Pizza with Red Pepper, Garlic, and Sage

Mmm, picked the first fresh sage of the season from the garden this evening! Red peppers from the freezer as usual (if I stocked up on nothing else in my freezer, I would still make sure to have a big stash of red peppers). Here these two items are combined with fresh garlic in a Spanish-influenced pizza.

1 14-inch pizza crust
olive oil
1/2 cup tomato sauce
4-6 cloves garlic, minced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 1/2 tsp minced fresh sage
Salt and pepper to taste
3-4 oz. mozzarella, shredded or cubed

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Lightly paint the pizza crust with olive oil.

Spread the tomato sauce over the crust, then sprinkle with garlic, red pepper, and sage. Add salt and pepper to taste, then top with mozzarella. Bake for about 15 minutes, until the crust is done and the cheese begins to brown.

Serves 3-4.

Variations: If you'd like to add some meat to this, chorizo would be excellent. It is available (sometimes) at the Greenfield Farmers Coop from Not Your Ordinary Farm. Manchego cheese, if you happen to have some, would also be excellent in place some of the mozzarella.