Name: Calabrese pizza with fennel sausage and chilli
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 2 italian-style fresh fennel and chilli sausages, meat removed from casing; 1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seed; 1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes; freshly cracked black pepper; 1 bought pizza base; 1/4 cup pureed canned tomatoes; 20 gram roasted red capsicum, cut into strips; 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Calabrese pizza with fennel sausage and chilli

This deliciously spicy pizza from Liliana Battle's book, 'Easy Home Cooking Italian Style', is inspired by her family roots in Calabria where chilli and fennel are really common.

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Makes 1

Prep

10M

Cook

15M

Total

25M

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

2 italian-style fresh fennel and chilli sausages, meat removed from casing

1/2 teaspoon ground fennel seed

1/4 teaspoon chilli flakes

freshly cracked black pepper

1 bought pizza base

1/4 cup pureed canned tomatoes

20 gram roasted red capsicum, cut into strips

1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

1 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Method

1.Preheat oven to hottest setting.

2.Heat the olive oil in a non stick frying pan, add the sausage meat and cook while squashing with the back of the spoon to separate the meat.

3.Once meat is browned, add the fennel, chilli, and a good grind of black pepper. Remove from the pan and allow to cool slightly.

4.Spread pizza base with sauce, leaving a 2cm border. Top evenly with cooked sausage meat, capsicum and sprinkle with oregano and cheese. Cook 5-10 minutes, or until the edges start to char and the pizza is bubbling hot.

5.Remove, cut with a pizza cutter and eat immediately.

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