Fresh Mozzarella Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Chicken Sausage

Fresh Mozzarella Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Chicken Sausage

This pizza is insanely delish and I have been making it weekly. You can play around with it a lot. The first picture is made with fresh mozzarella and the second is smoke fresh mozzarella. Both delicious! The homemade pizza crust does need a 24 hour chill but it is worth it. Once made, you get two crusts so you can freeze the second for another day. Try it at least once!

Fresh Mozzarella Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Chicken Sausage

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Ingredients

  

Pizza Dough

• Store bought crust or my FAVORITEhomemade 24 hour crust

Creamy Garlic Sauce

• 2 T. butter
• 4-6 garlic cloves minced
• 2 T. flour
• 1 ½ cups hot milk
• ¼ c. Parmesan cheese

Tomatoes

• can of whole peeled San Marzano tomatoes
• fresh basil thinly sliced
• 2-3 garlic cloves chopped
• 1 T. olive oil
• salt to taste

Cheese

• fresh mozzarella or smoked fresh mozzarella sliced thinly

Sausage

• I used premio chicken sausage pan fried and cut up

Garnish

• chopped parsley and basil leaves

Instructions

 

Creamy Garlic Sauce

• Melt butter and add the garlic to saute.
• Slowly add flour in 2-3 additions.
• Slowly whisk in milk to keep it smooth.
• Add Parmesan cheese, bring it up to a simmer and stir until thickened.
• Add salt.

Tomatoes

• Squeeze tomatoes to open them up and drain in a strainer.
• Once strained, toss with basil, garlic, olive oil, salt.

Assembly

• Brush pizza crust with olive oil and bake at 500 for 8-10 mins.
• Remove and and spread on the creamy garlic sauce. (I save some for another day-use as much as you like)
• Top the sauce with the cheese, dollop with tomatoes, add sausage.
• Bake another 10 minutes.