Pizzeria-style Sausage Pizza

We love this pizza. I have also used spicy Italian sausage. I get 2 pizza's out of this recipe. It all depends on the side of the crust.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  lb  fresh bulk pork sausage, mildly seasoned, remove casings and crumble
• 1  cup  chopped green pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fennel seeds
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon oregano leaves
• 1  loaf  frozen  pizza dough, thawed
• 2  cups  shredded provolone cheese
• 2  cups  shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Brown pork sausage with green pepper in medium skillet; drain well.
3. Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, fennel seed, sugar and oregano.
4. Simmer 5 minutes.
5. Using 14-inch pizza pan or 15 x 10-inch jelly roll pan, prepare pizza crust following package directions.
6. Layer provolone cheese, sausage mixture, mozzarella cheese on pizza crust.
7. Bake on lowest rack of oven at 375 degrees for 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.