About
For lovers of classic pizza meat toppings, here's a dish that will satisfy your carnivorous cravings. The Meat-Lovers Ring stuffs buttery, flaky crescent rolls with a sausage-filled meat sauce, spicy pepperoni, succulent ham, and melty cheese; so, it's just about everything you want in your favorite pizza. Grab some extra pizza sauce for dipping and this Meat-Lovers Ring becomes the dinner you can't help but love!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces ground sweet Italian sausage
- 1/2 cup prepared pizza sauce, plus more, to taste, for serving
- 2 (8-ounce) tubes refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 4 ounces deli ham slices, cut in half
- 16 slices pepperoni
- 5 slices mozzarella or provolone cheese, cut in half
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- fresh parsley, optional, to taste, chopped, for garnish
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Step 2 -Cook the sausage in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, while crumbling, until it's browned in some spots and cooked through, about 6-7 minutes.
Step 3 -Transfer the sausage to a medium bowl and stir in 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce.
Step 4 -Let the mixture cool slightly, about 15 minutes.
Step 5 -Coat the back of a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Step 6 -Unroll both cans of the crescent roll dough and separate them into 16 triangles.
Step 7 -Put a 5-inch ramekin in the center of the prepared baking sheet and arrange the dough triangles in a ring around the ramekin so the short sides of the dough are touching the ramekin, overlapping slightly, and the pointed ends are facing outward.
Step 8 -Spoon the sausage mixture over the short ends of the triangles closest to the ramekin.
Step 9 - Cover the sausage mixture with the ham slices.
Step 10 -Top the ham with the pepperoni and then the cheese slices.
Step 11 -Remove the ramekin and fold the tips of the triangles over the filling, tucking the bottom edge of the dough under to secure.
Step 12 -Bake until the dough is golden-brown and the cheese is melted, about 25 minutes.
Step 13 -Brush the dough with the butter and sprinkle it with the Italian seasoning.
Step 14 -Let the ring cool for 15 minutes.
Step 15 -Serve with the extra pizza sauce, garnished with the fresh parsley.
