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Sausage and Mushroom Pizza Pockets
MMHC Spores Illustrated, Jan., 2005, p. 8
            Makes 24 pockets
            Prep: 35 min Bake: 12 min per batch Oven: 425° F

            Ingredients

                    8 oz. Hot or mild Italian sausage
                    ¾ cup chopped fresh mushrooms
                    ½
of 8 oz. Package of cream cheese, softened
                    ¼ cup finely shredded or grated Parmesan cheese
                    2 13.8 oz. Packages refrigerated pizza dough (each for 1 crust)

                    1 egg

                    1 tablespoon water

                    Finely shredded or grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
                    Pizza sauce, warmed (optional)


             Directions
1. Filling: Break up sausage with a wooden spoon as you cook it along with the mushrooms in a medium skillet. Drain and cool slightly.
2. Stir togcthcr cream chccsc and
1/4 c. Parmesan chccsc in a medium bowl. Stir sausage and mushrooms into the cheese mixture.

3. Preheat oven to 425°F.  Grease 2 baking sheets. Roll out pizza dough onto lightly floured surface, gently stretchng the dough into a 12x9-inch rectangle. Cut each rectangle into 12 3-inch squares. Place about 1 tablespoon of the filling in the center of cach square.
  Fold dough over filling, forming triangles. Press triangle edges with tines of a fork to seal. Place triangles on baking sheets. Poke some small holes in the top of the triangles with the fork tines.
4. In a small bowl, beat the egg and water. Brush
triangle tops with this mixture, and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.  Bake about 12 minutes or until golden brown. If desired, serve with warm pizza sauce.

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