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Broccoli Rabe and Sausage Thin Crust Pizza

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Ingredients
  

  • 1-2 heads broccoli rabe I used 1 but will use 2 next time!
  • 1 -2 T. olive oil
  • 5 garlic cloves chopped
  • 6 precooked small sausage links grill them yourself or Jimmy Dean, cut on a diagonal
  • ½ c-1c. Rao's marinara sauce
  • shredded mozzarella cheese I shredded Polly-O
  • combination of shredded cheeses (provolone, asiago, fontina, parmesan: I buy this at Trader Joes)
  • parsley chopped for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 500 degrees with a stone on the rack. Position rack on second highest position.
  • Bring a pot of water to a boil.
  • Cut off bottom stems from broccoli rabe.
  • Blanch broccoli rabe 30 seconds and then transfer the broccoli rabe to a bowl of ice water to stop cooking.
  • Drain in a colander and then dry on paper towels. Cut into 2 inch pieces.
  • Heat olive oil in skillet over medium.
  • Add garlic for 30 seconds.
  • Toss in broccoli rabe for 1 minute and remove to a plate.
  • Sprinkle on kosher salt.
  • In the skillet, saute the sausage 2 minutes and remove.
  • Prepare pizza dough by docking the bottom and brushing with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt.
  • Prebake crust 10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven.
  • Sprinkle on a little mozzarella cheese, then sauce, broccoli rabe and sausage. Top with more mozzarella and some of the cheese blend.
  • Bake 10 more minutes, remove and garnish with parsley and a sprinkle of salt.