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Pizza Siciliana with Isernio's Sausage, Eggplant & Cheese
So many convenience products are now available to make at-home pizza making easier: Boboli, frozen bread dough – even pita bread, in a pinch. Or miniature pizzas on English muffin halves. Similarly, many excellent pizza sauces exist. Even so, we have provided you with a pizza dough and pizza sauce recipe on our web site. The point is to make pizza! Adults and children love
them. They make great snacks, appetizers or entrees, accompanied by a salad and some bold red wine. |
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Ingredients |
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8 |
ozs. Isernio hot or mild Italian sausage |
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ea. eggplant, small, cut into 1/3" rounds, salted, drained for 1/2 hour, wipe of excess salt with paper towels |
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tbsps. olive oil, extra virgin |
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1-1/2 |
cups pasta sauce, red |
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6 |
ozs. mozzarella cheese, fresh, slices 1/4" |
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1/2 |
cup pitted kalamata olives |
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tbsp. capers, drained |
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4 |
cup (2 ozs. wt.) percorino romano, grated |
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Method |
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 Grill, bake or sauté the sausage in advance (visit our website for various cooking method instructions). When cooled, slice thinly (¼” slices) on a slight diagonal and set aside. |
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Brush one or two baking sheets with oil. Brush the eggplant rounds with olive oil and arrange them on the baking sheets. Bake for 10-15
minutes, turning once, until browned and tender. Remove the eggplant slices from the baking sheet(s) and drain on paper towels. |
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Raise the oven temperature to 425 degrees F. Roll out the pizza dough (or use a pre-formed dough such as Boboli). Transfer to a baking sheet and spread evenly with the red
sauce, out to within ¼" of edge of crust. |
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Fan the eggplant slices evenly around the surface of the pizza. Evenly scatter the sausage pieces over the eggplant. Place mozzarella slices on top of sausage. |
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Dot the entire pizza with black olives and capers. Sprinkle all with the grated Pecorino Romano, and season generously with kosher or sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. |
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Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until crust is golden and cheese is melting into pie. If using a pre-cooked crust like Boboli, cook only long enough for the sauce to get bubbly and
the cheese melted. Cut swiftly with a sharp chef's knife and serve. |
Isernio Pizza Dough |
Isernio Pizza Sauce |
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ISERNIO'S
5600 Seventh Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98108
Tel.: (206) 762-6207 Toll-free: 1-888-495-8674
Fax: (206) 762-5259 Email: info@isernio.com
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