Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica

Recipe Ingredients

1		Loaf French bread - (abt 24")
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Sweet Italian sausage
1 tablespoon	15ml	Extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon	15ml	Red bell pepper - seeded, chopped (small)
1 tablespoon	15ml	Onion - chopped (small)
2 tablespoons	30ml	Garlic cloves - chopped (large)
1		Frozen chopped spinach - defrosted, and
		Squeezed dry
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 1/2 cups	355ml	Part skim ricotta
1/2 cup	118ml	Grated Parmesan
1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Thich-sliced sweet sopressata - chopped
1/2		Pepperoni - chopped
1		Bag shredded mozzarella - (10 oz)
1		Bag shredded provolone - (10 oz)
1 teaspoon	5ml	Dried oregano
1 teaspoon	5ml	Crushed red pepper flakes

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

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!

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
30 MINUTE MEALS with Rachael Ray - (Show # TM-1E24) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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