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Cast Iron Pizza

Once you try this cast iron pizza recipe, you'll never make pizza any other way! Use the toppings suggested here, or customize this recipe with your favorite pizza toppings.

Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Servings: 2
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 3 to 4 ounce plant-based Italian sausage link*
  • 14 ounces from 1 recipe Homemade Pizza Dough** see note
  • extra-virgin olive oil for brushing and drizzling
  • Scoops of Cashew Cream or 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons chopped red onion
  • ½ 14-ounce can artichoke hearts, drained, and quartered
  • ⅓ cup roasted red peppers and/or roasted tomatoes
  • Dollops of pesto
  • basil leaves
  • red pepper flakes

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
  2. Cut the plant-based sausage into small pieces. In a small cast-iron skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage pieces until browned, 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. Press the pizza dough into a dry 10-inch cast iron skillet, pressing a thicker rim of dough around the edge to shape the pizza crust. Prick the stretched dough all over with a fork. Heat the skillet on the stove for 2 minutes over medium heat. This helps the bottom of the crust become crispy.
  4. Remove from the heat and assemble the pizza. Brush the crust with olive oil. Spread a thin layer of cashew cream onto the dough as a base for the toppings, or sprinkle on the grated mozzarella cheese. Top with the red onion, artichokes, red peppers and/or tomatoes, and the sausage pieces. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the crust is lightly golden brown and cooked through.
  5. Top with dollops of pesto, a drizzle of olive oil, fresh basil, and red pepper flakes.

Notes

  • *We used Lightlife Plant-Based Italian Sausage
  • **Note: our Homemade Pizza Dough recipe makes 16 ounces of dough; however, we found that 14 ounces works best in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. I suggest making the full recipe and tearing off a small piece of dough for another (mini-pizza) use. Alternatively, you could use a 12-inch skillet with the full dough recipe.