Description
A family-sized appetizer that’s perfect for the holiday crowds. Featuring Italian deli favorites and a tangy sun dried tomato ketchup sauce, wrapped up in a soft pizza dough crust.
Ingredients
Scale
- 16 oz pizza crust
- 4 oz sliced provelone
- 3 links (approx 10 oz) Italian sausage (sweet or spicy depending on your taste)
- 8 oz sliced fresh mozzarella cheese
- 4 oz Canadian bacon slices
- 2 oz sliced salami or soppressata
- 1/2 cup Traina Sun Dried Tomato Ketchup
- 2 Tbs chiffonade fresh basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450F
- Roll pizza crust into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface, approximately 12 x 18 inches. Allow to re-rise while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Cook the Italian sausages in casings in a sauté pan until cooked through. Once they’re cooked, remove casings and chop sausages.
- Next step is to layer all of the ingredients on top of the crust. Everything will be placed in layers lengthwise down the center of the 12 inch side (see picture for reference).
- Layers, starting at the bottom: provolone, ham, salami, sausage, mozzarella, ketchup and basil. (Do not sub standard ketchup in place of the Traina Sun Dried Tomato ketchup, as it has a very different consistency and flavor profile).
- Next, the edges flanking out from the center, cut slits from center outward, spaced 2 inches apart. Starting at one end, pick up two of the cut edges and pull up and over the fillings and create a cris-crossed placement. Continue braiding cut edges across the fillings until you come to the other end. It should look like a big braid down the center of a large loaf.
- Move the loaf to a baking pan and bake in the oven for 15 to 18 minutes, until crust is cooked and browned.
- Once cooking is completed, remove from oven and place on a presentable cutting board. Cut into long slices and serve.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Category: Appetizer
- Cuisine: Italian