SAUSAGE, RICOTTA, AND FENNEL PIZZA

Sausage, Ricotta, and Fennel Pizza image

This flavorful pizza loaded with sausage, ricotta, and fennel is sure to be a family favorite.

Provided by SunnyDaysNora

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage

Time 45m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
4 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
½ teaspoon salt
1 (14 ounce) package prepared pizza crust
½ pound bulk hot Italian sausage
½ yellow onion, thinly sliced
½ bulb fennel, thinly sliced
½ cup baby spinach leaves
½ cup ricotta cheese
¼ cup shaved Parmesan cheese

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Heat a frying pan over medium heat. Add olive oil. Add tomatoes, garlic, Italian seasoning, red pepper, and salt. Cook, stirring often, until tomatoes have mostly broken down, about 5 minutes. Spread tomato mixture over the pizza crust.
Heat the same pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage and cook until browned, about 6 minutes. Remove cooked sausage from the pan and set aside, reserving grease in the pan. Add onion and fennel to the pan and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add spinach and cook until leaves begin to wilt, about 30 seconds.
Spread sausage and vegetable mixture over tomato-covered crust. Scatter dollops of ricotta cheese on top. Sprinkle with shaved Parmesan cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and top is beginning to brown, 8 to 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 277.3 calories, Carbohydrate 30.4 g, Cholesterol 26.8 mg, Fat 11.7 g, Fiber 2.3 g, Protein 14.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.2 g, Sodium 682.7 mg, Sugar 2.6 g