Italian Sausage Bread

mozzarella cheese

🥗Healthier: part-skim mozzarella

💰Cheaper: provolone cheese

Part-skim mozzarella reduces calories while maintaining texture.

Italian sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Chicken sausage is lower in fat, while pork sausage is often less expensive.

Cut homemade Italian sausages into half-inch pieces.

Cook the sausage pieces over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes with a lid until cooked through.

Remove the sausage from the pan and set aside.

Mix 3 packets of active dry yeast with 1/4 cup warm water until dissolved.

Add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour to the yeast mixture and stir until combined.

Cover the mixture with plastic wrap and let it rise for 1 hour.

In a mixing bowl, combine 5 cups all-purpose flour with 1 and 1/4 cups water and the yeast mixture.

Add 1/2 teaspoon salt and mix until combined, adjusting with more water as needed.

Transfer the mixture to a stand mixer and knead until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.

Dust the surface with flour and shape the dough into a rectangle.

Arrange the cooked sausage pieces on the dough, leaving space around the edges.

Sprinkle 4 ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese over the sausage.

Roll the dough tightly, pinching the edges to seal.

Place the rolled dough seam-side down on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Cooking Techniques

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