Zesty, cheesy and perfect for pizza night this Italian Meat Stromboli recipe is an easy and delicious addition to your weeknight routine!
We do a lot of pizza round here. Like a lot! We have 4 kids to feed and sometimes are short on time, so we love to whip up pizza whenever we can. Sometimes its frozen and sometimes it’s homemade but whatever version it is it always goes over well.
The dough used in this Stromboli recipe is my all time favorite go-to dough of choice. It has minimal ingredients and whips up quick (minus the rising time). We have used it for breadsticks, pizza crust and stuffed cheesy bread and it has never failed us once!
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STROMBOLI AND A CALZONE?
A calzone is pretty much just a pizza folded in half, stuffed with your favorite pizza toppings and baked. A calzone is rolled so it has layers of your crust and toppings in each and every slice.
WHAT IS IN A STROMBOLI?
You can pretty much put anything you want in your Stromboli. The basics are starting with either a pizza dough or a bread dough and you stuff it with cheese, pizza sauce and cold cut meats. We like to mix it up and do different variations of our strombolis making them chicken, supreme, Philly cheesesteak and so many others.
HOW LONG IS STROMBOLI COOKED?
Stromboli is usually baked in a 400 degree oven for about 20-25 minutes depending on the size. They don’t take long to bake up and they feed a crowd!
With our kids in so many activities throughout the year, we like to keep some homemade pizza dough on hand for the nights where we want to whip out some regular pizza or these delicious Pepperoni Strombolis!
If you like these you might also like this Italian Pasta Salad, Supreme Pizza Sliders and these Supreme Pizza Egg Rolls!
Stromboli
Ingredients
Dough
- 3/4 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Filling
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1/2 pound sliced Italian cold cuts or pepperoni
- 1-1 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Topping
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
- Parsley
Instructions
- In bowl of stand mixer whisk together water, sugar and yeast . Add in flour and salt and with dough hook mix on medium speed just until dough comes together.
- Transfer to a lightly greased bowl, cover and let rise for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400. Turn dough out onto lightly floured piece of parchment paper and roll out into a large rectangle.
- Spread your pizza sauce over dough until about 1" away from edges. Top with sliced cold cuts or pepperoni and then sprinkle with cheese.
- Roll up cinnamon roll style and transfer parchment paper to a baking sheet. Brush with lightly beaten egg and sprinkle with parmesan and parsley.
- Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes until golden. Serve hot with extra pizza sauce if desired.
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Michele Welling says
Delicious! Easy to make and tasted like restaurant quality. Will definitely make again.
Ann Reynolds says
Hi Rachel! This is your Great-Aunt Ann. I made the Stromboli and we both loved it. Uncle Ken says I can make it again! I did add sliced mushrooms and sliced olives because we love them and I had some in the fridge. Made the Stromboli harder to roll, but I managed! I also divided the dough and made two because I used goat cheese for Uncle Ken and regular for me. (His was the bigger one!)
Love your site! I also made Colcannon again for about the 5th time. We really like it.
Kerri Powell says
This was amazing. I used Pepperoni and Italian sausage. Only I did different was use store bought fresh pizza dough from Publix.My family was asking for more. Next time I will have to make 2! Thanks a bunch!
Ann says
When using Italian sausage, should you cook it first to make it less greasy?
Rachel Farnsworth says
Yes, precook Italian sausage.
Galia says
Looks very tasty and very easy to make.
Thank you for sharing.
Kelly says
I’m making this for the second time tonight and I’m so excited to have it again. Five out of six in my family really liked it. Thanks for a great recipe!
Kelly says
I’m excited to try this. I haven’t had great success with pizza braids and stromboli previously. They come out doughy. We don’t eat much meat though so I think I’ll do some sauteed peppers and onions.