Sausage Ricotta Hot Honey Pizza
Ingredients (serves 2 people)
Pizza dough - 1 store bought bag or homemade
San Marzano tomatoes - 1 can of 12 oz peeled tomatoes
Tomato paste - 3 tbsp
Ground pork - 8-12 oz
Mozzarella cheese - 1 cup shredded
Ricotta cheese - 1/2 cup
Hot Honey - 2 tbsp
Butter - 1 tbsp
Fresh basil - a few leaves
Garlic powder - 1 tsp
Herbs de Provence - 1 tsp
Onion powder - 1 tsp
Vidalia onion - 1 sweet onion chopped
Salt, pepper, flour, and extra virgin olive oil (on hand, as needed)
Optional adds for your pizza - sugar for your pizza sauce, bacon, pineapple, anything your heart desires!
Steps
1.) Take your dough out of the fridge
2.) Preheat the oven to 485 degrees and put in baking sheet or pizza stone for 20 min to get toasty!
3.) Flour your countertop or large cutting board and rest the dough on it. Set aside
4.) In a medium sized bowl, put onion powder, garlic powder, herbs de Provence, a little salt and pepper
5.) Open the can of peeled San Marzano tomatoes. Use scissors to cut them in half
6.) Pour about 12 ounces of the tomatoes into your spice bowl
7.) Add tomato paste to the sauce bowl. Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
8.) Set your sauce aside
9.) Put a nonstick pan over medium heat with a tbsp olive oil
10.) Throw your pork into the pan, use a spatula to separate into 1-inch cubes
11.) Cook your pork on low-medium until golden brown for about 10 min. Set aside.
12.) Knead your dough, play with it in the air, roll it out
13.) When you feel like your dough is shaped nicely, lay it on the hot pizza stone or baking sheet
14.) Spread your homemade pizza sauce on dough, sprinkle mozz cheese and pieces of sausage
15.) Put pizza in the oven for about 12+ min
16.) Take out your pizza from the oven and top with fresh basil, dollops of ricotta, and hot honey drizzle
17.) Take out pizza, cut, and enjoy!

