Easy Recipe for Italian Sausage Bread
Giving a unique twist to the normal mix of sausages and bread, below is a mouth watering Italian sausage bread recipe which you can prepare from the comfort of home. This bread recipe uses pre-made pizza dough, but if you've got more time to spare you can prepare the bread dough too.
On your shopping list, you'll need:
- 1 regular pizza dough
- 1/2 kilogram of Italian sausages
- 1 teaspoon, or about 5 grams, of red chili flakes
- 5 grams of diced parsley leaves
- 5 grams of diced thyme leaves
- 150 grams of chopped onions (1 cup)
- 10 grams of yellow cornmeal
- 5 grams of chopped garlic
- 350 grams of grated mozzarella cheese
- 1 normal-sized egg
- 2 tablespoons of water
- 5 ml of olive oil
- Salt to taste
Prepare your oven before cooking the stuffing:
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Take an 8x12 inch pan and bread sheet, and dust half the cornmeal inside it.
To prepare the stuffing:
- In a nonstick pan, heat the olive oil on medium heat (you could use normal refined oil, but Italian and olive oil kind of go together).
- Put the sausages in the pan and allow them to cook for a period of time so that they are cooked all the way through and brown on top. Turn regularly in between to ensure they cook evenly.
- Add the onions and let them cook for a few minutes till they are soft and transparent.
- Add the garlic and leave it to cook for one or two minutes.
- Add the chopped thyme and parsley to the mix and let them cook for 1 minute.
- Add some salt and stir well so the sausages are covered in herbs.
- Add the red chili flakes, mix well and take the pan off the heat.
- Let the mix cool before using.
For the bread loaf:
- Thaw the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the left-over cornmeal on a level surface and knead the dough to a 10x14 inch rectangle.
- Mix the egg with water.
- Use the egg-water mix to brush the sides of the dough (an inch on each side).
- Sprinkle 1/2 the mozzarella cheese on the dough.
- Spread the sausage and herb mix on the cheese and sprinkle the rest of the cheese over it.
- Roll the edges of the dough over the filling in a jelly roll manner and seal the sides well.
- Brush some of the egg-water mix on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 40 minutes till the top crust is glossy golden brown.
- Allow the bread to cool on a wire rack before cutting in slices to serve.
You can serve this Italian sausage bread with butter, salsa or even as a side dish with gravy.
On your shopping list, you'll need:
- 1 regular pizza dough
- 1/2 kilogram of Italian sausages
- 1 teaspoon, or about 5 grams, of red chili flakes
- 5 grams of diced parsley leaves
- 5 grams of diced thyme leaves
- 150 grams of chopped onions (1 cup)
- 10 grams of yellow cornmeal
- 5 grams of chopped garlic
- 350 grams of grated mozzarella cheese
- 1 normal-sized egg
- 2 tablespoons of water
- 5 ml of olive oil
- Salt to taste
Prepare your oven before cooking the stuffing:
- Preheat the oven to 180C.
- Take an 8x12 inch pan and bread sheet, and dust half the cornmeal inside it.
To prepare the stuffing:
- In a nonstick pan, heat the olive oil on medium heat (you could use normal refined oil, but Italian and olive oil kind of go together).
- Put the sausages in the pan and allow them to cook for a period of time so that they are cooked all the way through and brown on top. Turn regularly in between to ensure they cook evenly.
- Add the onions and let them cook for a few minutes till they are soft and transparent.
- Add the garlic and leave it to cook for one or two minutes.
- Add the chopped thyme and parsley to the mix and let them cook for 1 minute.
- Add some salt and stir well so the sausages are covered in herbs.
- Add the red chili flakes, mix well and take the pan off the heat.
- Let the mix cool before using.
For the bread loaf:
- Thaw the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the left-over cornmeal on a level surface and knead the dough to a 10x14 inch rectangle.
- Mix the egg with water.
- Use the egg-water mix to brush the sides of the dough (an inch on each side).
- Sprinkle 1/2 the mozzarella cheese on the dough.
- Spread the sausage and herb mix on the cheese and sprinkle the rest of the cheese over it.
- Roll the edges of the dough over the filling in a jelly roll manner and seal the sides well.
- Brush some of the egg-water mix on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 40 minutes till the top crust is glossy golden brown.
- Allow the bread to cool on a wire rack before cutting in slices to serve.
You can serve this Italian sausage bread with butter, salsa or even as a side dish with gravy.
About the Author:
About the Author: Sebastian Manning is a "barking-mad baker". Sebastian has been using his family diaries to cook fresh, healthy bread recipes for most of his adult life. For more delicious bread recipes, visit Sebastian's bread recipe blog where you will find his awesome Sausage bread recipe.