Italian Sausage & Caramelized Onion Pizza

• Meat

  • 1/2 lb Italian sausage, mild

• Produce

  • 1 Sweet onion, thin

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Marinara sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 Recipe homemade pizza dough

• Dairy

  • 1 tbsp Butter, unsalted
  • 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella cheese

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 sweet onion, peeled, halved, and sliced thin
• ½ pound Mild Italian Sausage (not links!)
• ½ recipe Homemade Pizza Dough (or store-bought)
• ½ cup marinara sauce
• 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion slices; stir to separate the slices into individual pieces. Cook until onions just begin to brown - about 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until onions are tender and caramelized, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove to a bowl; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
• Using the same skillet, add Italian sausage and return heat to medium. Cook until sausage is browned and cooked through, about 5 to 8 minutes. Drain; set aside.
• Roll out pizza dough to a 14 to 16 round {depending on your baking sheet/pizza stone size}, and place on baking sheet or pizza stone.
• Bake dough for 5 mins. Carefully remove crust from oven.
• Top with a thin-ish layer of marinara to within ½-inch of the dough edge.
• Then top with sausage and almost all the onions. Sprinkle pizza evenly with cheese, and the remaining onions.
• Bake for another 8 to 12 minutes until cheese is bubbly, crust edges are golden brown and bottom is crispy. Remove from oven, slice, and eat!