Viva Italia!
Not a week goes by without a good home-cooked Italian meal appearing on my dinner table. Italian is a family favorite and always brings a smile to everyone’s face. Usually I make pasta, but last weekend I tried something totally different, and made these Supreme Pizza Bread Bowls.
I slow-cooked some homemade meat sauce, then combined it with ricotta and Italian cheeses and ladled everything into the soft, freshly baked insides of some petite crusty French bread bowls.
I’m telling you… heaven.
And those mini bread bowls were made from Pillsbury Refrigerated Breads, specifically, Crusty French Loafs. It was such a time saver, and they were absolutely delicious in this recipe!
I cut each French loaf into three sections and then formed them into balls. I experimented with round and oval, and oval worked much better because I could fit more yummy ingredients inside that way.
See?
Soooo good.
I am delighted with how these turned out, and I can’t wait to make them again. And again.
Pizza Supreme Bread Bowls
Ingredients
Meat Sauce
- 1 15 oz can tomato Sauce
- 1 14.5 oz can diced Tomatoes with Spicy Red Peppers
- 4 oz cooked Italian sausage crumbles
- 8 oz ground beef cooked and drained
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp sugar
Cheese Mix
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1/2 small onion chopped
- 25 slices pepperoni
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheese Italian blend plus 1/2 cup for topping
- 1/3 cup Kraft Grated Parmesan cheese
Bread Bowls
- 2 Pillsbury refrigerated Crusty French Loaf
Instructions
- In large frying pan, combine meat sauce ingredients. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat, then cover and simmer over low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from heat. Reserve 1 cup meat sauce; set aside.
- Fry peppers on high heat for 3 minutes in a dash of olive oil. Add onion, and saute until onions are translucent. Add pepperoni; saute another couple of minutes. Remove from heat. Add to cooked meat sauce mixture. Add cheese mix. Blend well, and continue simmering on low.
- Heat oven to 350°F. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Remove dough from cans. Cut each loaf into 3 pieces; shape each into ball, placing seam at bottom so dough is smooth on top. Place dough balls, seam side down, on sprayed cookie sheet. Bake at 350°F. for 22 to 26 minutes or until golden brown.
- With sharp knife, cut small portion off top of each loaf. Lightly press center of bread down to form bowls. Place each bread bowl on individual serving plate.
- Spoon meat/cheese sauce mixture into bowls. Top with reserved sauce and a sprinkling of shredded Italian cheese. Broil for a minute to melt cheese.
Nutrition
Enjoy!
Crystal@WhatTreasuresAwait says
This looks delicious! My family would love this…Pinning! Thanks for sharing at Welcome Home Wednesdays!
Laura | Food Fun Family says
This looks absolutely amazing! Thanks for linking up with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party!
Emily says
Yum! These look delicious! Pinned 🙂 Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday.
Laura says
How delicious!
Thank you for joining us at Thoughts of Home.
Hope to see you next week too.
Stefani Tolson says
These look delicious. I bet my kids would be happy if I made these for dinner one night. Yummy!
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I would like to try the Slow-Cooker Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Chili
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I would like to try the Easy Risotto with Squash and Bacon recipe.
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The Mexican Breakfast Casserole looks delicious..perfect for a potluck brunch!
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My kids love chili and mac ‘n cheese so I’d love to make the Chili Mac Pasta Pies!
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Thank You for the giveaway… we would like to try the Chorizo Bolognese recipe @ Hunt’s
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I’d like to try the Slow Cooker Mushroom Spinach Lasagna form Hunts recipes.
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I would love to try the Meatball Sub Bubble Up Bake!
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I’d love to try the Apple Pie Breakfast Bake.
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I want to try the Slow-Cooker Creamy Chicken Pot Pie! Yum!
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I’d like to try the Super-Simple Chess Pie Bars for a dessert recipe. I’m not really a cook, so anything that says simple in the title catches my eye, lol
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I’d love to try the Bean Burrito Bowl on the Hunt’s website.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
Becky Moore says
I’m liking the Weeknight Mini Meatloaves
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I would like to try the Pillsbury Country Italian Bread.
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I would like to try their chess bars. Thank you
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There’s a recipe for an Enchilada Pizza on the Pillsbury site that looks really good. I think I’d like to give it a try.
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I would love to try the Apple and Cream Cheese Pizza. I’m always looking for ways to get more fruit and veggies into my diet.
Brandi Goolsby says
I have actually tried the majority of Hunt’s products already. I’m not sure I have tried the Crushed Canned Tomatoes, though, – usually buy the store brand on that. I would like to try those to see if the quality is better than the store brand.
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I would love to make the Apple and Cream Cheese Pizza it sounds delicious, I think my kids really would love it
Nellie Curry says
The pizza bowls look amazing and I can’t wait to try them.
