This sausage French bread pizza is an easy and delicious dinner for busy weeknights, movie night or game-day.
In this recipe, French bread is topped with olive oil, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, hot Italian sausage, sliced onions and black olives.
The Italian sausage cooks up quick, and adds a ton of flavor to the pizza. If you don’t like it so spicy use mild Italian sausage.
So bypass the frozen pizza section and give a homemade French bread pizza a try.
Need more quick and easy dinner ideas? Try this sausage rigatoni or this spaghetti aglio e olio with Italian sausage. Enjoy!
French bread pizza ingredients
- 8 ounces Italian Sausage (hot or mild), casings removed
- 1 Loaf French Bread
- 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ¾ cup Marinara Sauce
- 6 ounces Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons White Onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons Black Olives, thinly sliced
- ¼ teaspoon Dried Oregano
- Pinch Garlic Powder
- Preheat Oven 350°F
Cook the sausage
Remove the sausage from its casings. Using a sharp knife tip, run it along the sausage lengthwise. Remove the casing and tear the sausage into small pieces.
Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage pieces to the skillet and cook 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Stir the sausage frequently while breaking up any large pieces. When it is done, remove it from the skillet and set on a plate that’s lined with a paper towel to drain.
Make the French bread pizza
- Slice the baguette in half, and then open each half by cutting it lengthwise. Brush each piece with the extra virgin olive oil.
- Spoon on the marinara sauce and spread it evenly on all 4 pieces.
- Add the mozzarella cheese but reserve some for the top.
- Arrange the sausage, sliced onions and black olives on the pizzas and top with a little extra cheese. Sprinkle the top with the dried oregano and garlic powder.
- Place the French bread pizza on a baking sheet that’s lined with a cooling rack (if you have one).
- Bake the sausage French bread pizza until the cheese is melted and the bread is toasty. Approximately 20-25 minutes, check it after 15 minutes and gauge the remaining time from there.
Hot Sausage French Bread Pizza
Ingredients
- 8 oz. Hot Italian Sausage casings removed
- 1 Loaf French Bread
- 2 tbsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- ¾ cup Marinara Sauce
- 6 oz. Mozzarella Cheese shredded
- 2 tbsp. White Onion thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp. Black Olives thinly sliced
- ¼ tsp. Dried Oregano
- Pinch Garlic Powder
Instructions
- Preheat Oven 350°F
- Remove the sausage from its casings. Using a sharp knife tip, run it along the sausage lengthwise. Remove the casing and tear the sausage into small pieces.
- Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage pieces to the skillet and cook 8-10 minutes until cooked through. Stir the sausage frequently while breaking up any large pieces. When the sausage is done, remove it from the skillet and set on a plate that’s lined with a paper towel to drain.
- Slice the baguette in half, and then open each half by cutting it lengthwise. Brush each piece with the extra virgin olive oil.
- Spoon on the marinara sauce and spread it evenly on all 4 pieces.
- Add the mozzarella cheese but reserve some for the top.
- Arrange the hot sausage, sliced onions and black olives on the pizzas and top with a little extra cheese. Sprinkle the top with the dried oregano and garlic powder
- Place the French bread pizza on a baking sheet that’s lined with a cooling rack (if you have one).
- Bake the hot sausage French bread pizza until the cheese is melted and the bread is toasty. Approximately 20-25 minutes, check it after 15 minutes and gauge the remaining time from there.
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