Pizza Pot Pies

20 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces Italian sausage links, hot or sweet
  • olive oil, for sauteing and brushing over top
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 1 bell pepper, diced
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea or kosher salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 can black olives, chopped
  • 2 + 2/3 cups tomato sauce
  • 2 + 2/3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • 1 pound pizza dough, recipe to follow, or store-bought
  • olive oil, for brushing over top
  • Parmesan cheese, for sprinkling over top
  • Pizza Dough:
  • 2 + 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
  • 1 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 and 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1 cup warm water
  • 2 teaspoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. 1
    {"0":"1. Preheat oven to 400. Grease 9x13 baking pan & add sausage. Roast for 25 minutes or until cooked through. Remove to cutting board. When cool enough to handle, cut into thin slices.","2":"2. To a large skillet add enough oil to thinly coat bottom, add onion and green pepper. Saute until tender. Add oregano, salt, pepper and sausages, combine well & remove from heat.","4":"3. On floured counter top or cutting board divide dough into 4 pieces, stretch or roll out with a rolling pin into circles an inch or two larger than ramekins.","6":"4. Grease 4-10 ounce oven-proof ramekins including outer rim. Add 1\/3 cup sauce to bottom of each, followed by 1\/3 cup mozzarella. Divide sausage mixture evenly between them. Cover with 1\/3 cup sauce, followed by 1\/3 cup cheese. Divide olives evenly . Place dough circles over top & stretch over sides pressing down to seal.","8":"5. Brush tops with olive oil & sprinkle with Parmesan. Cut slits in top for steam to escape. Bake 20-25 minutes until tops are golden brown. Let set for 5 minutes before serving","10":"Pizza Dough","12":"1. Dissolve yeast in 1\/2 cup warm water & add sugar. Place in warm spot for a few minutes then check to make sure yeast is active. It should be bubbly - leave it until it has doubled in size, about ten minutes.","14":"2.In large bowl add flour & make a well in middle for the yeast mixture & water. Add other 1\/2 cup of warm water, oil, the yeast mixture & salt. Stir until everything is incorporated & start working dough using your hands. Knead dough on floured board until smooth & elastic, three minutes.","16":"3. Place dough in well-oiled bowl & cover with saran wrap or thin kitchen towel.","17":"Set in warm place to rise, about 1 1\/2 hours or until dough is doubled in size.","19":"4. Punch down & knead dough again for a few minutes on a floured board. Use your hands\/fist to stretch dough to fit your pizza pan, if you have trouble stretching the dough let it relax for ten minutes."}

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