If you are making this for little kids, you can leave out the red pepper flakes if you feel it will be too spicy for them.
Constance Smith - A Good Life Farm
Loaded Pizza Stew has all of the things you love about a hot, fresh pizza and all of the love and comfort of a soup.
Prep Time 5mins
Cook Time 25mins
Total Time 30mins
Course Soups and Stews
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 408kcal
Ingredients
1red onion(diced (about 1 cup))
1green bell pepper(diced)
1lbbulk Italian sausage
15oz.tomato sauce
6oz.tomato paste
3cbeef broth
1tspbasil
1tspmarjoram
1tsporegano
1/2tspred pepper flakes
1/2tspfreshly ground black pepper
3ozpepperoni slices
1csliced fresh button mushrooms
1/3csliced black olives
For Serving
shredded Parmesan cheese
crackers(optional)
Instructions
To begin, cook the diced onion, diced green bell pepper and Italian sausage together in a Dutch oven over medium heat. As the meat cooks, break it up with your spoon.
When the meat is browned and the onion & pepper are tender, (about 5 minutes) drain off any excess grease if necessary.
Add in the tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, basil, marjoram, oregano, black pepper and red pepper flakes. Stir these all together.
Bring this to a gentle boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes.
Add in the mushrooms, pepperoni and olives. Cook for 5 more minutes, or until the mushrooms are just tender.
Serve the stew with shredded Parmesan (or mozzarella) cheese, and crackers.
Enjoy!
Notes
If you are making this for little kids, you can leave out the red pepper flakes if you feel it will be too spicy for them.