FLAKY PIZZA ROLE WITH SWEET AND SPICY ITALIAN BEEF SAUSAGE
Yields 2 Pizza Rolls
Sausage Ingredients:
1lb – Ground Beef
1 ¼ tsp – Salt
1 tsp – Garlic Powder
1 tsp – Fennel Seed, toasted
¼ tsp – Chili Flakes
½ tsp – Paprika
1 tsp – Oregano, flakes
½ tsp – Onion Powder
¼ tsp – Black Pepper
1/8 tsp – Smoked Paprika
¼ tsp – Coriander, ground
1 Tbsp – Maple Syrup
¼ tsp – Cayenne
Pizza Roll Ups (Toppings optional):
2 sheets – Puff Pastry
3 Tbsp – Pizza Sauce
3 Tbsp – Onion, sauteed
4 Tbsp – Green Pepper, diced and sauteed
2 Tbsp – Mushrooms, sliced and sauteed
½ Cup – Sweet and Spicy Italian Beef Sausage, cooked
1 ½ Cup – Mozzarella Cheese, grated
Method
Sausage:
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, add all sausage ingredients, and mix on medium low until fully incorporated.
- Brown sausage in a large pan over medium high heat until cooked through. Strain excess fat and set aside.
Pizza Roll:
- Lay puff pastry out on a lightly floured surface.
- Spoon half of the pizza sauce on bottom half of the pastry, leaving about ½” around the edge as room to pinch closed at the end.
- Layer half of all the toppings on top of the pizza sauce.
- Create slits in the top half of the pastry to act as vents.
- Pull pastry closed and seal the edges with a fork.
- Whisk one egg until no longer streaky to create an egg wash. Lightly brush top of pastry with the egg wash.
- Repeat with remaining ingredients.
- Lightly salt top of pastry, and place on a parchment lined sheet pan and bake at 375 F for 20 minutes.
Curated by Chef Anna Borys for the June 2024 edition of Cattle Country.