Sausage Portabella Pizzas

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 large portabella mushroom caps, stems removed
• extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 2 links italian sausage, removed from casing (sweet or hot)
• 1/2 cup marinara sauce or 1/2 cup pizza sauce
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese or 4 slices smoked mozzarella cheese
• crushed red pepper flakes
• italian seasoning or dried oregano

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 450°; place the mushroom caps gill side up on a baking sheet; drizzle mushroom caps with olive oil.
• 2 roast for 12 minutes or until tender.
• 3 let a small nonstick skillet get heated over med-high heat; add a drizzle of olive oil to the pan.
• 4 add in the sausage; break up and brown the sausage for 5-7 minutes or until no pink remains.
• 5 transfer the cooked meat to a paper towel lined plate to drain.
• 6 remove the caps from the oven; top each with a layer of marinara, cooked sausage, and cheese.
• 7 return caps to the oven and bake 3-4 minutes to melt the cheese and brown it at the edges.
• 8 remove the pizzas from the oven and top with a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes and italian seasoning.