Mexican Pizza with Salsa

Name: Mexican Pizza with Salsa
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: bread dough; vegetable oil; cornmeal; olive oil; chorizo sausage; garlic; spanish onions; monterey jack cheese; muenster cheese; cilantro; scallions, spring or green onions; salsa; cilantro

Submitted by leigh_stacie

YIELD

2 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

15 min

READY

45 min

Ingredients

Dough

RECIPE BREAD DOUGH
that has risen *

X VEGETABLE OIL
for pan *

X CORNMEAL
for pan *

Topping

TABLESPOONS OLIVE OIL
light-tasting

OUNCES CHORIZO SAUSAGE
or other spicy sausage

CLOVE GARLIC
minced

MEDIUM SPANISH ONIONS
cut into small dice

CUP MONTEREY JACK CHEESE
shredded

CUP MUENSTER CHEESE
shredded

TABLESPOONS CILANTRO
minced

EACH SCALLIONS, SPRING OR GREEN ONIONS
thinly sliced

X SALSA
(well drained) *

X CILANTRO *

Directions

PREHEAT OVEN TO 425F with rack in lower area of oven.

Oil a round pizza pan, preferably black steel; sprinkle lightly with cornmeal. Set aside.

Roll dough into circle, roughly 11 inches in diameter, letting dough relax a few minutes if it keeps withdrawing.

Place in prepared pan, gently stretching it back to size once it’s in the pan. Prick dough with fork.

Heat oil in 7-inch skillet over medium high heat.

Remove casing from sausage; crumble meat into ½-inch chunks. When oil is hot, add sausage, garlic and onion to pan.

Cook until onion is softened, about 4 minutes, stirring often. Spread mixture on dough leaving ½-inch margin. Sprinkle ½ cheese over.

Bake for 12 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese over. Bake until this cheese has melted and dough is deeply browned, about 3 minutes more. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with minced cilantro and green onions. Cut into wedges.

Garnish each wedge with drained salsa and cilantro leaves.

Serve hot.