ITALIAN LOAF
A bread recipe for ITALIAN LOAF.
Ingredients
- 1 cn Refrigerated prepared pizza crust dough (10 oz)
- 4 c Mozzarella cheese; grated
- 1 lb Spicy pork sausage, browned and drained
- 1/2 c Tomato sauce
- 1 ts Oregano flakes
- 1/2 ts Basil flakes
- 1 pk Frozen spinach; thawed and drained
- 1 Egg; lightly beaten
- 1 7 oz jar diced pimientos; drained
- 1 pk Sliced pepperoni; 3 oz
- 12 Large pimiento-stuffed green olives, cut in half
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400F.
- 2
Unroll dough and cut off one-fourth of dough crosswise; set aside.
- 3
Line a greased 9 1/4x5 1/4x2 1/2-inch loaf pan with the large piece of dough.
- 4
Moisten the dough with water at corners and press to seal.
- 5
Place one-half of the cheese on the bottom of the dough and top with sausage.
- 6
Spoon tomato sauce over sausage and sprinkle with oregano and basil.
- 7
Combine spinach with egg and spread over tomato sauce.
- 8
Layer pimientos on top of spinach and top with remaining cheese.
- 9
Arrange the pepperoni on top of the cheese layer.
- 10
Top with olive halves.
- 11
Cover filling with reserved dough and crimp edges of dough to seal.
- 12
Cut slits in top of dough to allow steam to escape.
- 13
Bake 50 minutes or until crust is well browned (if crust browns too quickly, cover loosely with aluminum foil).
- 14
Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan and cutting into slices.