Cuisinart PIZ-100 manual Pizza with Italian Sweet Sausage Garlic Spinach, Veggie Pizza

½teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1⁄3 recipe pizza dough

1tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil

8ounces mozzarella, shredded

Preheat the Cuisinart™ Pizza Oven, fitted with the pizza stone, for 30 minutes. Coat the pizza mesh with cooking spray.

In a medium-sized bowl, mix the ricotta, Parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper until well combined. Reserve.

Roll out dough into a 12-inch circle. Place on pizza mesh and stretch dough to fit. Brush the outer edge of the dough with olive oil.

Spread the ricotta mixture evenly over the dough. Top the ricotta with mozzarella and bake in the preheated pizza oven. Bake pizza for about 20 minutes, or until the dough is nicely browned and the cheese is completely melted and bubbling on top.

Using the pizza peel, remove the pizza from the oven.

Cut into slices and serve immediately.

Nutritional information per serving:

Calories 286 (53% from fat) • carb. 17g • pro. 16g

•fat 17g • sat. fat 9g • chol. 51mg • sod. 434 mg

•calc. 346mg • fiber 1g

Pizza with Italian Sweet

Sausage and

Garlic Spinach

Makes one 12-inch pizza

2 teaspoons olive oil

6ounces fresh Italian sweet sausage, casings removed

3 to 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

8packed cups fresh spinach, washed and dried

¼teaspoon kosher salt

¼teaspoon crushed red pepper

¼cup dry white wine

1⁄3 recipe pizza dough

½cup pizza sauce

8ounces mozzarella, shredded

1ounce Parmesan, grated

extra virgin olive oil for brushing

Heat olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. When oil shimmers across the pan add the sausage. Break up sausage into small pieces with a wooden spoon while it is cooking. Once sausage is completely cooked through, remove from pan and reserve.

Pour off all but 1 teaspoon of fat and add the chopped garlic to the pan and place over medium low heat. Stir for one minute, until garlic is fragrant, being careful not to burn. Stir in spinach until wilted and add the salt and crushed red pepper. Stir in the white wine, scraping up any browned bits that have been left behind in the pan. Continue cooking over medium heat until wine has been almost completely reduced. Remove from heat and reserve.

Preheat the Cuisinart™ Pizza Oven, fitted with the pizza stone, for 30 minutes. Coat the pizza mesh with cooking spray.

Roll out dough into a 12-inch circle. Place on pizza mesh and stretch dough to fit. Pour pizza sauce in the middle of the dough and spread out over the circle, leaving a 1-inch border. Place reserved sausage and garlic spinach evenly over pie. Scatter mozzarella and Parmesan evenly over pie as well. Brush olive oil along the border.

Bake in preheated oven until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Using the pizza peel, remove the pizza from the oven.

Cut into slices and serve immediately.

Nutritional information per serving:

Calories 298 (48% from fat) • carb. 23g • pro. 14g

•fat 16g • sat. fat 7g • chol. 41mg • sod. 527 mg

•calc. 259mg • fiber 2g

Veggie Pizza

Makes one 12-inch pizza

cooking spray

2 tablespoon olive oil, divided

2large cloves garlic, finely chopped

2cups mixed bell peppers, sliced

1cup mushrooms, sliced 1½ tablespoons fresh basil

1⁄3 recipe pizza dough

2⁄3 cup pizza sauce

4ounces mozzarella, shredded