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I would like to try the One-Skillet Italian Sausage Pasta recipe.
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I would love to try the Pull-Apart Pizza Rolls! I love pizza so it’s perfect!
Theresa Smith says
I would like to try the Genuine Pizza Stuffed Pasta shells. They look very good.
Erica B. says
I didn’t know they had refrigerated bread…I want to try that.
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I want to try the mini mac n cheese crescent cups
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the Aloha BBQ Sliders on hunts site looks good
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I love brownies so I want to try the Hot Fudge Brownie Dessert recipe.
chris says
I would like to try Pillsbury Refrigerated Breads as I have not done so yet.
clynsg says
Country French Chicken and Rice looks very good, and would be easy to make as well.
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I would make One-Pot Chicken Alfredo Penne. But I also like to take their canned biscuits, cook them, and then put spray cheese in the middle
Francine Anchondo says
I would love to try Buffalo Chicken Nachos Grande.
Ashley says
The Tex-Mex mac & cheese sounds easy and delicious!
Cori Westphal says
I buy all sorts of Pillsbury and Hunts products. I’d love to try the Pillsbury Pancake Batter. I didn’t even know they had such a thing!
Christina S says
The sausage stuffed zucchini looks great! I’d try that for sure!
Daphne Turner says
I would love to try anything using the Pillsbury bread loaves. They are so yummy and I love that they can be used in other recipes as the base bread.
Sarah L says
This one looked yummy to me: http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/slow-cooker-creamy-chicken-pot-pie.
Thanks for the contest.
Laura J says
Oh I would love to try the One-Skillet Italian Sausage Pasta from the Hunts website! That looks so good! My family would love it.
Stephanie Galbraith says
I would like to try the Tex-Mex Mac and Cheese recipe.
rich m says
The Baked Sugar Doughnuts sounds tasty and easy
amy smeltzer says
Your deep dish supreme pizza rolls look amazing! I would definitely like to try them!
Natalie Brown says
Hi! I’d love to use their refrigerated sugar cookies to make the blueberry pie bar. Delicious!
Stacey b says
I’d love to use the crescent rolls for a taco ring!
Annmarie W. says
They have so many great recipes on the Pillsbury site, and I love how they’re organized…so easy to find exactly what you’re looking for! I’d love to try their Chicken Primavera Crescent Braid!
Jennifer Tilson says
I would like to try Pillsbury’s Cranberry-Cornmeal Muffins. I think they’d be great for when I have overnight company.
s.w. says
I would love to make Baked Sugar Doughnuts recipe at home! This would make a great dessert after dinner.
Lauren says
I would like to make the Hunts tomato and pesto chicken.
sandra says
i’d like to try the recipe for One-Pot BBQ Cheeseburger Pasta
Ashley C says
I would love to try the Pillsbury, 3 ingredient one pot mac and cheese. It looks so simple and I need simple meals!
Beth Hill says
I want the Pillsbury cinnamon mini bites with icing, but ANY of the cinnamon rolls will do, yum!
Julie Murphy says
I would like to try the Baked Parmesan Meatball Sliders
Debra Hall says
my family would love the Mad-Good Chicken Taco French Bread Pizza
Karen R says
I would like to try the Turtle Cinnamon Rolls. They look delicious!
Stephanie says
I’d love to try the Pillsbury French bread. I’ve love Pillsbury crescent rolls forever so I’m so excited to try the french bread. The pizza bowls look delicious too.
Alona Y says
I’d love to try the Pillsbury Turkey Creole Lasagna!
Seyma Shabbir says
I want to try the pillsbury first! I love the pillsbury crescent rolls and spread nutella and make chocolate crescent rolls!
Mary Cloud says
I’d love to try the Slow Cooker Spicy Cheeseburger Soup
Rosey says
They do look really good. I’m happy to hear a nod for the French Loaf. I will def. give that a try, I’ve wondered about the refrigerated breads.
Kim Pinch says
I would like to try the 3-Ingredient Chicken Wings.
Andrea Kruse says
Oh, my! These do look amazing. Italian food (pizza, pasta, etc.) is always a hit in our home as well. I love how meaty and cheesy these look. I haven’t tried the Pillsbury French Loaf before, will have to check for it.
Melina R says
I would like to try the White Bean and Kale Minestrone Soup from Hunt’s. I think I would enjoy it.
Crystal W says
I’d love to try the Pillsbury Cheesy Cornbread Surprise Biscuits recipe!
Michelle Plummer says
I would like to try the winter frozen heart shaped cookies.
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I would love to try the White Bean and Kale Minestrone Soup from Hunt’s!
David Smith says
I would like to try the One-Skillet Italian Sausage Pasta. I really like the Italian sausage and the addition of pasta and tomatoes & sauce along with the Parmesan cheese sounds really good. I would add some other spices like garlic though.
