Spicy Chorizo and Tomato Pizza
This chorizo and tomato pizza is deliciously salty and spicy. The fresh tomatoes replace a traditional sauce, and honestly it's my new favorite way to make pizza. This extra cheesy, extra spicy pizza will leave you craving more. Even right now while writing this I'm thinking about the leftover piece that's sitting the in fridge.
Ingredients
- 1 pre-made pizza dough
- 1 lb hot chorizo
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 5 - 6 spears asparagus chopped
- 1 large red tomato sliced
- 1 medium yellow tomato sliced
- mozzarella cheese sliced
- fresh basil
Instructions
- Prepping the Pizza Dough: First heat your oven to 200°, while it's heating up get your dough out of the bag, and into an oven safe bowl that's been drizzled with olive oil. Turn the dough over in the bowl to coat with oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Once the oven reaches 200°, turn the oven off and place bowl in the oven to rise. Let sit in the oven until the dough has doubled in size (which can take anywhere from 1 - 2 hours.)
- While the dough is rising, do your prep work! Slice the tomatoes, and chop the asparagus.
- Then heat a medium pan over medium heat and start cooking the chorizo, crumbling it in the pan as it cooks. Cook for about 10 - 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the asparagus and cook for another 10 minutes. Take off heat and set aside.
- Once the dough has risen, take out of the oven, roll out on a floured pan or pizza stone. Time to heat the oven back up to 425°.
- Once dough is rolled out, place into the oven for 10 - 13 minutes, until lightly golden.
- Then top with the sliced tomatoes, chorizo and asparagus mixture, and thick slices of mozzarella cheese. Cook for 8 - 10 minutes until cheese starts to melt, add fresh basil leaves to the top, and cook for an additional 2 - 3 minutes.