Easy Recipe for Italian Sausage Bread
Giving a new twist to the traditional combination of sausages and bread, here's a mouth-watering Italian sausage bread recipe that you can prepare in your own home. This bread recipe uses ready-made pizza dough, but if you have more time on hand you can prepare the bread dough yourself as well.
On your shopping list, you will need:
- 1 regular pizza dough
- 1/2 kg 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 regular-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 bread pan and baking sheet, and dust half the cornmeal inside it.
To prepare the stuffing:
- In a non stick pan, heat the olive oil over a gentle heat (you may use standard refined oil, but Italian and olive oil typically 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 chopped garlic and let it cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
- Add the chopped thyme and parsley leaves to the mix and let them cook for a minute.
- Add some salt and stir so that the sausages are coated with the herbs.
- Add the red chili flakes, mix again and remove from the heat.
- Let the mix cool before using.
For the bread loaf:
- Thaw the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the leftover cornmeal on a leveled surface and knead the dough over it to a 10x14 in. rectangle.
- Mix the egg with water.
- Use the egg-water mix to brush the sides of the dough (an inch on each side).
- Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese on the prepared dough.
- Spread the sausage and herb mix on the cheese and sprinkle the rest of the cheese over it.
- Roll the dough over the mix in a jelly roll style and seal the edges well.
- Brush some of the egg-water mix on top.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for approx. forty (40) minutes 'til the top crust is glossy golden brown in color.
- Cool the bread on a wire rack then cut 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 will need:
- 1 regular pizza dough
- 1/2 kg 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 regular-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 bread pan and baking sheet, and dust half the cornmeal inside it.
To prepare the stuffing:
- In a non stick pan, heat the olive oil over a gentle heat (you may use standard refined oil, but Italian and olive oil typically 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 chopped garlic and let it cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
- Add the chopped thyme and parsley leaves to the mix and let them cook for a minute.
- Add some salt and stir so that the sausages are coated with the herbs.
- Add the red chili flakes, mix again and remove from the heat.
- Let the mix cool before using.
For the bread loaf:
- Thaw the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the leftover cornmeal on a leveled surface and knead the dough over it to a 10x14 in. rectangle.
- Mix the egg with water.
- Use the egg-water mix to brush the sides of the dough (an inch on each side).
- Sprinkle half of the mozzarella cheese on the prepared dough.
- Spread the sausage and herb mix on the cheese and sprinkle the rest of the cheese over it.
- Roll the dough over the mix in a jelly roll style and seal the edges well.
- Brush some of the egg-water mix on top.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for approx. forty (40) minutes 'til the top crust is glossy golden brown in color.
- Cool the bread on a wire rack then cut 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 create fresh, healthy bread recipes for almost all of his grown up life. For more delectable bread recipes, visit Sebastian's bread recipe blog where you can find his awesome Sausage bread recipe.