Sausage and Ricotta Pizza

Sausage and Ricotta Pizza

There’s no need to order in or go out for pizza when you can make this delicious Sausage and Ricotta Pizza at home in about 20 minutes! Not only is this pizza spicy, meaty, cheesy, saucy and crispy (so many of my favorite things), but each slice is only 193 calories or 6 Weight Watchers SmartPoints on myWW Green, Blue and Purple. To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here! No need to blot grease off this pizza! Trust me, you won’t miss it. This pizza is bursting with the flavors of creamy ricotta, spicy sausage and seasoned sauce.

Sausage and Ricotta Pizza

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Sausage and Ricotta Pizza

Sausage and Ricotta Pizza

This spicy, meaty, cheesy, saucy Sausage and Ricotta Pizza can be made at home in about 20 minutes!

Ingredients

  • 4 oz uncooked hot Italian poultry sausage, chicken or turkey sausage will work
  • 1 Boboli 12” Whole Wheat Pizza Crust
  • ½ cup pizza sauce
  • 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1/3 cup shredded 2% Mozzarella cheese
  • 1/3 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 450.
  • Place sausage in a small skillet and bring it over medium heat. Break up the meat with a wooden spoon and cook until sausage is browned.
  • Spread pizza sauce evenly across the top surface of the pizza crust, leaving at least a ½ inch edge around the outside. Sprinkle the crushed red pepper flakes over the pizza sauce, followed by the shredded Mozzarella. Use a spoon to drop dollops of the ricotta around the surface of the pizza. Add the chopped basil and the cooked sausage crumbles and finish the pizza by sprinkling the Italian seasoning over top.
  • Place pizza on a foil covered baking sheet, a preheated pizza stone (my preference) or straight onto the oven rack (depending on how you like your crust) and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Notes

To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!
Nutrition Information per slice:
193 calories, 23 g carbs, 3 g sugars, 7 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 12 g protein, 4 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)
MyWW SmartPoints per (1 slice) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Green: 6 SmartPoints/ Blue: 6 SmartPoints/ Purple: 6 SmartPoints
Weight Watchers Points Plus:
5 per slice (PP calculated using a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the nutrition info below)