Lasagna Pizza

Total Time: 59 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 3 dried lasagna noodles
• 1/2 tablespoon roasted garlic-flavored olive oil
• 15 ounces pizza dough, at room temperature (new york-style pizza dough)
• unbleached bread flour, for dusting
• 3/4 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 cup pizza sauce (new york-style pizza sauce)
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 lb italian sausage, separated into small chunks (hot or mild)
• 2 cups coarsely shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano

Recipe

• 1 position oven rack on the second lowest level in oven and place a baking stone on the rack; position another rack in the upper third of the oven; preheat oven to 500°.
• 2 fill a large pot with water; bring to a boil over high heat; add in salt and then add the lasagna noodles; stir to submerge the noodles; cook until al dente, about 10 minutes.
• 3 drain, rinse, drain again, and blot dry.
• 4 brush the noodles on both sides with the olive oil.
• 5 cut several 1-inch long slits lengthwise down the center of the noodles; set aside.
• 6 coat a 12-inch pizza screen or perforated pizza pan with cooking spray.
• 7 dust pizza dough with flour; place in prepared pan and gently stretch into a 12-inch round.
• 8 top the pizza: spread the ricotta evenly over the dough, leaving a ½-inch border.
• 9 spoon ½ cup pizza sauce evenly over the ricotta.
• 10 lay the lasagna noodles over the sauce, trimming the noodles to fit.
• 11 fill in any spaces with the trimmings.
• 12 spoon remaining ½ cup pizza sauce over the noodles; sprinkle with parmesan and garlic over the top.
• 13 distribute chunks of sausage over the sauce; scatter mozzarella over the top.
• 14 crush the oregano between your fingers and sprinkle over the cheese and crust.
• 15 place pizza in the oven on the upper rack; bake 10 minutes until pizza crust is crisp and golden.
• 16 using a pizza peel, lift the pizza off the pan and place the crust directly on the baking stone; remove the pan from the oven.
• 17 continue baking 3-4 minutes until the bottom of the crust is golden brown.
• 18 using the peel, remove pizza from oven to cutting board.
• 19 slice pizza into wedges; serve immediately.