Recipe for Mexican Pizza with Salsa 
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Yield:
2 Servings
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
DOUGH ----------------
1/2 x Recipe basic bread dough that has risen once (SEE RECIPE)
Oil and cornmeal for pan
----------------- TOPPING ----------------
2 tbl Light-tasting olive oil
4 oz Chorizo, (See NOTE) =OR=- Other spicy sausage
1 lrg Clove garlic, minced
1 med Spanish onion cut into small dice
3/4 cup Shredded Monterey Jack
3/4 cup Shredded Muenster cheese
3 tbl Minced cilantro
2 x Green onions, thinly sliced
Salsa, (well drained)
Instructions:
Instructions: PREHEAT OVEN TO 425F with rack in lower area of oven. Oil a round pizza pan, preferably black steel; sprinkle lightly with cornmeal. Set aside.

Roll dough into circle, roughly 11 inches in diameter, letting dough relax a few minutes if it keeps withdrawing. Place in prepared pan, gently stretching it back to size once its in the pan. Prick dough with fork.

Heat oil in 7-inch skillet over medium high heat. Remove casing from sausage; crumble meat into 1/2-inch chunks. When oil is hot, add sausage, garlic and onion to pan. Cook until onion is softened, about 4 minutes, stirring often. Spread mixture on dough leaving 1/2-inch margin. Sprinkle 1/2 cheese over. Bake for 12 minutes. Sprinkle remaining cheese over. Bake until this cheese has melted and dough is deeply browned, about 3 minutes more. Remove from oven. Sprinkle with minced cilantro and green onions. Cut into wedges. Garnish each wedge with drained salsa and cilantro leaves.

Serve hot.

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