up in aluminum foil and refrigerate for up to 3 to 4 days.
Warm up in the oven or in the toaster oven for about 8 minutes. You can also warm up in the microwave, but it won't have that crispy crunch texture.
Pizza is also suitable for freezing. Thaw and warm up in the oven or toaster oven to crisp it up again.
Top Tips
Try not to add too many wet ingredients on your pizza or it will be soggy. Drain your tomatoes as much as possible.
Stretch, don't roll your dough.
Use the palm of your hand to push the ingredients into the dough so that they don't fall off when eating.
Place your pizza on the middle rack.
Rotate your pizza halfway through baking so that all sides bake evenly.
Let the pizza rest for 2 to 3 minutes before slicing to keep the toppings in place.
Substitutions and Variations
Here are some great substitutions or variations when making sausage pizza:
- Dough - instead of buying the dough, make your own homemade pizza dough
- Sausage - use store bought sausage. Remove the sausage casing and then strategically place chunks on the pizza
- Mozzarella - add mozzarella to your pizza for added cheese flavor
- Gluten Free - use a gluten free pizza dough if you're gluten intolerant
The perfect recipe isn't that far away. I'd love to know how you substituted ingredients to fit your dietary needs. Drop a comment below and let me know!
Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
Avoid watery toppings and make sure your oven is fully preheated before baking. Avoid adding salt to your tomatoes before baking.
Appetizers You Might Like
Here are some appetizers you might like:
Recipe Details
Napoletana Style Italian Sausage Pizza Like Mom Makes
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil to grease the baking sheet
- 21 oz pizza dough
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese grated
- 12 oz ground pork
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp fennel seed
- 12 oz tomato chopped, drained
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1 tsp oregano
- ½ tsp salt (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet by greasing it with oil.2 tbsp olive oil
- Stretch your pizza on your baking sheet. (for step by step instructions on how to stretch pizza dough, see the notes section)21 oz pizza dough
- Heat oven to 375℉
- Using basting brush, brush the top of the pizza with olive oil, including the edges of the pizza so they get crunchy. Sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.2 tbsp olive oil, ⅓ cup parmesan cheese
- Chop up your tomatoes in to small chunks, drain any liquid. Add garlic.12 oz tomato, 1 clove garlic
- In a medium bowl, mix together ground pork, salt and fennel seeds.12 oz ground pork, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp fennel seed
- Grab little bits of the sausage mixture and place on the pizza dough throughout your pizza. Leaving space for the chopped tomato mixture.
- Place the tomato mixture on the pizza wherever there is room. Sprinkle oregano on top of the pizza. Sprinkle more salt on top of the pizza (optional).1 tsp oregano, ½ tsp salt
- Bake at 375℉ for 45 minutes or until golden.
Notes
Top Tips
Try not to add too many wet ingredients on your pizza or it will be soggy. Drain your tomatoes as much as possible.
Stretch, don't roll your dough.
Use the palm of your hand to push the ingredients into the dough so that they don't fall off when eating.
Place your pizza on the middle rack.
Rotate your pizza halfway through baking so that all sides bake evenly.
Let the pizza rest for 2 to 3 minutes before slicing to keep the toppings in place.
How to Stretch Store Bought Pizza Dough
Here is a step by step process that is guaranteed to take your pizza dough struggles from stretch and ripped dough to perfectly stretched dough. Step 1: Take your packaged pizza dough out of the fridge and leave it on your kitchen counter until it comes to room temperature. Do not remove the dough from the package. Step 2: Oil your baking sheet (aluminum preferred), with about 2 tbsp of oil (any oil will do). Step 3: Once your pizza dough reaches room temperature, place it on your greased baking sheet and gently stretch it as far as it will go but don't fight with it! Cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel so it won't dry out! Step 4: Let it rest for about 20 minutes. Step 5: Continue to stretch it as far as you can without tearing it. If necessary, let is sit for another 20 minutes. Cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel so it won't dry out! Step 6: Repeat Step 5 until you have stretched it all the way to the edges. Remember to cover your pizza dough with a damp paper towel while it rests. Step 7: You're ready to top your pizza with your favorite pizza toppings!Nutrition
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Food Safety
Note that the storage guidelines provided on this page and site are estimates from personal experiences. We are all adults and as an adult you are responsible to ensure that the food you eat is safe to eat. Since, I'm not a food safety expert, you are responsible to review your local guidelines on food storage prior to storing any food left-overs.
Remember to:
- Not use the same utensils on cooked food, that previously touched raw meat
- Wash hands after touching raw meat
- Don't leave food sitting out at room temperature for extended periods
- Never leave cooking food unattended
- Use oils with high smoking point to avoid harmful compounds
- Always have good ventilation when using a gas stove
For Canadian Guidelines check the Government of Canada Food Safety Guidelines or see more guidelines at USDA.gov.
Bennett says
This Napoletana-style Italian sausage pizza is a classic homemade pie. This was a great dinner, the kids loved it and there were no leftovers!
Katherine says
This pizza was amazing! So much flavor, and my family loved it. Added to our favorites!
David says
This was a really fun recipe to make with my kids. A big hit in our house!
AmyG says
Glad it was a big hit!
Libby says
This pizza was terrific! My family loved it and we had NO leftovers! Next time, I'll make more!!!
Cate says
This was sooo delicious! I made the dough at home and then assemble the pizza. It was a huge hit for dinner.
AmyG says
That's fantastic! Glad you liked it.