Flatbread Pizza with Peanut “Sausage” Crumbles
This peanut “sausage” crumble could be used on top of pizza or added to your favorite breakfast casserole.
SERVES 6-8
Peanut Sausage:
| 1 | cup dry roasted peanuts |
| 1 | tbsp. paprika |
| 1/2 | tsp. granulated garlic |
| 1 | tsp. fennel seeds (ground) |
| 1/4 | tsp.black pepper |
| 1/2 | tsp. red pepper flakes |
| 1 | tsp. salt |
| 1 | tbsp. creamy peanut butter |
Flatbread:
| 1 | (14oz) pizza dough crust |
| 3 | tbsp. olive oil |
| 1 | tbsp. garlic |
| 2 | roma tomatoes, thinly sliced |
| 8-10 | basil leaves |
| 5 | oz. mozzarella cheese |
Instructions:
- Combine peanut sausage ingredients into a food processor and blend until it is finely ground and can hold together if pinched.
- Mix olive oil with garlic and set aside.
- Roll out pizza dough crust into the desired shape, brush with half of the garlic & olive oil mixture. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with additional garlic oil.
- Top with cheese, tomato slices, and peanut sausage crumbles. Pinch them together into sausage balls, or sprinkle across the whole flatbread.
- Bake an additional 6-8 minutes until edges are golden brown. Top with basil leaves, slice and serve.
Estimated Nutrition Facts:
Peanut “Sausage” Crumbles Only: 107 calories/serving, 9 grams of fat, 4 grams carbohydrate, 4 grams protein, 150 mg sodium and 2 grams of fiber.
Flatbread Pizza with Peanut “Sausage” Crumbles: 330 calories/serving, 19 grams of fat, 29 grams of carbohydrate, 12 grams protein, 600 mg sodium and 3 grams of fiber.