beef, cheese, onions, peppers and mushrooms baked into a fresh loaf
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roast beef
shredded cheese (I used a mix of colby and mozzarella)
bread dough
onion
mushrooms
green pepper
salt and seasonings
I started by making dough with lots of garlic and onion using my breadmaking system. When the dough was almost ready I sliced up a couple onions, most of a carton of mushrooms and a bell pepper. I sauteed the vegetables with some salt and pepper until they were mostly caramelized. Then I sliced the roast beef into strips and threw that into the pan and continued frying.
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You can of course use real steak here. Many people may prefer that, but for me, I don’t like the experience of biting into a chunk of fat. One bite of hard fat will ruin something like this for me so I prefer the roast beef but that’s just my opinion. Turkey or other kinds of deli meat will also work.
I rolled out my bread dough nice and flat. I shouldn’t have gone quite so flat. It wound up falling apart a little bit because it was too thin, but it still worked. Then I covered the flat dough with my meat and vegetable mixture, and covered that with shredded cheese. Then I just carefully rolled it up into a single long roll.
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This was a little tricky to transfer into the baking pan. I had to put the parchment paper under it and slide it on, then lift the parchment onto the pan. It didn’t fit in the pan so I had to carefully curve it.
I covered it with saran wrap and let it rise about 40 minutes.
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It may have been better to make several smaller rolls but I felt like going big this time.
Then I baked at 350 for about 30 minutes.
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I’m pretty happy with how this turned out. It sliced easier than I expected and was excellent dipped in ranch.
I intend to do a similar thing but with pepperoni and cheese, with a warm side of marinara sauce for dipping. I also want to try this formed more like a deep-dish pizza and bake it in a cast-iron skillet.