Or Something To Eat While We Hide From the Cold
We're taking a look at a delicious, grab-and-go dinner that's great for parties. Looking through our recipes, we were thinking about something that would work best for the Superbowl parties that people are already planning. This sausage bread is great for just that, as you can make several of them now, and freeze them ahead of time to be ready for the game.
This recipe comes in two parts. The first, is for making sweet Italian sausage because it is remarkably difficult to find in the Dallas area. The second is for the delicious sausage bread that is going to have you making the sausage on a regular basis.
Ingredients for Sweet Italian Sausage:
3 lbs ground pork
3 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 ¼ Tbsp dried parsley
1 Tbsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp onion powder
1 Tbso dried basil
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp freshly cracked black pepper
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
¾ tsp ground fennel seed
¼ tsp brown sugar
⅛ tsp dried oregano
⅛ tsp dried thyme
Ingredients for the Sausage Rolls:
2 Tbsp olive oil, plus more for brushing
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
4 ounces Genoa salami
2 cups shredded whole milk mozzarella (roughly 8 ounces)
Vegetable oil cooking spray
flour for the work surface
Oregano - for the surface
minced garlic - for the surface
frozen pizza dough (not the premade crusts, the actual dough is what you want here. Alternatively, you can make your own dough.)
Recipe:
For making the sausage, add the pork and vinegar to a large bowl and then sprinkle the spices all over the top. Scrub down your hands and, if you like, put on some gloves. Mix the pork until the spices are thoroughly incorporated throughout the pork. Divide the pork into one-pound sections. Put one pound aside for the recipe, and the other two into separate freezer bags. These will freeze for 6-12 months and can be used for many different recipes.
Now let’s move on to making the actual sausage roll.
-Start by preheating your oven to 340* F. Nope it's not a typo. It works for this recipe.
- Heat the olive oil in a medium saute pan over medium-high heat, add the sausage and cook until brown, 12-15 minutes, breaking it up as it cooks.
- Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sausage to a medium bowl and let cool. Once cool, add the salami and mozzarella, mixing with your hands.
- Spray a half-sheet pan with cooking spray.
-On a floured surface, roll out your dough into one long 18 x 6 inch oval. Brush the dough with olive oil and sprinkle the sausage mixture all over. Make sure to leave a 1-inch wide perimeter uncovered, as that will be important later.
- Gently stretch one long side of the dough and fold it so that it covers half the mixture. Tuck in the short ends to trap all that meat inside and roll it onto itself so the seam of the dough is on the bottom. (Think of it like making cinnamon rolls, instead of like making a burrito.)
-Carefully and gently transfer the log to the prepared sheet pan and curve it into a slight crescent. (You want it to look more like a ( and less like a C .) Poke holes along the top with a fork to release the steam while it's cooking. Brush the top of the bread with a mixture of melted butter and sprinkle with oregano and garlic.
- Pop the bread into the oven and cook for 20 minutes. At this point, the top should be lightly brown.
Let it rest for 10 minutes, and then slice it into 1-inch rounds.
-You can actually freeze this one up to 2 months in advance. For that you'll follow all of the steps up until you transfer it to the prepared sheet. Instead, you'll wrap the roll in tin foil and then tightly wrap that in plastic wrap. When you're ready to eat, thaw it completely at room temperature for 3 hours, remove the plastic wrap and bake it still wrapped in the foil at 350*F for 15 minutes.
You can serve this with bolognese sauce, ranch or anything else you might put on top of your pizza. Personally, your blogger is fond of ranch. Let us know on the Facebook page what you serve yours with!
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