Sausage and Bell Pepper Pizza with Basil and Mozzarella

Name: Sausage and Bell Pepper Pizza with Basil and Mozzarella
Yield: Serves 4 to 6 as a main course
Cuisine: Europe, Italian
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups, water; 2 1/4 teaspoons, dry active yeast (1 envelope); 2 tablespoons, olive oil, plus extra for brushing dough; 4 cups, bread flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; , vegetable oil (or cooking spray) for oiling bowl; , semolina for dusting peel; 2 large cloves, garlic, minced; 2 tablespoons, olive oil; 1 (28-ounce) can, crushed tomatoes or tomatoes packed in puree, chopped coarse; 1/4 pound, bulk pork sausage, broken into bite size pieces; 1 1/2 teaspoons, olive oil; 1 , red bell pepper, or yellow bell pepper, halved, cored, seeded, and cut into thin strips; , Salt and ground black pepper; 1/4 cup, shredded fresh basil leaf; 4 ounces, shredded mozzarella cheese (1 cup)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 1995

Make your dough with bread flour, stretch it instead of rolling, and line your oven with quarry tiles for the best, easiest homemade pizza.

SERVES 4 to 6 as a main course

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 2 hours rising

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