Wood Fired Pizza with Sausage and Kale

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces fat while maintaining meltiness.

sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Turkey sausage is leaner while ground beef is often less expensive.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grana padano

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor without dairy.

pizza dough

🥗Healthier: whole wheat pizza dough

💰Cheaper: store-bought dough

Whole wheat dough adds fiber, while store-bought saves time.

Tear kale into smaller bite-sized pieces.

Massage the kale to brighten its color and reduce bitterness.

Open a dough ball for the pizza.

Prepare garlic oil by frying it up (not specified how).

Season the kale with kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper.

Spread garlic oil in a spiral on the pizza dough as a base.

Sprinkle parmesan cheese over the garlic oil.

Add the massaged kale on top of the parmesan cheese.

Place house made sausage on top of the kale.

Sprinkle grande mozzarella cheese on top of the sausage.

Slide the pizza into the wood-fired oven.

Ensure there is a nice coal bed and a log or two on top for flame.

Cook the pizza until the kale is charred and crispy, checking for doneness.

Remove the pizza from the oven.

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