Stromboli

It's time for that stromboli recipe I promised you.  First of all, if you are the least bit confused as to the difference between calzone and stromboli, go here.  I had some questions and this cleared it right up for me.  I can tell you right now though, I love them both!  

I had a great time with Ken and Sherri learning how to make stromboli.  It turned out to be a lot easier to make, than the finished product looks.  Ok, that sounds a little awkward, but you know what I mean, right?  Now, I'm going to take you through it step by step, so you can be impressed too. 

Start out with fresh delicious ingredients, like canadian bacon, pepperoni, tomato slices, basil, fresh mozzerella and shredded asiago cheese.

Make your favorite pizza dough recipe.  Here's one, and here's another you might like, if you need a good recipe.  I understand you can buy dough in some groceries stores, but it's really easy to make at home.

Roll the dough into a rectangular-ish shape.  Then you cut down both sides evenly, leaving space in the middle for the fillings.

Spread pizza sauce first, and then start layering on the goodies.

Is this starting to look great, or what?  I bet you've already thought to yourself,... yummy!  Sherri topped this masterpiece with fresh mozzarella slices, which in my opinion always takes pizza over the top! 

Now, comes the fun part.  Watch Ken wrap it all up!

Start at the end and pull the strips to the center, overlapping as you go.

When you get to the end, if you have a little dough left, tuck the rest under the bottom of the stromboli, making sure you have the fillings sealed in.   You don't want all the goodness in the center to end up on the pan.

Brush the stromboli with olive oil and bake in hot oven at 400 degrees.

Thanks guys for the stromboli lesson and for dinner.  It was molto delizioso!

 When I returned home from my vacation, this was the first new recipe I tried.  The pizza crust is my husband's favorite part of a pizza and I knew he would love this stromboli, because it's a lot of crust with a little filling.  I think there's just something about braided bread dough that looks so special, don't you?  And when a recipe is as easy to make as this stromboli, yet looks like you've done something really difficult, well, that's fun too.  Go ahead and impress your friends and family.  Make stromboli tonight!