The Works Pizza Bread
From midgelet 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 6
The deep hollow created by emptying the bread is filled with lots of goodies, and this becomes a deep-dish pizza. Easy and most delcious!
Ingredients
- 1 18 x 4-inch 1-pound French bread shopping list
- 12 ounces sweet Italian sausage, casings removed shopping list
- 1 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed very dry shopping list
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons purchased pesto sauce shopping list
- 1/2 pound mozzarella cheese, coarsely grated shopping list
- 3 4 3/4-ounce cans eggplant appetizer (caponata) shopping list
- 3/4 cup purchased marinara sauce or pizza sauce shopping list
How to make it
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375°F.
- Horizontally,cut off top 1/3 of bread and reserve for another use.
- Scoop or cutout interior of bread, leaving 1/2-inch shell.
- Place shell on large baking sheet.
- Fry sausage in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat until
- cooked through, breaking up with fork, about 10 minutes.
- Drain all fat from skillet.
- Combine spinach and 1/2 cup pesto in small bowl.
- Sprinkle half of cheese over bottom of bread shell.
- Spread spinach mixture over cheese.
- Arrange sausage evenly over spinach layer.
- Spread eggplant appetizer over.
- Bake pizza until filling is heated through, about 20 minutes.
- Combine marinara sauce with remaining cheese and spread over top of pizza.
- Dot with remaining 2 tablespoons pesto.
- Bake until cheese melts and topping bubbles, about 12 minutes.
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
What a fun and easy thing to do with a loaf of bread, midge! You most-assuredly have my thanks and my five.
Lorraine
lacrenshaw
in Horsham loved it
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OMG Midge, this sounds sooo tasty, from the spinach/pesto to the caponata topping! Can't wait to give it a try!
P.S. Hope you are enjoying your vacation!
juels
in Clayton loved it
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sounds heavenly
karlyn255
in Ypsilanti loved it
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