Sausage-Stuffed French Loaf
List of Ingredients
1 -16 ounce loaf French bread
1 pound pork sausage
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 large egg, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 clove garlic, mincedRecipe
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut off ends of French bread loaf, and set ends aside. Hollow out the center of loaf with a long serrated bread knife, leaving a 1/2 inch thick shell.
Position knife blade in food processor bowl; add bread removed from inside the loaf. Process to make coarse crumbs. Set bread shell and crumbs aside.
Cook sausage and onion in a skillet till sausage is browned, stirring till it crumbles; drain well. Stir in 1 cup reserved bread crumbs, the cheese, and next 6 ingredients. Spoon sausage mixture into bread shell. Replace loaf ends, securing with toothpicks (it keeps it from coming open)
Melt butter in a small saucepan; add garlic, and cook about 1 minute. Brush over loaf. Wrap loaf in aluminum foil, leaving open slightly on top. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or till cheese thoroughly melts. Cut into 8 slices. Serves 8.
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