Soha MOlina says
I;d like to try Quick Bean Quesadillas. It has a great amount of protein.
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I would love to try the Buffalo Chicken Dips.
Leigh Anne Borders says
7 Speedy Chicken Quesadillas sounds yummy and I know my boys would love that!
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I would like to try: Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini. It looks so good.
Kelly Nicholson says
Our Best Buffalo Chicken Dips sounds good to me..ill give it a try thank you very much
Charlotte Annette Johnson says
I love to cut the center out of the bread and make pasta bowls with homemade ravioli with pasta sauce and artichokes.
Pamela Gurganus says
I’d really like to try the Pillsbury Grands! refrigerated buttermilk biscuits! I’d love to use them to make the Pillsbury recipe Slow-Cooker Creamy Chicken Pot Pie. I love to cook in my slow-cooker and I love chicken pot pie!
ken ohl says
love to try the Pillsbury French Bread looks great.
Jesse S says
I would love to try Slow-Cooker Creamy Chicken Pot Pie. It looks great! Why do I read this at lunch time!!!
Heather in VA says
I’d really like to try the Chicken Taco French Bread Pizza from Pillsbury.
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I would like to try the pillsbury Parmesan Crusted Chicken Alfredo Pizza. It looks so good!
Amber S. says
I’d like to try the Stuffed Honey-Ham Biscuits recipe.
HS says
I want to try Pillsbury Grands! Flaky Layers refrigerated honey butter biscuits.
Cathy French says
I want to try the Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini recipe.
Robin L. Coxon says
I love the ease of using the tomatoes that have the added herbs of oregano, basil and garlic. They are delicious and add a lot of flavor to not just spaghetti sauce but chili or soup. Thanks for sharing this recipe. I’m sure they will be come a favorite of my family.
Candice says
I would love to make the Spinach Artichoke Dip and Pull-Apart Dippers.
shirley says
I would like to try the Hunt’s® Diced Tomatoes with Basil, Garlic and Oregano, to make the Italian Sausage Stuffed Zucchini.
Marcie W. says
I love using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for my Ham and Cheese Pesto Rollups and Pillsbury Grands Biscuits for my Chicken Pot Pie Biscuit Cups
Maria Malaveci says
I would love to try the pizza crust to make yummy pizza!
nicole says
id love to try the pizza crust to make calzones
melissa M says
The Chocolate Raspberry Crescent Ring looks amazing!
Sandy Klocinski says
I’d like to try Pillsbury Frosted Heart Cookies
Laura DeLuca says
I’d like to try Pillsbury Toaster Strudels
Yona Williams says
It’s probably seasonal, but those Grands Pumpkin Spice Rolls have definitely caught my eye.
Amanda Sakovitz says
I would love to try the Mad Good Chicken Taco French Bread Pizza.
Trisha Burgess says
The hot chocolate marshmallow cookies will be a definite try in our house! It’s our two favorite things put in one!!
Jackie says
That Pizza Bread Bowl looks delicious! On the Pillsbury site, I’d like to try the recipe for the Bacon´n Cheese Quiche
Thank you!
Holly Thomas says
Gina’s Beef-Vegetable Stir-Fry Medley is a recipe i would like to try.
Tina W says
I want to try Hunts Baked Eggplant Parmesan. I would love to find a delicious version that doesn’t involve frying, then I’d eat it more often!
Noreen says
The hunts stew tomato
Cheryl says
I’d like to try Pillsbury Slow-Cooker Three-Cheese Creamy Lasagna.
Ann Fantom says
I would like to try Pillsbury’s Ready To Bake! Big Deluxe White Chunk Macadamia Nut Cookies
Starla B says
Oh my goodness, those look fabulous. Plus bread is totally one of my favorites. I will have to pin this. I would also really love to try Grilled Barbecued Bacon-Chicken Skewers.
latanya says
I want to try the Slow-Cooker 3-Ingredient Bean Dip
heather s says
Cheesy beef lasagna sounds good
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Pillsbury crescent rolls with little hot dogs inside are great
Geoff K says
I”d love to try the Hot Chocolate-Marshmallow Cookies – they look fantastic!
Jennifer Rote says
I would like to make the Ham and Veggie Strata. That looks so good and easy.
Michelle L says
US ONLY?
Kristen says
I’d like to try Gina’s Chicken Divine.
Cynthia R says
I would get pillsbury grands biscuits and make some of their Stuffed Honey-Ham Biscuits from their recipe site.
brian miller says
nice…i love bread bowls with soup so this is right up my alley..and i think it would be very good actually…another one for the printer….
melinda gail says
I love pillsbury grands, crescent rolls. Love hunts stewed, crushed tomatoes.