Homemade pizza crust cooked in a cast iron skillet. Topped with pesto, sweet Italian chicken sausage, strawberries, basil, mozzarella, and balsamic reduction. You will never purchase another pizza crust.
Prep Time15mins
Cook Time20mins
Resting Time1hr
Total Time35mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Strawberry Pesto Skillet Pizza
Servings: 6servings
Calories: 287kcal
Ingredients
Dough
3/4cupwarm water
11/4 ounce packetinstant yeast
1teaspoonsugar
2 1/2cupsall purpose flour
1teaspoonsalt
1/4cupolive oil
1/2tbspItalian seasoning
Toppings
1/3cuppesto
2links sweet Italian chicken sausage
5large strawberriescut into small slices
2/3cupshredded mozzarella cheese
~1/4 cup fresh basil
Balsamic reduction
Instructions
Dough
In a small bowl, combine warm water, yeast, and sugar. Let sit for 5 minutes.
Add flour, salt, olive oil and Italian seasoning. Use a mixer with dough hook and beat until dough turns into a ball.
Grease inside of a small bowl. Roll ball of dough in bowl. Cover with dish towel and let rise for 1 hour.
After the hour, punch down dough and kneed 5-6 times. Cut dough in half. You can freeze or refrigerate other half of dough if not making two pizzas.
Pizza
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread dough from side to side in the bottom of a cast iron skillet.
Spread pesto over dough.
Place strawberries even on top of pesto.
In a small pan over medium-high heat, brown chicken sausage. Spread the cooked chicken evenly over the pizza.
Follow with mozzarella cheese.
Place skillet and oven and cook for 15-20 minutes, or until crust is golden and cheese is melted.
Spread fresh basil and drizzle balsamic reduction over top of pizza.
Notes
If you do not have balsamic reduction, you can make your own by bringing 1/2 cup of balsamic vinegar to a boil, then reducing to low and letting it simmer for 10 minutes.