Italian Sausage Bread

Italian Sausage Bread is a cheesy and delicious recipe using pizza dough rolled up with mozzarella cheese and cooked Italian sausage. Serve this as an appetizer or main course with a side of marinara sauce for dipping.

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 426kcal

Author Angela Allison

Equipment

baking sheet

Ingredients

1 pound Italian Sausage (casings removed)
1 medium onion, diced
1 pound pizza dough (enough for one large pizza)
1 ½ cups shredded mozzarella
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
1 egg, beaten
½ teaspoon Italian seasoning

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
In a large skillet over medium high heat, cook the sausage and diced onions until the sausage is browned and the onions are translucent; about 5-7 minutes. Drain off any excess oil and set aside to cool slightly.
Place the pizza dough on a lightly floured surface. Use a floured rolling pin to roll the dough into a 12 x 16 inch rectangle. Spread the cooled sausage and onion mixture on top of the dough leaving about an inch border all around. Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
Brush the edges of the dough with the beaten egg. Roll up the dough, starting on the longer end, until you have rolled dough into a pinwheel shape. Carefully move the bread roll to the prepared baking pan. Brush the top with remaining egg mixture and sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
Bake on the center rack of preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes, or until the top of the bread is golden brown in color. Remove from oven and let sit on a wire cooling rack for 10 minutes, before slicing into rounds. Serve with marinara sauce on the side (optional).

Notes

- You can easily make your own pizza dough for this recipe using my small batch pizza dough recipe. You can also use store-bought pizza dough, defrosted bread dough, or even a tube of pizza dough.

- To make ahead, prepare the sausage and onion mixture and refrigerate. Then roll in the pizza dough and bake when ready to use.

- Store leftover Italian sausage bread in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days.

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