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Fresh Mozzarella Pizza with Creamy Garlic Sauce and Chicken Sausage

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Ingredients
  

Pizza Dough

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.