Sausage Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 1/2 tsp. olive or vegetable oil, divided
13 oz. veal sausage, removed from casing
1 c. each: diced onions and green or red bell peppers
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 tsp. fennel seed (optional)
dash each: salt and pepper
1 refrigerated All-Ready pizza crust dough (10 oz.)

Preparation

Preheat oven to 425\u00b0.
In 10-inch skillet, heat 2 teaspoons oil; add sausage, onions, bell peppers and garlic and cook, breaking up large pieces of sausage with a wooden spoon, until sausage is crumbly and no longer pink and vegetables are soft, about 2 to 3 minutes.
If desired, stir in fennel; stir in salt and pepper.
Set aside and let cool.
On work surface, press pizza dough into a 12 x 10-inch rectangle.
Spread sausage mixture over entire surface of dough, pressing mixture into dough.
Starting from side end, roll dough jellyroll fashion to enclose filling; pinch each narrow end to seal and tuck ends underneath loaf. Transfer loaf, seam side down, to 9 x 5 x 3-inch nonstick loaf pan and bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.
Using pastry brush, brush remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil over bread and bake 5 minutes longer.
Remove pan from oven and let cool for 5 minutes. To serve, cut into 10 equal slices.
Serves 10.