French Bread Pizza Rustica

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This is a rachael ray recipe i modified quite a bit to suit our tastes, so feel free to play with it to suit yours. so good, i crave it if we don't have it twice a month. i serve it with homemade pizza sauce.

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 425f.

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Split bread lengthwise and hollow it out.

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Cut in half across to make 4 shells.

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Brown sausage in a skillet over medium-high , breaking up large pieces with a spoon.

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Add bell pepper , onion , and garlic.

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Cook 3-5 minutes.

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Add spinach.

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Remove from heat and season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Transfer mixture to a bowl.

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Add ricotta and parmesan and combine well.

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Fill bread shells and top with mounded mozzarella and provolone.

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Bake in hot oven until cheese melts and bubbles and bread is super crisp , about 10-12 minutes.

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Top with oregano and crushed red pepper and serve with marinara.

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Ingredients

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french bread, hot italian turkey sausage, red bell pepper, onion, garlic cloves, frozen chopped spinach, part-skim ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, provolone cheese, dried oregano, crushed red pepper flakes