Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Destination: Couch

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (130)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(130)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 35 min

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Ingredients

1 (2 foot long) loaf French bread
1 pound sweet Italian sausage
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
1 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1 small onion, chopped
2 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 package frozen chopped spinach defrosted and squeezed dry
Salt and pepper
1 1/2 cups part skim ricotta
1/2 cup grated Parmesan
1/2 pound sweet sopressata, from the deli, sliced thick, chopped
1/2 stick pepperoni, chopped
1 sack (10 ounces) shredded mozzarella
1 sack (10 ounces) shredded provolone
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Directions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.

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!

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recipe Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica
laurie portland, OR 03-15-2010
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Fantastic, but scale down if its for 2
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this for dinner tonight, with a few modifications. First i used a whole wheat french bread loaf, it was amazing. I... also replaced the sweet sopressata with genoa salami and substituted the mozzarella & provolone with an italian 4 cheese blend. Also i used fresh baby spinach instead of the frozen. Overall this was a great dinner, however it was much to much for my boyfriend myself. It is very flavorful and extremely filling! I would love to make this again but not till we have some people over!Read more
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michele columbus, GA 10-17-2009
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this is the BEST EVER
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This pizza is the Greatest ever....it is soo good a and full of flavor....my friends and family request me to make it....i... also have gotten my co-workers hooked on itRead more
recipe Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica
Jessica Omaha, NE 04-29-2009
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Not Bad!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Pretty tasty. Kind of expensive when you add all those ingredients though!
recipe Super Stuffed French Bread Pizza Rustica
Dana Otsego, MN 11-06-2008
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Good flavor, kind of heavy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

No, it was REALLY heavy! Tasted great though. Everyone in my family loves pizza so I made a double batch and have lots of... leftovers! I'll make this again.Read more
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Christine Charlotte, NC 10-05-2008
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Pretty good...
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

These pizzas turned out ok, but I wouldn't rave about it. It was expensive to get all of the ingredients and not worth it... for me. I served it with marinara dipping sauce, which helped. I don't plan to make this again.Read more
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Lynette Plantersville, TX 06-14-2008
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This was the BEST!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We just got finish eating these. I couldn't find the sausage but I did substute it with an italian link sausage. I cut the... skin off it and cut into small cubes. The only thing I could think that this recipe needed was black olives. Which we added and it was great! Even my daughter who is 7 loved it!Read more