Description:

Pizza dough stuffed with sausage & cheese

Source:

Angela Creighton

Serves/Makes:2 loaves

Ingredients

• Dough:
• 3-1/2 cups (825 ml) flour
• scant tbsp. salt
• 1 envelope yeast
• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) warm water (120 to 125 degrees)
• olive oil
• Filling:
• 1 lb (.5 kg). Italian sweet sausage
• 2 8 oz (224 grm). packages shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) grated romano cheese
• 2 tsp (10 ml). parsley
• 1 tsp (5 ml). garlic powder

Preparation

• DOUGH:
• Combine flour and salt in large bowl.
• Make a well in center of bowl and add yeast to well.
• Add warm water on top of yeast.
• Stir until dough forms.
• Sprinkle more flour on dough and knead for 10 minutes or until dough is no longer sticky, adding more flour as necessary.
• Coat another bowl with olive oil.
• Transfer dough to that bowl.
• Rub olive oil on top of dough.
• Cover with a towel and let rise for two hours.
• FILLING:
• Remove sausage from casing.
• Brown sausage, breaking it up with a fork.
• Drain fat.
• Transfer to a bowl.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees (175 C.).
• Divide dough in half.
• Roll out each half into a rectangle.
• Divide sausage filling in half.
• Spread sausage filling on top of each, leaving a one inch border.
• Fold short sides of dough in.
• Roll up long side of dough jelly roll fashion.
• Seal by pressing down seam gently.
• Place seam side down on greased cookie sheets.
• Bake 30 to 45 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 10 minutes before slicing.

Comments

Can also make miniature size rolls, following basic directions.