Baked Garlic Sausage Bread
PREP Remove hot Italian sausage casing; knead til ground. Cover/brown/stir every 30 sec on low heat. Offheat, separate cooked sausage from pan liquid. (Or use leftover cooked sausage).
ASSEMBLY spread sausage on halves of lge Italian bread loaf covered w/ Topping. Place on sheetpan. Layer on tomato slices, red roasted pepper strips, sliced green and black olives, mozzarella. Bake edges toasted and crisp 400 deg 10-15 min.
SERVE cut in 2-inch sections.
TOPPING mix 2 oz balsamic, 4 oz ol/oil, s/p, parsley, 1/4 tsp basil/oregano, tb chp garlic, 2 tb minced red onions.