Obviously this is old news but I'm a little behind on starting this Superbowl recipe post. Since half the fun of the Superbowl is making a bunch of appetizers and snacking all day (at least that's half the fun for me) I've got some great recipes to share with you.
To start off - here are six recipes from the archives in honor of each of the Steelers past Superbowl victories!
Since the Steelers are attempting to win their 7th championship game, here's a 7th recipe for spicy sausage pizza roulade.
This recipe is really easy and essentially a rolled up pizza, so you can change up the filling to whatever your favorite pizza toppings are. I would recommend staying away from things with a high water content though, like pineapple if it's on the top of your list, so that you don't end up with soggy bread. You can use any bread dough you want for this - a standard pizza crust from scratch or even roll out a dough like Pillsbury's French bread dough, they even have one that doesn't contain any high fructose corn syrup or trans fats. That's what I used for this one since I didn't have any pizza dough ready to go and I had a coupon to try their Simply Rustic French bread dough.
12 oz hot ground Italian sausage
1 green bell pepper, diced
1/2 red onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 pizza or french bread dough
1 tsp pizza seasoning
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1 cup shredded pizza or mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
2 T butter, softened
1 tsp garlic powder
Pizza sauce for serving
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with baking spray or line with parchment paper.
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add sausage and crumble as it browns. After about 2 minutes, add onions, peppers and garlic. Cook until sausage is just cooked through and vegetables are softened. Remove from heat and drain any grease off the sausage. Lightly flour a smooth counter surface and roll out dough into a large rectangle, about 12x18 inches. Evenly sprinkle pizza seasoning and crushed red pepper flakes over dough. Spoon sausage mixture onto bottom third to half of the long edge of the dough, leaving an edge of about one inch open at the outside. Next add cheeses directly next to the sausage mixture on the 2nd third of the dough, a little overlap is fine. The final third should be open.
Begin rolling from sausage side, rolling the dough gently into a long tube. Pinch the seams to seal the dough and place the dough seam side down on prepared pan. Fold the ends under slightly, pinching to seal the ends. Bake about 25 minutes and remove from oven. Add garlic powder to melted butter and brush over the top of the bread dough and return to the oven for about five more minutes until golden brown. Cool at least 5-10 minutes before slicing into 1/2 inch thick slices. Serve with warmed pizza sauce.
Yay! Thanks for all the great ideas! We "might" be hosting a party--last minute so I really appreciate the inspiration! We'll definitely have beer fondue on the list! :)
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