- 8 4-inch-diameter portobello mushrooms, stemmed, dark gills scraped away
- Olive oil
- 3 sweet Italian sausages (about 10 ounces), casings removed
- Dried crushed red pepper
- 1 cup purchased marinara sauce
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 8 fresh basil leaves (optional)
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush mushrooms with oil; arrange rounded side down on baking sheet. Bake mushrooms until almost tender, about 8 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.
- Sauté sausage in medium skillet over medium-high heat until brown and cooked through, breaking up sausage with back of spoon, about 6 minutes. Using slotted spoon, remove sausage from skillet.
- Divide sausage among mushrooms. Top each with crushed red pepper, then 2 tablespoons sauce and 2 tablespoons mozzarella cheese.
- Bake mushroom pizzas until heated through, about 10 minutes. Top each with basil leaf, if desired.