Smoky Sausage and Burrata Pizza - dough

Method

• Place your pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 450 F.
• Split the pizza dough in half.
• Taking half of your pizza dough, shape it into a pizza crust and lay it flat on a pizza peel that has been dusted with cornmeal.
• Set aside.
• In a large saute pan, add the sausage.
• Heat over medium-high heat and cook until just browned on all sides, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add the onion, and cook for an additional 8-10 minutes or until the sausage is cooked through and the onions are tender.
• Add the garlic and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Lower the heat to medium, and add the tomato paste.
• Coat the sausage mixture with the tomato paste and cook until it turns a deep red color.
• Slowly stir in the chicken broth, and stir or whisk until smooth.
• If you find that the sauce is too thin for a standard pizza sauce, add tablespoons of tomato paste until it reaches your desired consistency.
• It will thicken as it sits.
• If you find the sauce to be too thick, add tablespoons of chicken broth until it reaches your desired consistency.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low.
• Add the basil, sugar, chipotle chili powder, oregano and crushed red pepper.
• Stir to combine.
• Adjust seasoning to taste.
• Reduce the heat to low and keep warm on the stove until you are ready to use.
• Spoon about a cup of the tomato sauce onto your prepared pizza dough in an even layer.
• Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese on top.
• (See directions below if you wish to bake the pizza with the burrata on top).
• Slide the pizza into the oven on the heated pizza stone and bake for 6-7 minutes or until the edges are brown and the top is bubbly.
• Remove pizza from oven with a pizza peel and leave the stone in the oven.
• Place 4 balls of the burrata on the cooked pizza.
• Break open each one with a knife.
• Top with micro greens and crushed red pepper.
• Repeat for the remaining portion of dough and topping ingredients.
• Eat immediately and enjoy!
• Please note: You may bake the pizza with the burrata on top.
• Be forewarned, that it tends to ooze and you may have a mess on your hands.
• If you do choose to bake the pizza with the burrata, my recommendation would be to place one ball in the center of the pie and slice it open.
• It should ooze just enough and get extra melty.
• Then you can add the rest of the burrata after you pull it out of the oven.