Spicy Sausage and Herb White Pizza with Honey

Hot honey was a major food trend in 2018, and I'm so glad to see it's carried into 2019. Inspired by my now favorite condiment, this Spicy Sausage and Herb White Pizza with Honey is the perfect balance of sweet and savory.

Seriously - I can't stop making it!

What you'll love about this pizza:

• The sweet honey and spicy sausage hold hands on this pizza like two best friends

• The thyme sautéed onions add a rich note that ties everything together.

• Did you watch "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" on Netflix? Yeah, well this pizza is basically perfect.

Ingredients:

1 pouch of Kroger Pizza Crust Mix

Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper

1 to 2 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese

1/3 cup Ricotta cheese

1 1/4 tsp dried Thyme

1 small Yellow Onion, diced

220 grams Jimmy Dean sausage (I buy the package of raw, "Regular" flavor sausage)

1/2 to 1 tsp red pepper flake (depending on personal preference)

Honey

1. Preheat the oven to 475 degrees Fahrenheit, and lightly grease a pizza pan or baking sheet with cooking spray.

2. Prepare the pizza dough according to the directions on the package and let proof while you prepare the sausage, and onions.

3. To prepare the sausage, place a large skillet over medium-high heat, and add the sausage and red pepper flakes. As the sausage cooks, stir it and break it apart with your spatula until it is in crumbles, and cooked. Once done cooking, drain the sausage on a paper-towel lined plate.

4. To prepare the onions, heat 1/2 T olive oil in a pan over medium heat, and add the diced onions, thyme, and salt and pepper (to taste). Cook, stirring regularly until translucent and slightly golden in color.

5. Once the pizza dough is ready, spread out onto a pizza pan, gently pulling and stretching it with your hands. Drizzle the dough with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

6. Layer with the mozzarella, then dollop the ricotta on top. Next, add the onions, and the sausage. Season the pizza again with salt and pepper.

7. Place on the lowest rack of your oven, and bake for 12 minutes.

8. Once pizza is done baking, let cool slightly on a cooling rack and drizzle with big squeeze of honey. Slice, and enjoy!

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