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                                ITALIAN LOAF
 
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 Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Meats                            Breads
                 Italian
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
    1      can           Refrigerated prepared pizza
    1      package       Frozen spinach -- (10 oz)
                         crust dough (10 oz)
                         thawed and drained
    4      cup           Mozzarella cheese -- grated
    1                    Egg -- lightly beaten
    1      pound         Spicy pork sausage -- browned
    1      7 oz jar      diced pimientos
                         and drained
                         drained
      1/2  cup           Tomato sauce
    1      package       Sliced pepperoni -- 3 oz
    1      teaspoon      Oregano flakes
   12      Large         pimiento-stuffed green
      1/2  teaspoon      Basil flakes
                         olives -- cut in half
 
 Preheat oven to 400F.  Unroll dough and cut off one-fourth of dough crosswise;
set aside.  Line a greased 9 1/4x5 1/4x2 1/2-inch loaf pan with the large piece
of dough. Moisten the dough with water at corners and press to seal.  Place
one-half of the cheese on the bottom of the dough and top with sausage. Spoon
tomato sauce over sausage and sprinkle with oregano and basil.	Combine spinach
with egg and spread over tomato sauce. Layer pimientos on top of spinach and top
with remaining cheese. Arrange the pepperoni on top of the cheese layer.  Top
with olive halves. Cover filling with reserved dough and crimp edges of dough to
seal. Cut slits in top of dough to allow steam to escape. Bake 50 minutes or
until crust is well browned (if crust browns too quickly, cover loosely with
aluminum foil).
 Allow to cool 10 minutes before removing from pan and cutting into slices.
 
 
 
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