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Doesn’t Wild Asparagus & Sausage Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust sound, well, amazing?!

This is a recipe for a real specialty pizza using Roberto’s Pizza Passion‘s gluten-free frozen crust, and once again, some unusual and delicious ingredients to keep your pizza experience varied and interesting.

Roberto’s provided me with some fantastic frozen gluten-free pizza crusts, and their own special pizza sauce to enhance the flavors of my own homemade pizza. These gluten-free crusts come in their own sealed baking trays.

Note: They can be purchased at Roberto’s Pizza Passion at 22 Facer St., St. Catharines, ON, or they can be delivered along with a pizza order – 905-938-5525.

Roberto was kind enough to bring me some lovely wild asparagus plant stalks, and I will be using these delicious fronds on my pizza today, as well as some of their specially blended sausage from Pingue Prosciutto – aka Niagara Food Specialties – from St. Catharines, ON as well, and which they use in the pizzeria.

All in all, a gorgeous combination with the addition of crimini mushrooms, and topped with block mozzarella cheese to finish this delectable pizza creation.

Wild Asparagus & Sausage Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust:

Roberto suggested using Asiago cheese on this pizza, but I didn’t have any available today. So, I just went with the mozzarella. You could use feta or goat cheese, if you so desire.

Note: The gluten-free pizza crust from Roberto’s Pizza Passion is to be used immediately from the freezer, topped & baked quickly. I find this yields my best results.

Type: Pizza Recipe

Prep Time: 10 min
Bake Time: 10 – 14 min
Yield: 8 slice pizza

The ingredients & instructions are listed below the video for measurements & directions. Please enjoy this webisode of Cooking with Kimberly:

Ingredients:

1 frozen gluten-free pizza crust – I used Roberto’s Pizza Passion Gluten-Free Pizza Crust.
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cups mozzarella – grated
3/4 – 1 cup pizza sauce – I used Roberto’s Pizza Passion Pizza Sauce.
1 1/4 cups sausage – I used a sausage blend from Pingue Prosciutto – aka Niagara Food Specialties.
handful wild asparagus fronds – washed; larger stemmed fronds can be chopped & sauteed in olive oil
3 crimini mushrooms – sliced & sauteed in olive oil; seasoned with salt & pepper
red chili flakes – to taste

Instructions:

Wash the asparagus and trim off enough fronds to scatter over your pizza. * Note: I use the smaller, skinnier fronds straight on my pizza, while fatter stemmed fronds are chopped & sauteed with the mushrooms prior to scattering on the pizza.
Brown the sausage and break it up a bit with a spatula. * Notes: The sausage can be made into little meatballs if you wish, but I like them broken up like ground meat, and strewn on the pizza. Although this sausage is cured, it doesn’t necessarily need to be cooked, but I like to bring out more flavor by sauteing.
Gently saute the fresh mushrooms in olive oil, as well as the larger chopped fronds of wild asparagus with a few chili flakes, to soften them up a bit and keep them from drying out when baked on the pizza.
Preheat your oven to 550 degrees F.
Brush olive oil on both sides of the frozen crust and on the baking tray.
Spread pizza sauce over the crust & brush to the edges, if desired.
Place a light layer of mozzarella over the pizza, followed with a layer of asparagus fronds, sausage, mushrooms, and top with another layer of cheese.
Bake for 10 – 14 min, and check it out at the 10 min mark. Bake until crust is golden and cheese is bubbling.
Slice with a mezzaluna, pizza cutter or knife, and Serve.

This pizza has such a nice, crispy crust, the asparagus is so different and delicious, the mushrooms are tasty and the sauce is fabulous.

Location of Roberto’s Pizza Passion:

22 Facer St., St.Catharines, Ontario
phone: 905-938-5525
website: RobertosPizzaPassion.com

Do try this recipe for Wild Asparagus & Sausage Pizza with Roberto’s Gluten-Free Crust and enjoy eating pizza just like a pizzeria pizza, using your favorite ingredients.