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Roasted Red Pepper Pizza with Goat Cheese, Chicken Sausage and Caramelized Onions

By: Nicole 14 Comments
Posted: 10/28/13 Updated: 02/20/15

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Roasted Red Pepper Pizza with Goat Cheese, Chicken Sausage and Carmelized Onions 1

I really really wish I could eat this pizza today. Since I’ve been on quite the eating binge lately that started with this monster of a day, I’m restricting myself to a diet starting… now.

Or maybe after I eat the sesame bagel staring at me…yep, that sounds much better.

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Roasted Red Pepper Pizza with Goat Cheese, Chicken Sausage and Carmelized Onions 3

This pizza is all about the sauce, and yes it sort of appears to be a traditional tomato based sauce, but it’s not! It’s actually pureed roasted red peppers. It’s been a while since I’ve talked about roasted red peppers, but I’m pretty much obsessed with the flavor of them. I am especially obsessed with the flavor of pureed roasted red peppers (yes, it tastes different), almost to the point where I could literally drink the stuff – and perhaps I have…

I’ve used pureed peppers for soup, pasta and hummus, so why not pizza sauce?? Ugh. So ridiculously good. The sauce gives the pizza a slightly sweet flavor with a just hint of smoke, and is the perfect vessel for a topping of tangy goat cheese, slightly spicy Italian sausage and nutty caramelized onions. Which, in my opinion are the perfect pizza toppings.

Now normally, I’d still eat this on a diet, because really it isn’t all that bad for you. Yes, there’s crust, but you could go whole-wheat if you wanted, the sausage is chicken (Trader Joe’s), there’s a scant amount of cheese AND the sauce is super low in fat and calories. BUT because I’m on an apples-smoothies-broth-only diet, I’m going to have to refrain for a week or so. Ugh.

But you…you don’t have to! You can eat this right now if you want. I’ll be thinking of you while I’m slurping on my almond milk smoothie – delicious, but totally not pizza.
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Roasted Red Pepper Pizza with Goat Cheese, Chicken Sausage and Caramelized Onions
 
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Author: Nicole-Cooking for Keeps
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of your favorite pizza dough
  • 2 roasted red peppers
  • 2 ounces light cream cheese, softened
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Pinch of pepper
  • 4 ounces goat cheese
  • 2 cooked chicken Italian sausage links, sliced thin
  • 1 small onion, sliced thin
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • Olive oil for drizzling
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 550 degrees and place pizza stone in oven. In a small saucepan over a medium flame, melt butter. Add in sliced onions. Cook until golden brown and caramelized, stirring occasionally, about ten minutes. Season with salt and pepper, and then set aside. Heat the same pan to a medium-high heat and brown sliced sausage. Set aside.
  2. In a blender, combine roasted red peppers, cream cheese salt and pinch of pepper. Blend until smooth.
  3. Roll out pizza dough on a pizza wheel covered with cornmeal to prevent sticking. Spread with sauce, and then sprinkle with caramelized onions, chicken sausage and goat cheese. Drizzle with olive oil.
  4. Slide pizza onto stone and bake until golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.
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  1. Alaina @ Fabtastic Eats says

    Posted on 10/28/13 at 7:03 pm

    This pizza is loaded with some of my favorite things! I wish I had this today too!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 10/30/13 at 2:59 am

      Dieting is seriously no fun…

      Reply
  2. Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says

    Posted on 10/29/13 at 4:48 am

    I’m suddenly craving pizza for a second dinner!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 10/30/13 at 2:59 am

      Love!

      Reply
  3. Ashley says

    Posted on 10/29/13 at 11:23 am

    Ooo this sounds awesome! I’ve never thought to use roasted red peppers for pizza sauce before – such a great idea!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 10/30/13 at 2:59 am

      SO good as a pizza sauce!!!!

      Reply
  4. Tieghan says

    Posted on 10/30/13 at 4:33 am

    My kind of pizza!! This looks awesome!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 10/30/13 at 12:53 pm

      Thanks so much Tieghan!!!! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Chris @ Shared Appetite says

    Posted on 11/1/13 at 3:21 am

    I totally love roasted red peppers also! So clever to use them as a sauce for your pizza! I’ll definitely be trying this. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 11/1/13 at 1:53 pm

      Thanks Chris!!

      Reply
  6. Jenn C says

    Posted on 1/18/15 at 4:28 pm

    what if I don’t have a pizza stone, how do I modify the cook time/method? This looks so delicious, I’m going to make it this week. Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Nicole says

      Posted on 1/18/15 at 11:15 pm

      No big deal! Preheat whatever pan you’re using for 10-15 minutes until it’s screaming hot. Make your pizza on parchment paper and just transfer the whole thing to the hot pan. This should help your crust get a little bit more crispy! If you don’t want to do that, you can just make the pizza directly on the pan you are using, it won’t be super crispy, but it will still be delicious!

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      • Jenn C says

        Posted on 1/23/15 at 6:02 pm

        Thanks! Making it tonight

        Reply
        • Nicole says

          Posted on 1/25/15 at 6:10 pm

          Perfect! Let me know how it goes!!

          Reply

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