Recipe: Domino's Bread Bowl Pasta (2 copycat recipe)

BREAD BOWL PASTA (DOMINO'S RIP OFF)
Source: Scott Eggers / Campbell's Kitchen

Basic pizza dough or any dough you like. (1 - 1 1/2 pounds)
1 cup Marinara Sauce (I used a more)
2 cups pasta - I like to use penne
3 Italian sausages
2 cups mozzarella
1/4 cup of butter melted

Take 1/4 of the pizza dough, make a flattened balls and let it rise. While the dough is rising boil water and cook the pasta al dente, drain. Allow the balls to rise for 30 -40 mins, lightly flour and then start working the dough into a bowl. Pushing down on the center and then work your way out and then leave a 1 inch edge that will form the bowl. Most supermarkets sell pizza dough ready to go, or frozen bread dough. You can also go to any pizzeria and they will sell you dough. It is usually cheap too.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Next saute the sausage. Once the sausage is cooked remove it from the heat and slice it so that it can be incorporated into the sauce. Toss the pasta with 1 cup of marinara and the sausage. Brush the edge of the pizza crust with the butter. I ladled a couple of extra marinara sauce into the middle of the bread bowl. Then ladle the pasta mixture into the center of the bowl. Make sure that pile the pasta so that it is heaping over the edges. The pasta will appear to be too high, but the bowl will bake up around the edge of the pasta.

Then cover the top of the pasta and bread with the mozzarella cheese.

Place the pasta bowl on a preheated pizza stone in the center of the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. If you don't have a pizza stone place the pasta bowl on a cookie sheet and place the cookie sheet in the preheated oven. Since the pan will be room temperature you may have to add 2-3 minutes to the baking time.

This is a good way to get rid of extra pasta and sauce left over from a previous meal. I'm going to try it with an Alfredo sauce in the future.

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RECREATING THE BREAD BOWL PASTA (with photos, click here)
Source: Rex / Savoury Reviews