Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica
- 1 (2 foot long) loaf 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 large cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 package frozen chopped spinach defrosted and squeezed dry
- Salt and pepper
- 1 1/2 cups part skim ricotta
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/2 pound sweet sopressata, from the deli, sliced thick, chopped
- 1/2 stick pepperoni, chopped
- 1 sack (10 ounces) shredded mozzarella
- 1 sack (10 ounces) shredded provolone
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Split bread lengthwise and hollow it out.
- Cut in half across, making 4 shells for pizzas.
- Heat a skillet over medium high flame and brown sausage in extra-virgin olive oil.
- Brown and crumble sausage.
- Add red bell pepper, onion and garlic.
- Cook 3 to 5 minutes, 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, or snack all night!
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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/super-stuffed-french-bread-pizza-rustica-recipe.html (may not work)