Friday Dinner: Spring onion and sausage pizza

Spring onion is sweet onion that is available only in spring. Roasting it is a nice way to enjoy its sweet taste, but pizza is also a good option. I wanted to keep it simple to accentuate the taste of spring onion.

Spring onion and sausage pizza (for 3-4 people):
Store bought pizza dough (1 package) - I used whole wheat pizza dough
Spring onion (1 large)
Portabella mushroom (1)
Sausage (1 large) - I used spicy kind, but you can use any of your favorite sausages
Fresh thyme (2 springs)
Olive oil (1 Tbsp)
Salt (1/2 tsp)
Pepper
Shredded mozzarella cheese (1/2 cup)

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
2. Peel off the first layer of spring onion. Cut it into half and then slice it (not too thinly). Take off the stem of Portabella mushroom and slice it. Slice sausage.
3. Roll out or stretch out the pizza dough on a cookie sheet or baking sheet. I like to line the sheet with aluminum foil. Top the pizza with sliced spring onion, Portabella mushroom, and sausage. Put thyme leaves on the pizza. Drizzle olive oil over the pizza. Sprinkle salt and pepper over the pizza. Bake for 10 minutes.
4. Add cheese. Bake for 15-20 minutes. In the last 5 minutes or so, turn the heat up to 425 degrees. Watch carefully so the pizza won't get burned.

I like to add cheese after 10 minutes or so because it burns really easily and it just needs to melt and brown little bit. I would recommend not rolling out the pizza dough too thinly because the onion sweats down quite a bit and the dough can get soggy.

I served it with salad with balsamic vinegar dressing.