Mortadella Stromboli

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated swiss cheese (6 ounces) or 1 1/2 cups gruyere cheese (6 ounces)
• 1 cup thinly sliced mozzarella string cheese (4 ounces)
• extra virgin olive oil, for brushing
• 1 (13 7/8 ounce) package refrigerated pizza dough
• 10 fresh basil leaves
• 3/4 cup green olives or 3/4 cup black olives, roughly chopped
• 1/2 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 lb sliced mortadella, cut into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees. mix 1 cup of the swiss cheese with the string cheese.
• 2 lightly brush a baking sheet with olive oil.
• 3 unroll the dough, cut in half to make two 6-by-9-inch pieces and place on the prepared pan.
• 4 spread half of the mixed cheese along one long side of each rectangle, leaving an inch border between the cheese and dough edge.
• 5 top each mound of cheese with half of the basil, a quarter of the olives, 1/4 cup tomato sauce and a third of the mortadella.
• 6 fold the dough over the filling lengthwise, pressing the edges to seal.
• 7 make slits in the top of the dough to allow steam to escape during baking.
• 8 bake the stromboli until brown, about 15 minutes; remove from the oven.
• 9 brush each with olive oil, then scatter the remaining olives, mortadella and cheese on top.
• 10 return to the oven and bake until the cheese melts and the crust is golden. rest for 5 minutes before slicing.