How To Make Homemade Pizza Sausage

Who loves a good sausage pizza?

Making your own homemade pizza sausage at home is very affordable. I found a pound of breakfast sausage on sale for $1.99. I combined it with spices I had stocked in my kitchen and made it into delicious homemade sausage for pizza (or breakfast). This yielded enough for several pizzas (7 or 8).

I usually make a big batch and freeze the sausage in small portions so they’re ready to take out and use. Dinner prep couldn’t be easier!

This Sausage Can Also Be Used:

• Mixed into scrambled eggs
• On breakfast pizza
• In these make-ahead egg cups
• On top of a breakfast sandwich
• Made into breakfast sausage patties (to make: form into patties and bake instead of fry)

To Make The Pizza Pictured Below:

Top a pre-made crust (I buy mine at ALDI) with the following in order:

• 1/2 cup pizza sauce
• 1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup cooked homemade pizza sausage (recipe below)
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1/2 cup grape tomatoes, halved
• 1/2 cup chopped red onion

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes at 420F. Remove from oven, top with chopped green onion and drizzle with balsamic glaze.

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Yield: 2 cups

Homemade Pizza Sausage

Making your own pizza sausage at home is very easy. You just need a few spices and ground pork. This freezes well, so make a big batch. Store in small bags in the freezer and take them out as you need them.

Cook Time 5 minutes

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground pork sausage
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon ground fennel seeds
• 1 teaspoon whole fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder
• 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar

Instructions

Place pork sausage in a large frying pan and turn heat on to medium-high. Add spices, vinegar, and sugar and start stirring the sausage to break it up. Break up any large pieces. Fry until sausage is fully cooked, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove sausage from pan and place on a plate covered with paper towels. Allow sausage to cool. Use immediately or freeze for future use.