Cobblestone Pan Pizza With Sausage Meatballs Recipes

HOT SAUSAGE CAST-IRON SKILLET PAN PIZZA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 525 to 550 degrees F, as high as it goes, with rack at center. Preheat cast-iron skillet, 10 to 12 inches, over medium-high heat. Preheat a second smaller cast-iron or other skillet over medium-high heat for the sausage.
• Gather your ingredients.
• In a food processor, whizz up sauce: tomatoes, paste, garlic, oregano, sugar, salt and a few leaves of basil.
• Stretch dough into an even round that will cover large skillet.
• Drizzle a little EVOO in smaller skillet. Cut sausage from casing, add to pan and lightly brown and crumble. Turn pan off.
• Sprinkle a little cornmeal and flour in larger skillet and press dough into and up sides as much as possible. The pan is hot -- reminder. Brush the dough with EVOO and season with a little salt and pepper or red pepper flakes. Top the dough with the sauce and sausage, scatter the cheeses over the sausage and place in oven.
• To the sausage skillet, add a little water, honey and chili paste and stir to combine (reheat your pan if it's not warm enough to heat the honey).
• Bake the pizza 15 minutes to deep golden brown and bubbly. Drizzle or brush the pizza with the chili honey mixture and top with torn basil.
• To a mixer with dough hook attached, add warm water and yeast and let the yeast bloom and foam, 5 minutes.
• Add EVOO, honey and salt and turn on mixer. Add the flour gradually to form dough. Transfer to a bowl drizzled with a little EVOO and cover; let stand 1 hour.
• Cut dough in half; wrap half the dough and freeze for later use.
• Using a mandoline or very sharp knife, thinly slice the fennel and the red onion and place in a bowl. Add juice of orange and lemon and season with salt and pepper. Pit olives and coarsely chop; add to bowl. Add capers and arugula or kale. When ready to serve, add EVOO, 2 slow turns of the bowl, toss and serve.

COBBLESTONE PAN PIZZA WITH SAUSAGE MEATBALLS

Steps:

• In medium bowl, mix first five ingredients and shape into 16 meatballs. Place onto parchment paper-lined baking sheet, sprinkle with a little coarse ground pepper and bake in 400 degree oven for 16-18 minutes. Remove to paper towel-lined pie plate scraping off any excess fat as you go. While meatballs are cooling, cut up peppers, mushrooms and shallots and saute in 1 Tbl. EVOO for 5 minutes. Set aside. With a pizza cutter, cut pizza crust into 1" wide strips. Turn pizza and cut again making 1" square pieces. Place into bowl and toss with 3/4 cup pizza sauce and 1/4 cup parmesan cheese. Spray a deep baking dish (2 1/2 quart) and spread coated pizza crust across the bottom like an apple pie. Sprinkle evenly with the sauteed veggies. Dollop teaspoonfuls of the creme over veggies. Drizzle spoonfuls of rest of pizza sauce around creme sauce and around edge of dish. Top with pepperoni and black olives. As much as desired. Top with meatballs. Place cut-up mozzarella in spaces around meatballs. Sprinkle whole top with a little dried oregano. Tent top with foil and bake for 30-35 minutes in a 350 oven til cheese is melty and pan pizza is bubbly! Let cool 5-10 minutes before serving. Serve with jalapenos and pepperoncini peppers if desired. (I used Ragu Traditional Pizza Sauce and it worked really well. But you can use your favorite or homemade.)
• *If not wanting to use a pre-made pizza crust, you can sub 2 tubes of biscuits cut into quarters.