Make simple sausage, broccoli pizza pockets for brunch without kitchen mess

When you hear 'pizza', what comes to mind is tiresome hours messing the kitchen with flour, kneading and all sorts of ingredients.

Firstly, you will not have any wet mess because this dish doesn't require water. The dishes are limited to two bowls, baking sheet, wooden spoon and a frying pan.

The dough you need is ready-made and the ingredients go in one bowl.

Time you need: 

Maximum 30 minutes. 5 minutes to turn sausage brown, 7 minutes to cook the broccoli well and 10 minutes to turn the dough crisp brown.

Preparation and ingredients each step.

Set the oven to preheat at 500 degrees F.

Step one

• 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 ounces sweet Italian sausage, casings removed 

1. Add olive oil to a frying pan and heat until it begins to bubble.
2. Add medium minced sausage to the oil and break it up using a wooden spoon until it starts to turn brown.
3. Pour the sausage to a bowl and let cool.

Step two

• 2 finely chopped garlic cloves 
• A cup of broccoli chopped into 1/2-inch pieces

1. Add the garlic to the frying pan with olive oil and stir on a low heat.
2. Once the garlic is glassy and aromatic, add the broccoli and stir to combine.
3. Cook the mixture for about 7 minutes. Put it aside to cool.

Step three

• Cup of shredded mozzarella 
• 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or sour milk or plain yogurt (gree-yogurt) 
• 1/4 cup of grated Parmesan or nutritional yeast
• Scrap a 1/2 lemon for zest
• Black pepper freshly ground
• Dried red pepper crushed fine

To the bowl of sausage, add all the above ingredients and stir to combine completely.

Step four

• 1 pound store-bought pizza dough
• All-purpose flour, for dusting
• Marinara sauce, warmed, for serving

1. Divide the dough into four parts (as many parts according to the mixtures in the bowls). Roll each portion into a ball.
2. Sprinkle a little flour in a surface and flatten the balls into circles 1/4 inch thickness.
3. Spread 1/4 of the cheese, sausage and broccoli mixture towards one side of the flattened dough.
4. Fold the dough over the mixture in a pocket-like shape and seal off by pinching the edges shut.
5. Put the pockets on a baking sheet with a few inches between them.
6. Bake for up to 10 minutes until they are lightly brown on the top.

Serve

Let them cool and serve with tomato soup, ketchup or sauce.