Deep Dish Pizza With Sausage Garlic And Mozzarella

A husband favorite

Position oven rack on the 2nd-lowest level in the oven and place a baking stone on the rack.

Preheat oven to 500.

Brush a 14-inch deep-dish pizza pan with tablespoon olive oil.

Press the dough evenly to cover the bottom and 2 inches up the sides of the pan.

Cover the pan with plastic wrap and let the dough rise in the pan for 15-20 minutes.

Meanwhile , in a big skillet over medium heat , warm 1 tablespoons olive oil.

Swirl to coat the pan.

Scatter the sausage in the pan.

Stir / saute until the sausage is cooked through and not pink , 5 minutes.

Drain sausage , then transfer to paper towel lined plate.

Assemble pizza: lightly press the dough up the sides of the pan if it has slid back down.

Lay half of the mozzarella slices over dough , overlapping them to cover the dough completely.

Scatter the cooked sausage over the top.

Sprinkle the garlic over the sausage.

Arrange the remaining cheese slices over the top.

Ladle tomato sauce evenly over the cheese.

Sprinkle with pa.

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