Pizza Pretzel

By Tbird

Ingredients

• Pizza dough
• 1 1/2 c shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 c basil leaves, torn
• 1 c pepperoni, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• Coarse salt
• 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce
• Salt & pepper

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut pizza dough into 4 equal pieces and roll each into a rectangle. Scatter the cheese, torn basil and pepperoni over the dough. Brush one of the long sides with a little egg wash them, starting with the opposite side, roll the dough into a long, enclosing the toppings inside. Shape the log into a pretzel and transfer to a baking sheet.

Brush the top of the pizza pretzel with remaining egg wash and sprinkle with coarse salt. Bake until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

While the pizza pretzel is baking, heat tomato sauce.

Serve the pizza pretzel with the tomato sauce alongside.