Garlic Ravioli Pizza with Polish Sausage

My family likes to try and stump me sometimes by taking two or three packages of meat out of the freezer and then have me try and make something different from each one. The other day they took out chicken, bacon, and Polish sausage. Chicken and bacon were super simple. The Polish sausage stumped me a bit because I really didn’t want a pasta dish and thought just plain grilled sausage was too boring.

So, I started doing what I encourage everyone to do. Think outside the box. Soup, casserole, pizza…. Pizza it is!

Verdict:

Everyone was a bit skeptical when I proposed this but once they had a bit they loved it! It is VERY filling. The dough I had was light and crispy (I would go thinner on the crust next time) and was good with the ravioli, sausage, and garlic cheese sauce which are all quite filling.

I served this with a spinach salad to complete the meal.

Servings: ”4-6″
Difficulty: ”easy”
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Ingredients:

1 lb ball pizza dough
1/2 -1lb Polish sausage, cooked and broken into small pieces (can also use Italian sausage)
1/2 lb ravioli, fresh or cooked if frozen (I used leftover tortellini and cheese ravioli)
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Garlic Sauce:

2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1 1/4 cup half and half
salt and black pepper, to taste
3-4 cloves minced garlic
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly shredded

Directions:

Spread dough out onto pizza stone with corn meal or grease rimmed baking sheet to desired thickness.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
To make garlic sauce: melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Sprinkle flour over the melted butter and whisk for 1-2 minutes to form a thick paste. Pour half and half into pan with salt and pepper. Stir well until no lumps are present. Add garlic to pan and cook for 4-5 minutes. Sauce should begin to thicken. Add Parmesan cheese to pan. Once cheese has melted remove from heat and allow to sit to thicken a bit more. Taste and adjust spices as necessary.
Spread garlic sauce over crust.
Place ravioli over the top of the pizza. Sprinkle the crumble Polish sausage over the pizza.
Top with mozzarella cheese.
Bake for 10-12 minutes until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly and starting to slightly brown on top.
Remove pizza from oven and allow to rest 5 minutes before serving.