Wonderful Winter Pizza

Though we're in the beginning of spring, this was a dish I first made in winter with mostly local ingredients. The key is the lamb sausage with spinach and feta from Jamison's Farm. You could use another sausage with some feta and spinach in it (such as chicken) or use a hearty Italian, but the Jamison's lamb really makes the dish. I get it at Fair Foods Farm Stand (of course.)

Serves 4-5

Ingredients:
about 1 lb. lamb sausage with feta and spinach, sliced as thinly as possible. (Easier to do if the sausage is still a little frozen.)
3 med. onions, thinly sliced
about 1/4 c. sherry or white wine (could use water if not on hand)
garlic--either 1 head or 1/4 c. garlic scape tapenade if available (spring/summer thing); garlic finely minced
1/3 c. olive oil + 4T
4 oz. feta cheese
1 whole wheat pizza dough (for 18 in. standard pizza)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 F

1. Combine the garlic with the 1/3 cup of oil. (I had an old jar of garlic scape tapenade--just crushed scapes in oil really--that was still good from summer. Used that once and it was awesome.) Let sit while you do the rest of the prep.
2. Slice your onions and saute them in 3 T olive oil on high; when soft reduce heat to low and caramelize for at least 10 min. Occasionally (2 or 3 times) deglaze the pan with sherry or wine or water. Just enough liquid to loosen whatever's sticking.
3. In 1 T of oil, saute sausage on med to low heat, stirring occasionally. Best if in cast iron skillet. Cook until all liquid is gone from pan and sausage is getting a little crispy.
4. While your onions and sausage are cooking, work on rolling out your pizza dough (or get someone to help you with it.)
5. When the pizza dough is spread, sprinkle corn meal on your pizza pan or cookie sheet and then put the rolled dough on it.
6. Using a brush, cover the pizza dough with the oil-garlic mixture. If you need to, spoon out the garlic and spread it. Don't just use the oil.
7. Spread the cooked onions across the pizza.
8. Spread the cooked sausage across the pizza.
9. Crumble the feta cheese across it evenly.
10. Place pizza in oven and cook until edge of crust is nicely brown -- around 10 min.

Let cool slightly. I usually serve it with a local hothouse greens (in winter) with a Balsamic vinaigrette. The pizza is quite rich and 1-2 pieces is plenty for a serving, assuming 8 pieces from the pie.