Cowboy Pizza

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

This is a copycat recipe of Papa Murphy's® cowboy pizza—it is filling and very hearty with sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, olives, and three different cheeses.

Ingredients

8 ounces mild Italian sausage
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 12-inch size Italian pizza crust
1 cup prepared pizza sauce
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
25 pepperoni slices
3 large button mushrooms, sliced
1 (2 1/4 ounce) can sliced black olives, drained
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon dried parsley
1/4 teaspoon dried oregano

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (210 degrees C).
2 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook Italian sausage until browned, breaking it up into fine crumbles, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain extra grease if necessary.
3 Brush olive oil over pizza crust. Spread pizza sauce over crust and top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
4 Evenly distribute pepperoni slices, mushroom slices, Italian sausage, and olive slices in that order over the mozzarella.
5 In a small bowl combine Cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley flakes, and oregano. Top the pizza with this mixture.
6 Place pizza on a pizza pan and bake until cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 14 minutes. For a crispier crust, bake pizza directly on the oven rack.