Deep Dish Pizza

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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 (8 oz.) extra lean turkey sausage
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil, divided
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 1 red pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 green pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 ½ c. mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • ⅛ tsp. sea salt
  • ⅛ tsp. pepper
  • 2 tsp. corn meal
  • 1 (1 lb.) whole wheat pizza dough
  • 6 oz. low fat mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
  • 1 c. tomato sauce
  • 1 Tbsp. fresh oregano, chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
  2. Cut a slit along the length of the sausage and discard casing.Place sausage into bowl and refrigerate until needed.
  3. Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a medium sauté pan over medium high heat. Add onion and sauté for 2 minutes. Add peppers and mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and transfer mixture into a bowl.
  4. Return pan to burner over medium-high heat. Add sausage meat and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Cook for about 4 minutes.
  5. Place sausage onto a paper towel lined plate.
  6. Brush inside of a 12 inch deep dish pizza pan with remaining 1 Tbsp. oil and sprinkle with cornmeal.
  7. Roll out dough to 14 inches in diameter. Place dough into pan and press to sides and bottom of pan gently, stretching dough 1 ½ inches up the side of the pan.
  8. Sprinkle half the mozzarella over bottom of crust.
  9. Evenly layer sausage, then sautéed vegetables onto crust. Pour tomato sauce evenly over top and sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
  10. Place pan in oven and bake for 20 -25 minutes.
  11. Remove from oven and let rest for 5 minutes.
  12. Cut into 12 wedges. Sprinkle each slice with ¼ tsp. oregano and serve immediately.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 186 Fat: 9 g Carbohydrates: 17 g Protein: 10 g