SAUERKRAUT PIZZA

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Provided by Cassie *

Categories Pizza

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 tube refrigerated pizza crust, or i use homemade
1 to 1 /4 lb bulk sausage, or i have used kielbasi
1 c chopped onion
1 1/2 tsp fennel seed, divided
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp dried basil
1 clove garlic, minced
2 c shredded mozzarella cheese or i used shredded swiss cheese
1 - 15 oz can pizza sauce, i use delgrosso pepperoni flavor
1 - 14 1/2 oz can italian diced tomatoes, drained
1 - 14 oz can sauerkraut, drained well, i used barvarian
1/4 c parmesan cheese

Steps:

1. Preheat oven at 450°.
2. Press pizza dough onto a lightly greased 14-in. round pizza pan. Sprinkled with cornmeal. Bake for 4 minutes. Set aside.
3. In a large skillet, cook the sausage or kielbasi, onion, 1 teaspoon fennel seed, oregano, basil, and garlic until the sausage is no longer pink and onion is tender. Drain.
4. Sprinkle crust with 1/2 cup Mozzarella or Swiss cheese. Spread with pizza sauce, sausage mixture, tomatoes, sauerkraut, and remaining fennel seed and mozzarella.
5. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.