Submitted by dstroy on January 23, 2005 - 8:06pm

Strombolini


Recipe adapted from Brother Juniper's Bread Book.
My husband worked at the Br. Juniper's bakery in HS so we've eaten a lot of these things.

The basic idea is that taking a good filling and a good dough and bake them together, how can you go wrong? Think savory cinnamon roll, but use your imagination: you could use any dough and any number of fillings.

The bakery used to make a veggie version on a roasted pepper bread and a meat version on an herb bread. Here I've adapted the meat version to use up what we happened to have in the fridge (some extra Kabanosa, which I've seen called a "Polish Slim-Jim"). I think the bakery used to use some kind of salami. Sausage would be good too.

Anyway, on to the actual recipe:

Oreganato Bread

4 C flour
3/8 C polenta (course ground corn meal.. if you don't have it just use regular corn meal)
2 t granulated garlic or 2 T crushed fresh garlic (I used el cheapo garlic powder)
3 t dried parsley
2 t dried oregano
1 t black pepper (if you have a pepper mill, use it... it is way better when you get little nuggets of pepper every now and then)
1 T instant yeast
1 T salt
1 1/4 - 1 3/4 C water

Mix all the dry, add water and mix until you've got something you can knead, then knead it for approx. 10 minutes. Let it rise for 1 1/2 hours.

Roll it out flat and top with whatever you have. This time I used:

Chopped onion
Green olives
Cheese (chedder and mozarella, today. Swiss and jack previously)
Sausage bits

Other recommended toppings:
Roasted red peppers
Good sprouts (they used to use these big mung bean sprouts that were *so* good... nothing like those little alfalfa sprouts that are like getting pubes in your teeth)
Garlic (as long as you don't mind stinking)
Artichoke hearts

Roll it up and slice it into 1 inch thick slices. It'll spill, but no sweat: just dump anything that pours out on top. Let rise for 1 1/2 hours then bake for 1/2 an hour at 350.

You also don't need to slice it before baking it. For parties at the bakery they would roll one up and bake it whole, then just slice it off as people wanted some. It was quite impressive. I find that the little ones are much easier to deal w/ though.

Enjoy. Let me know if you try any other fillings.

These are great for throwing in the freezer and then you can take them to work with you for lunch! They thaw out by lunch, and then 30 seconds in the microwave and it's mmmm..mmmm goodness.

Re: yummy Strombolini

I have a feeling Amy and I will be giving this one a test run next week, d.

it sounds like the kind of stuff the girls like here. :-)

Re: yummy Strombolini

oooh I made these the other night and they were SO GOOD. I put in hot turkey sausage, a lot of cheese and broccoli. I think I overcooked them a little, and next time I need to cook them closer together, but they still turned out really good.

Re: yummy Strombolini

I've found what I'm making for dinner tonight.

Thanks!

Re: yummy Strombolini

Amy and I did make this Saturday afternoon. We used green, pimento-stuffed olives, black olives, onion, mozzarella, and Italian sausage. I added parmesan cheese into the dough, which is something I used to do making my pizzas. We also brushed about a tablespoon of olive oil over the dough before putting the toppings on it.

So here's the attempt to get photos into the post. If it works like LJ, we ought to be good.

may i

may i add this to my website i am trying to collect some recipe my new york pizza sitef ofcourse i will give credit

Blast from the Past!

Thank you for posting your recipe and photos of those delcious looking Strombolini! For many years now I wanted to find a "Pizza Roll" recipe similar to those made by a bakery in Greensboro (now defunct I think). Your recipe looks as close as I'm ever going to find. I can't wait to try these!

Teresa

Mmmh, looks so delicous! I

Mmmh, looks so delicous! I just need to bake it soon!

1 x umrühren bitte  - http://kochtopf.twoday.net

Strombolini for dinner!

I saw this recipe mentioned in a recent thread requesting a "garlic cinnamon roll" type of thing.  Floyd referred to a recipe he thought would fit the bill--Stromboli.  Never heard of it.  Had to try it! 

For the filling, I used Italian sausage, artichoke hearts, onion, roasted red peppers, Romano, and lightly sauteed chopped garlic (about 7 cloves).

The dough was wonderful--I used the recipe straight up with the suggested fresh garlic rather than the alternative garlic powder.

The Stromboli turned out beautifully--fragrant and delicious.  My audience was quite pleased, especially since there was plenty to pack into tomorrow's lunch.

I think this would be a great thing to take to a pot-luck brunch.  It would be a welcome change to those ubiquitous, soggy, egg-breadcube-sausage baked things.

Thanks, Floyd.

melody

Melody, i'm about to try

Melody, i'm about to try this recipe. Are you talking about making the one listed in this thread or in another thread. And, did you let them rise and bake them as a stromboli or did you cut them into the strombolinis?

 TIA! 

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