World Flavors Cookbook

Quad City Style Pizza

A unique regional pizza from the Iowa/Illinois border featuring a malt-heavy, sweet dark crust, spicy tomato sauce, and fennel-heavy sausage ground into a fine crumble.

Cuisine: United States

Ingredients

• Malt-infused pizza dough
• Spicy tomato sauce
• Finely ground Italian sausage with heavy fennel
• Mozzarella cheese
• Dried herbs

Instructions

1. Stretch the dark, sweet dough.
2. Apply a thin layer of spicy sauce.
3. Cover with a thick layer of finely crumbled fennel sausage.
4. Top with mozzarella.
5. Bake until the crust is dark and edges are crisp.
6. Crucial: Cut into long strips using heavy-duty shears.