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Italian Sausage Bread Pizza

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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Apr 16, 2025
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Enjoy this cheesy sausage bread pizza– a tasty Italian dinner. To speed up your prep, use 2 cups thawed Make-Ahead Seasoned Ground Beef and Sausage in place of the sausage and onions in the recipe. Add garlic to the beef mixture and sauce and simmer 5 minutes.

Italian Sausage Bread Pizza

  • Prep Time 25 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 12
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Ingredients

  • 1 lb bulk mild or spicy Italian pork sausage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, halved, thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 cup pizza sauce or tomato pasta sauce
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 loaf French bread (about 14 inches long)
  • 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 oz)
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 425°F. Lightly spray large cookie sheet with cooking spray.
  • Step 
    2
    In 12-inch skillet, cook sausage over medium-high heat 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink. Push sausage to edges of skillet; add 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add onion and garlic; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened. Remove from heat; stir in pizza sauce, oregano, pepper flakes and salt.
  • Step 
    3
    With serrated knife, cut bread in half lengthwise; scoop out center of each bread half, leaving 1/2-inch border (discard removed bread or reserve for making bread crumbs). Place bread halves on cookie sheet. Spread 1/3 cup of the ricotta cheese down center of each; top evenly with sausage mixture, mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Drizzle loaves with remaining 1 tablespoon oil.
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 6 minutes or until thoroughly heated and cheese is melted. Cut into slices. Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley, if desired.

Nutrition

399 Calories
25g Total Fat
23g Protein
21g Total Carbohydrate

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
399
Total Fat
25g
0%
Saturated Fat
10g
0%
Sodium
1185mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
21g
0%
Dietary Fiber
1g
0%
Protein
23g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 3 High-Fat Meat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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