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Deep Dish Pesto Pizza

An extravagant deep dish pesto pizza with sausage and Brussels sprouts! Easily customizable to ingredients that you have on hand!
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: pizza
Servings: 12 Slices

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds store-bought pizza dough or 1 recipe no-knead pizza dough
  • ¾ pound hot Italian sausage casings removed or bulk
  • ¾ pound Brussels sprouts shredded*
  • ½ cup prepared pesto divided
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese or provolone, shredded, divided
  • 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese grated, for topping

Instructions

  • Prepare no-knead pizza dough as directed, leaving dough in one large ball instead of dividing into four pieces.
  • Heat oven to 425F; place an oven rack on the lowest position in the oven. In a large non-stick skillet over medium heat, cook and crumble Italian sausage 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. Return drippings to skillet and heat over medium heat. Add shredded Brussels sprouts to skillet. Stir and cook 5-6 minutes until sprouts are tender and just beginning to brown.
  • Spray bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray. Press room-temperature pizza dough into bottom and sides of pan (if dough resists, let it rest for 10 minutes, then press out again). Spread 1/3 cup pesto evenly over dough to within 1/2-inch of edges. Top with 1 cup mozzarella cheese, then top with approximately half of cooked Italian sausage and half of cooked Brussels sprouts. Top with another 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese.
  • Bake 25-30 minutes until dough is baked through and cheese is fully melted and beginning to brown. Immediately top baked pizza with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 3 tablespoons pesto, and remaining half of Italian sausage and Brussels sprouts. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
  • Let pizza rest 5 minutes before cutting into squares.

Notes

I shredded my Brussels sprouts with a box grater, but you can also buy them pre-shredded at the grocery store. Either way works here.

Nutrition

Calories: 349kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 851mg | Potassium: 197mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 555IU | Vitamin C: 25mg | Calcium: 138mg | Iron: 2mg