Meat Stuffed French Loaves

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 loaf fat long french bread
• 4 ounces italian sausage, skin removed
• 4 ounces ground turkey or 4 ounces ground beef
• 1 small onion
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup grated mozzarella cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 clove garlic, crushed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees f.
• 2 cut off the ends of the bread, and carefully hollow out the center portion.
• 3 in a food processor, make soft crumbs out of the bread that was removed from the middle of the loaf.
• 4 brown the sausage and ground meat in a skillet over medium heat.
• 5 add onion, and continue to cook until soft.
• 6 in a bowl, combine the cooked meat and onion, the bread crumbs, grated cheese, the egg, mustard, parsley, fennel, basil, salt and pepper and pepper to taste.
• 7 with a long handled wooden spoon, stuff the hollowed out french bread with the stuffing mixture.
• 8 place the ends of the bread back in place and secure with small skewers.
• 9 melt the butter and stir in the garlic, let cook over low heat for about 1 minute.
• 10 brush the loaf with the butter/garlic mixture and wrap in a piece of aluminium foil, leaving it open at the top, slightly so the top browns.
• 11 bake until heated through, 15 to 20 minutes.
• 12 cut into 1 inch slices for hors d'oeuvres, or into 4 larger pieces for main course servings.