Pizza sausage with crispy edges and melted cheese
Sliced pizza sausage browned hard in a hot pan until the cheese pulls away from the edges and crisps, then finished in the oven. Quick, satisfying, with the texture contrast that makes this shelf-stable link sing.
About 170 calories a serving, 5 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 17 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
From your shelf
- 1 link, about 12 ounces pizza smoked sausage
Staples
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a skillet over medium-high heat until shimmering. Slice the sausage link crosswise into half-inch rounds, lay them flat in the pan, and let them brown without stirring for two minutes.
- Turn each slice and brown the second side for two more minutes until the cheese begins to pull away from the edges and brown. If it finishes browning before the edges crisp, transfer the pan to a 425°F (220°C) oven and bake for four minutes until the cheese is deep brown.
- Divide between two plates and serve hot while the cheese is still pulling and the edges are crisped.
Note Swap in sliced kielbasa or other smoked sausage if the link is not in stock. Leftovers keep refrigerated three days; reheat in the oven at 350°F (175°C) until warm. Serve alongside a green salad and crusty bread to soak the oil.
On the label
PORK, WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE PRODUCT ([LOW MOISTURE PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE {CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT ENZYMES}, CHEDDAR CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, ROMANO CHEESE {CULTURED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, PARMESAN CHEESE {CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, SORBIC ACID], POWDERED CELLULOSE), CORN SYRUP, AND LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: TOMATO POWDER, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, ONION POWDER, SODIUM DIACETATE, NATURAL FLAVORS INCLUDING SMOKE FLAVOR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, CITRIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA.
Johnsonville, sausages, hotdogs & brats, serving 60 g, package 8 OZ/226 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as kielbasa, frozen pizza. Half of it left? Use up the kielbasa.