This white sauce sausage pizza has a double crust, creamy parmesan garlic sauce, crumbled Italian sausage, then topped with both basil and sundried tomato pesto. A truly unique pizza experience.
Looking for a pizza recipe that is a little something out of the ordinary? Well, you’ve found it! It’s got all the fundamentals of what makes pizza a favorite of all, with slight tweaks to elevate it to the next level. It also has a thick crust which means it can hold up to all the toppings on this pizza.
Jump to:
What is pizza white sauce made with? Typically white sauce is made with a blend of parmesan, garlic, and milk then flour is used to thicken it up.
‘Unless you are pizza the answer is yes. I can live without you.-Bill Murray
What cocktail pairs well with homemade white sauce pizza?
Instead of a beer pairing, I thought I would share a simple ‘go-to’ cocktail. I’ve shared before how much I really like seltzer. So if you are a gin and tonic lover, you will LOVE lemon-lime-seltzer with 1 part gin, mix and add ice, and viola. YUM! Crisp, crisp, crisp.
What movie should you watch on pizza night?
For this Mitten Movie Night, I highly recommend a movie that was actually surprising in how good it was. Endangered Species stars Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O’Connell. If you didn’t know, they are married. When my husband went to put it on I kind of looked at him like, okay what are we doing here? But it quickly drew me in with its action, how nature can be beautiful and scary, and a message about conservation too. It’s available right now on Amazon Prime.
Ingredients
This double crust white pizza has-
- A double batch of pizza dough made with Jiffy pizza crust mix, my favorite
- Creamy parmesan white sauce with garlic and other seasonings
- The best sausage for this pizza is a savory or even hot Italian sausage sauteed with white sliced mushrooms
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Two types of pesto for topping the pizza after it bakes
How to make white sauce sausage pizza step-by-step
First, let’s start with the pizza crust. I love using Jiffy Pizza Crust mix in a box. As I said, this is a double crust recipe so it takes two boxes of the mix with 1 cup of warm water.
Cover with a towel and let the pizza dough rise in a warm place for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Once the dough has doubled in volume, it’s time to add to the pizza pan. I like to cover the pan with parchment paper. Add a small amount of flour to the top of the dough then use your hands to stretch the dough to the size of the pizza pan.
Put the pizza crust into the oven while you cook the sausage and mushrooms.
In a medium saute pan, add the Italian sausage and mushrooms. Crumble the sausage with a wooden spoon as it cooks to make sure it’s crumbled.
Cook until all the sausage is cooked through and the mushrooms are tender.
Remove the sausage and mushrooms from the pan and add to a separate dish.
Lightly clean the pan with a paper towel, now it’s time to add the white sauce ingredients into the same pan.
Add the butter and let it melt. Sprinkle with flour.
Pour in the milk while you whisk or constantly stir the mixture. Cook on medium/high heat until it has thickened.
Lastly, add the seasonings and Parmesan cheese. Remove from the heat.
Take the pizza crust out of the oven and slather with the parmesan white sauce and layer with the cooked sausage and mushrooms.
Sprinkle with shredded mozzarella cheese. Place in the oven again and bake for 15 more minutes.
While this last step is optional, I HIGHLY recommend it. Take spoonfuls of both basil and sun-dried tomato pesto and dollop them over the top of the pizza.
I mean LOOK at those pesto pools. As a pesto lover, I am absolutely claiming this phrase as my own. But you can use it, I’ll let you.
FAQ’s
I have a favorite homemade pizza crust recipe, can I use that for this?
Yes! Again, just double the recipe to ensure a thicker crust.
Should you pre-bake the pizza crust?
As a rule of thumb, if I use anything more than a single crust I always pre-bake for at least 5 minutes before adding my toppings.
Can I use homemade pesto on this pizza?
Of course! A few recipes that I like are this Homemade Basil Pesto from Cafe Delites and this Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto from An Italian in my Kitchen.
More recipes for pesto lovers
Cut the pizza into 8 slices and serve. And here you are…..
From our home in the Bottom Left of the Mitten to yours ~ Enjoy!
White Sauce Sausage Pizza {with Pesto}
Equipment
- medium/large saute pan
- pizza pan
- parchment paper
- Pizza Cutter
Ingredients
- 2 6.5 ounce boxes Jiffy pizza crust
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 8 ounces sliced white mushrooms
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1-1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 4 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup prepared basil pesto
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto
Instructions
- Add both boxes of pizza crust to a bowl. Mix with warm water until all the clumps have dissolved.2 6.5 ounce boxes Jiffy pizza crust, 1 cup warm water
- Cover with a towel and set in a warm place to rise for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Add a piece of parchment paper to a round pizza pan.
- Sprinkle the dough with a small amount of flour, then take the dough and add to the parchment paper.1 tablespoon flour
- Spread the dough out to the size of the pan. Put into the oven to pre-bake.
- In a medium saute pan, add the sausage and mushrooms. Crumble while cooking over medium/high heat until the sausage is cooked through and the mushrooms are tender.1 pound Italian sausage, 8 ounces sliced white mushrooms
- Turn off the heat and add the sausage to a separate bowl.
- Use a paper towel to wipe any remaining grease from the pan. Put back on medium/high heat and let the butter melt.2 tablespoons butter
- Take a wooden spoon and stir in the flour.1 tablespoon flour
- Pour in the milk simmer while constantly stirring until it has thickened up.1-1/2 cup whole milk
- Sprinkle in the garlic, basil, parsley, black pepper, and Parmesan cheese.1 teaspoon garlic, 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Stir everything together, then turn off the heat.
- Take the pizza crust out of the oven. Layer with the sauce, cooked sausage and mushrooms, and mozzarella cheese.4 ounces mozzarella cheese
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Take the two types of pesto and scoop spoonfuls over the top of the pizza.1/4 cup prepared basil pesto, 1/4 cup sun-dried tomato pesto
- Cut into 8 slices, and enjoy immediately.
Notes
Tips for making this recipe:
- Unless the crust on a pizza is very thin, I always pre-bake my crust before adding toppings.
- There is no need to add oil to the pan before cooking the sausage and mushrooms because the sausage releases a small amount of grease as it cooks.
- If you don’t like the idea of the pesto added in spoonfuls, you can drizzle the pesto over the top instead of in dollops.
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Last Updated on February 22, 2022 by Erin@BottomLeftoftheMitten
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