Italian Broccoli Rabe Sausage Roll

This is a gourmet sausage roll in my eyes. It's filled with a delicious broccoli rabe and sausage filling to make this stuffed dough into a fabulous rolled sandwich baked to perfection!

This has all the taste of a great sandwich of these greens with homemade sausage, cheeses, garlic and extra virgin olive oil flavors. Of course you can leave the meat out if your vegetarian, not a problem at all, still perfectly delicious!

Of course you can add whatever you like to a sausage roll. We love broccoli rabe. It's tender part of the broccoli family. I boil it first only to get any dirt particles out. That's how mom did it. Then I saute it in a pan with olive oil and chopped garlic.
Cool it and add that to the cooked sausage.


This makes a delicious sandwich all in one rolled up glorious dough. You can make a whole meal out of this. Add a antipasto and some good Chianti and you're good to go.

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Italian Broccoli Rabe Sausage Roll

instructions:

1 fresh dough rolled out 12 x 8 around 1/4 inch thick

1 bunch of broccoli rabe washed and stems cut, (boil first for 1/2 hour  drain and then sauteed in garlic and 3 tablespoons of olive oil) cooled

4 links of loose sausage sliced and sauteed

2 teaspoons additional minced garlic

2 cups mozzarella shredded

4 tablespoons grating cheese

extra virgin olive oil

optional: 2 tablespoons marsala wine and 1/4 cup sliced mushrooms

In non stick pan add 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, add sausage, saute for 4 minutes, drain sausage oil out add the garlic for 1 minute and stir together. In the same pan, add 2 tablespoon of Marsala wine if using and mushrooms, stir in cooked broccoli rabe, mix everything together 

 Stretch out dough with floured hands, rest for around two minutes to a 12 x 8 x 1/4 inch rectangle. Evenly spread on the dough broccoli rabe mixture, add mozzarella and grating cheese on top. Roll up like a jelly roll tight, pinching both ends together to seal. Place on oiled sheet of foil with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, then onto a cookie sheet and bake on a 400 degree oven till browned around 40 minutes.

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