STUFFED FRENCH BREAD PIZZA

By bklynmommy

Ingredients

• 1 French bread loaf
• 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 2 green onions, chopped
• 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup shredded cheese
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• Dash ground black pepper

Details

Adapted from letsdishrecipes.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. With serrated knife, cut top out of bread (remember how they used to do it at Subway?). Save the top and hollow the center of the bread out slightly; set aside on large baking sheet. Brown the sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onions and bell peppers and cook for an additional 5 minutes, or until vegetables start to soften. Stir in cream cheese, sour cream, shredded cheese (cheddar and mozarella are both good choices), red pepper flakes and ground black pepper. Cook until cheese are melted and smooth. Fill bread with hot sausage mixture and replace top. Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until bread is crusty. Slice and serve.

Let's Dish
My son helped me come up with this recipe when it was his turn to choose the dinner menu. He prefers a version stuffed with pepperoni. That's the great thing about this recipe. You can use any of your favorite pizza toppings. When we make a pepperoni version, we replace the sour cream with marinara sauce. This recipe makes enough to generously fill the longest loaf of French bread. If you're using a shorter loaf, you'll probably have enough filling for two pizzas. If you'd like the bread to come out less crusty, cover the pizza with foil during cooking. You'll just need to increase the cooking time a bit. It's fun to make individual sized versions of this using regular sub buns.