Sunday night pizza

Hi Folks ~ Here it is another Sunday night. Sunday's are a good day to make home made pizza. Sunday night pizza started many years ago. I don't always do this, but it is a regular event, something I look forward to.

I try to get the pizza dough going in the bread machine around3:30 as it takes an hour and a half to rise. While it is rising, I cook the Italian sausage first. Then take the sausage out of pan and drain on paper toweling. I add a bit of extra virgin olive oil to the pan, then add chopped onion and green pepper which I lightly brown, then add minced garlic and brown a bit more, then add a 15 oz. can of tomato sauce, and sprinkle in a generous dose of Italian seasoning. Stir, then put on a lid, and cook on low or simmer. It will start filling the air with a wonderful aroma.

Here is the pizza crust dough,
ready to punch down

then stretched and patted into oiled pan.

Here is the sauce spread over the crust.

Sausage and sliced olives added next,
then sprinkled with a 6 pepper blend.

Next goes on a liberal sprinkling of Parmesan cheese,
and a nice covering of Mozzarella cheese.
Pop into the 400 degree oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Slice and serve.
This is the first serving, then we have a second,
and the other half of pizza is wrapped and saved for another day.
Easy and delicious.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL