Food Network: Chicago Style Italian Sausage and Pepper Deep Dish Pizza

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Chicago Style Italian Sausage and Pepper Deep Dish Pizza
Recipe courtesy of Emeril Laggase, 1999

Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 cups thinly sliced yellow onions
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
4 cups thinly sliced green bell peppers
1 pound Italian sausage links, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 recipe of Basic Pizza Dough
12 ounces grated mozzarella cheese
2 cups tomato sauce
2 tablespoons dried oregano

Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large saute
pan, over medium heat, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions. Season
with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the peppers. Season with salt
and pepper. Continue to saute for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.
In a large saute pan, over medium heat, add the sausage and render for 4 to 6
minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. Divide the dough in half and roll
into a 14-inch circle, about 1/2-inch thick. Press the dough into 2 greased
12-inch deep-dish pizza pans. Sprinkle each pizza with 6 ounces of the grated
cheese. Spoon 1/2 of the onion and pepper mixture over each pizza. Sprinkle 1/2
of the sausage over the onion mixture on each pizza. Spread 1 cup of the tomato
sauce over the top of each pizza. Sprinkle each pizza with 1 tablespoon of
oregano. Bake the pizzas for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown. Remove the
pizza from the oven and cut into individual servings.