Stephen Cooks’ Perfect Sausage Pizza

Project food blog cook-off continues, and has almost wrapped up for the month of April! Which means I have a lot of blogging to do… The fourth recipe I made for the cook-off was Stephan Cooks’ “Perfect Sausage Pizza.” I have to agree with what he said—”the ingredients have to be the best.” I couldn’t get the ingredients he did (fresh Italian sweet sausage from Manhattan’s Little Italy) but I did my best. I made homemade dough (a slightly different version than the one he posts), used “real” mozzarella, fresh basil, and baby grape tomatoes. As for the sausage, I used Trader Joe’s Sweet Italian, which I’ve always enjoyed. I would definitely make this pizza again, using the same methods save one. I would chop the sausage after browning, because the sausage I used is not fresh enough to crumble on its own, and I think I’d like the pizza better with smaller bits of sausage. Otherwise, this is damn good pizza. I love the roasted tomatoes and fresh basil.

Find the full recipe at Stephen Cooks’ food blog. Click here.