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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In frying pan, brown sausage over medium high heat. | 2. Drain drippings and let cool. | 3. Mix 2 eggs, basil, fennel seeds and mozzarella into cooled sausage and set aside. | 4. In large bowl, combine 5 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. | 5. In small sauce pan, heat water, milk and butter until hot to the touch (about 125°), and stir into dry mixture. | 6. Mix in only enough of the reserved 1 cup of flour to make a soft dough. | 7. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic (about 8-10 minutes). | 8. Cover dough and let rest for about 10 minutes. | 9. Divide dough in half, set one half aside. | 10. Roll half the dough into a 6" x 18" rectangle. | 11. Spoon half the sausage mixture evenly over the dough to within a 1/2 of the edges. | 12. Fold the dough over the sausage filling and overlap the dough by about 1 1/2", seal seam and ends by pinching dough together. | 13. Carefully transfer filled dough to a greased baking sheet in a horseshoe shape. | 14. With a very sharp knife or razor, make slashes in the top of dough about 1/2" deep and about 2" apart. | 15. Repeat rolling and filling with remaining piece of dough. | 16. Beat remaining egg and brush over both loves of bread. | 17. Lightly sprinkle 1 TB of Locatelli or Parmesan cheese over each loaf (optional). | 18. Cover loaves and let rise until doubled (about 40-50 minutes). | 19. Bake in preheated 375° oven for about 25-30 minutes or until done. | 20. Remove from baking sheets and cool slightly. | 21. Serve warm. | 22. Refrigerate leftovers. | 23. Bread can be made a day ahead of time and then warmed in the oven before serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
italian sausage link	2	lbs	sweet	806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
basil	1	teaspoon	dried	0.2032	0.0234	0.0278	0.0057
fennel seed	1/2	teaspoon		3.45	0.5229	0.158	0.1487
mozzarella cheese	1	lb	grated	1469.641	123.46799999999999	61.5072	81.0571
flour	6	cups		3469.68	759.6324	56.406000000000006	13.4616
sugar	2	tablespoons		110.124	27.5448	0.0	0.0
salt	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
yeast	1	envelope		-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
milk	1/2	cup		74.42	5.8316	3.843	3.9894
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
parmesan cheese	2	tablespoons	grated	37.0	4.0	4.0	0.5

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.