Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica Recipe

ingredients

1 loaf (2 foot long size) French bread
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 package frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
salt and pepper
1 1/2 cup part skim ricotta cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/2 pound sweet sopressata sausage, from the deli, sliced thick, chopped
1/2 stick pepperoni, chopped
1 package (10 ounce size) shredded mozzarella cheese
1 package (10 ounce size) shredded provolone cheese
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

Split bread lengthwise and hollow it out. Cut in half across, making shells for pizzas.

Heat a skillet over medium high flame, then brown and crumble sausage in extra-virgin olive oil. Add red bell pepper, onion and garlic. Cook 3 to 5 minutes, then add spinach.

Remove mixture from heat and season with a pinch of salt and black pepper, to your taste. Transfer to a bowl.

Combine sausage and veggies with ricotta, Parmesan, sopressata and pepperoni. Fill bread shells and top with mounded mozzarella and provolone cheeses.

Place in hot oven on cookie sheet and bake until cheese melts and bubbles and bread is super crisp, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Top pizzas with oregano and hot pepper flakes. Serve immediately.

nutrition data

Nutritional data has not been calculated yet.