Italian Stuffed Bread

Description

Stuffed bread that is a savory meal. We have had this at Zenari’s restaurant. It is great!

Ingredients

  • 1 (1 pound) loaf frozen bread dough, thawed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 16 slices mortadella
  • 12 slices provolone cheese
  • 12 thin slices capicola ham
  • 12 slices Genoa salami
  • 1 ½ cups sliced Roma tomatoes (Optional)
  • 1 ½ cups thinly sliced fresh mushrooms (Optional)
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Place dough in a large bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size
  2. 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  3. Roll dough into a 17×20-inch rectangle about 1/4-inch thick on a large piece of parchment paper. Brush olive oil over dough; sprinkle basil and oregano on top. Layer mortadella
  4. provolone cheese
  5. capicola ham
  6. Genoa salami
  7. tomatoes
  8. and mushrooms over dough.
  9. Roll dough lengthwise into a log. Brush the top with beaten egg; sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Transfer to a baking sheet. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise until puffy
  10. about 30 minutes.
  11. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown
  13. about 45 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before slicing.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 6

Leave a Comment