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                              ITALIAN LOAF

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Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Meats                            Breads
               Italian

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1       cn           Refrigerated prepared pizza
                       - crust dough (10 oz)
  4       c            Mozzarella cheese -- grated
  1       lb           Spicy pork sausage, browned
                       - and drained
    1/2   c            Tomato sauce
  1       t            Oregano flakes
    1/2   ts           Basil flakes
  1       pk           Frozen spinach -- (10 oz)
                       - thawed and drained
  1                    Egg -- lightly beaten
  1                    7 oz jar diced pimientos,
                       - drained
  1       pk           Sliced pepperoni -- 3 oz
 12                    Large pimiento-stuffed green
                       - olives, cut in half

 Preheat oven to 400F.  Unroll dough and cut off
 one-fourth of dough crosswise; set aside.  Line a
 greased 9 1/4x5 1/4x2 1/2-inch loaf pan with the large
 piece of dough. Moisten the dough with water at
 corners and press to seal.  Place one-half of the
 cheese on the bottom of the dough and top with
 sausage. Spoon tomato sauce over sausage and sprinkle
 with oregano and basil.  Combine spinach with egg and
 spread over tomato sauce. Layer pimientos on top of
 spinach and top with remaining cheese. Arrange the
 pepperoni on top of the cheese layer.  Top with olive
 halves. Cover filling with reserved dough and crimp
 edges of dough to seal. Cut slits in top of dough to
 allow steam to escape. Bake 50 minutes or until crust
 is well browned (if crust browns too quickly, cover
 loosely with aluminum foil). Allow to cool 10 minutes
 before removing from pan and cutting into slices.



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