Pizza Loaf

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups plain flour
• 7 g sachet dried yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 4 slices mozzarella cheese
• 15 slices soft salami
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
• 250 g broccoli
• 1 egg
• 320 g sliced red peppers
• 125 g pepperoni salami, in a piece
• 20 stuffed olives

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 make well in sifted flour.
• 3 stir in combined yeast, sugar and water.
• 4 mix to a firm dough.
• 5 knead for about 5 minutes on floured surface until smooth and elastic.
• 6 using 3/4 of the dough, roll out to a rectangle large enough to line a greased loaf tin (base measures 9cm x 22cm).
• 7 leave 2cm of dough over edge.
• 8 filling:.
• 9 place layer of mozzarella evenly over dough.
• 10 top with rolled up soft salami.
• 11 pour over combined tomatoes sauce and oregano.
• 12 break broccoli into small flowerets, drop into pan of boiling water, boil 1 minute, refresh under cold water.
• 13 arrange broccoli over tomato sauce.
• 14 top evenly with beaten egg.
• 15 drain peppers well, place over broccoli.
• 16 remove skin from pepperoni, slice very thinly, arrange neatly over red peppers.
• 17 cut olive in half lengthways, place in a row down centre of the loaf.
• 18 roll out remaining pizza dough large enough to cover top of loaf, place on top, join edges with a little water, pinch together.
• 19 decorate top with scraps of dough, cut a few slits to allow steam to escape.
• 20 bake in moderately hot oven 40 minutes.
• 21 remove from tin, place onto an oven tray, bake further 10 minutes to brown sides.
• 22 cover top with aluminium foil if it is getting to brown.
• 23 allow to become cold before cutting.