Stromboli

Awhile ago my fellow May '08 Nesties had the idea to compile recipes and make a cookbook. After waiting awhile (thanks to the holiday rush) I finally received my copy of the cookbook this week. H and I make our weekly grocery trip on Thursday, so before making my menu and grocery list I went through the cookbook and chose a couple recipes to make right away.

One was Rachael's Low Fat Stromboli. Seemed easy enough to make and it's something that we haven't had before. It turned out really good. H and I both liked them a lot. It's a recipe that comes together pretty quick, we can work together and each make our own. I don't think my version is quite as low fat as Rachael's. ;)

Ingredients

• frozen or fresh pizza dough (about the size of a tennis ball) (used 13.8 oz pkg of refrigerated pizza dough)
• 1 pkg fat free or low fat mozzarella cheese (used 8 oz bag shredded mozzarella- didn't use all)
• 1/2 pkg turkey pepperoni (used 3 oz pkg regular pepperoni)
• grated Parmesan cheese
• spray butter or light butter/margarine (used Pam spray)
• garlic powder
• oregano
• salt
• pepper
• 15 oz can of pizza sauce for dipping

Preparation

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Roll out dough on floured surface and lightly coat with butter. (split dough in half to make 2 before rolling out).
• Sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder, oregano and Parmesan.
• Evenly coat dough with a layer of pepperoni and then mozzarella cheese.
• Start to carefully roll dough from one end to the other stopping before reaching the end, then flip other end over to seal. Seal open sides as well.
• Transfer to cooking surface, if using Pyrex (recommended) do not grease, if using baking pan/sheet then lightly grease.
• Lightly coat the top of Stromboli with butter, and sprinkle some Parmesan and oregano.
• Bake about 20-25 minutes or until golden on top.
• Serve with your favorite sauce for dipping.

Next Time- Don't really need the pizza sauce. Most of the can went to waste since we didn't really need it. This would also be good with other meats, like ham (love ham on my pizza!) or even veggies.