Italian Pork & Fennel Sausage Pizza

Prep: 3 hrs 35 mins (Incl. 3hrs Rest)

Cook: 30 mins

Makes: 4 pizzas

Serves: 4

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Recipe by: Breville

Made using the Smart Oven™ Pro. Create the crispiness of a brick oven pizza without the bricks.

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Italian Pork & Fennel Sausage Pizza

Method:

Dough

Combine water and yeast in a small bowl, stir until dissolved and frothy
Place flour in a mix master bowl fitted with a dough hook. Add yeast mixture, salt and oil and mix on low speed until dough is smooth
Place dough ball into a lightly oiled bowl, cover with cling wrap. Set aside in a warm drought free place for 1 hour
Divide dough into four balls and rest again for at least 2 hours or until doubled in size. Turn dough out on a floured surface and knock back (punch) the dough to remove excess air, lightly knead

Topping

Combine tomatoes, oil, salt and pepper in a food processor and process until combined
Roll teaspoons of sausage into small balls and flatten
Turn FUNCTION dial to PIZZA setting. Turn TIME dial to 15 minutes. Turn TEMPERATURE dial to 210°C CONVECTION. Press the START button.
Roll out one piece of pizza dough to form a 24cm disc and place onto a large pizza tray. Prick base with a fork or pizza docker
Spread base with 2 1/2 tablespoons tomato sauce
Divide toppings evenly into four. Top base with a quarter of the basil, parmesan cheese, provolone, sausage, chilli and oregano
When preheating has completed, place pizza into the oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven.
Garnish with extra basil leaves. Cut into wedges and serve immediately

Tips & Hints:

For a quick dough which is thicker use the Breville basic dough recipe

Recipe by Darren Mercaldi

At Ladro they champion fresh ingredients, which is the essence of good Italian. Inexplicably good, chewy, robust pizza bases as well as succulent roasted meats.

"It's difficult to make a perfect pizza at home because domestic ovens don't reach the required temperatures. That's where the Crispy Crust pizza oven comes in. It has an element underneath the stone and an element in the roof of the lid, creating a very high temperature. The pizza stone itself retains the heat and transfers that heat to the dough quickly."

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