TNT Chicago Style Pizza

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Chicago-Style Pizza


2 (10-ounce) cans refrigerated pizza crust dough
Cooking spray
3/4 cup (3 ounces) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
1 1/4 cups cooked Atsa Spicy Pizza Sausage
3 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil
1 (14.5-ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
1/8 teaspoon black pepper

Preheat oven to 450°.
Unroll dough portions onto a large baking sheet coated with cooking spray, slightly overlapping the edges. Pinch edges together to seal. Pat the dough into a 15 x 12-inch rectangle. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border, and top with sausage, basil, and tomatoes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and pepper. Bake at 450° for 2 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 425° (do not remove pizza from oven), and bake an additional 12 minutes or until cheese melts.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 piece)

CALORIES 313(30% from fat); FAT 10.3g (sat 4.2g,mono 3.7g,poly 1.8g); PROTEIN 17.2g; CHOLESTEROL 32mg; CALCIUM 180mg; SODIUM 743mg; FIBER 0.7g; IRON 2.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 36.5g
Cooking Light, JANUARY 2001

Atsa Spicy Pizza Sausage

It's as bold as the name implies. Use some now and freeze the rest for a quick pizza later.
This recipe goes with Chicago-Style Pizza

1 pound ground turkey
1 pound ground pork
1/2 cup dry red wine
1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
4 garlic cloves, crushed

Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Cook sausage in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until browned, stirring to crumble. Drain.

Note: The sausage can be frozen in zip-top plastic bags for up to 3 months.

Yield: 5 cups (serving size: 1/2 cup)

CALORIES 203(61% from fat); FAT 13.7g (sat 4.6g,mono 5.8g,poly 2.1g); PROTEIN 17.6g; CHOLESTEROL 68mg; CALCIUM 42mg; SODIUM 319mg; FIBER 0.3g; IRON 1.5mg; CARBOHYDRATE 1.2g
Cooking Light, JANUARY 2001

The sausage is so good even if you don't want to make the pizza you might like the spicy sausage for other recipes. I used Trader Joes pizza dough. The refrigerated pizza dough that is sold in the grocery store now is more like 13 ounces a tube I think so the nutritional information and points would need to be adjusted for that.
My family all liked this pizza.