This sausage in bread crust recipe is an easy three-ingredient dish involving baguette, sausage meat, and cooking oil. This dish works well for a convenient lunch or even a dinner with a fresh side salad.
To make the sausage in a bread crust, you cut a baguette in half lengthwise and hollow it out. Then, it gets stuffed with sausage before being cut into portions and pan-fried until the bread is golden and the sausage is cooked through. You can use any type of sausage that you love in this recipe such as Italian sausage, bratwurst, or honey garlic.
What is Sausage in Bread Crust?
Sausage in bread crust is basically bread that is stuffed with sausage and fried in a pan with oil. Despite its simplicity, it is very delicious and impressive to look at. This recipe allows for you to use any type of ground sausage that you enjoy so feel free to get creative.
Pro Tips
- Save the bread discards for another use such as for meatloaf, meatballs, or dried breadcrumbs.
- Use your favorite type of sausage for this recipe such as medium or hot Italian, oktoberfest, bratwurst, or honey garlic.
- Keep a careful eye on the sausage in bread crust while it is cooking to ensure that it doesn’t burn.
- If you don’t have a tight-fitting lid for your pan, you could cover the pan with aluminum foil instead.
Frequently Asked Questions
What Can Be Done With Bread Discards?
The bread that is removed from the center of the baguette can be used to make homemade dried breadcrumbs or it can be added to ground meat mixtures for meatloaf or meatballs.
What Type of Sausage Should Be Used for the Stuffed Bread?
Any type of fresh sausage will work as long as it has a fine grind to it and can easily be removed from its casing. Italian sausage would be particularly good in this recipe with its taste of fennel and garlic, but you could also use honey garlic for something sweeter or bratwurst for a more neutral spiced flavor.
How to Serve Sausage in Bread Crust?
This dish is great for a snack but it can also be served for lunch as an alternative to your typical sandwich. You could also have it for dinner with a fresh green salad or tomato salad on the side to round out the meal.
How to Store Sausage in Bread Crust
This recipe is best served as soon as it is made as the bread will become tougher with reheating. However, if you have some portions left over, you could cover them tightly or put them in a sealed container, and refrigerate them for a few days. It is best to reheat the bread in the oven or an air fryer which will re-crisp the bread.
Ingredients
How to Make Sausage in Bread Crust
Cut the baguette in half and hollow them out.
Cut the baguette in half and hollow them out.
Remove the sausage meat from the casings and press it into the hollow in each half of the baguette.
Remove the sausage meat from the casings and press it into the hollow in each half of the baguette.
Press the sides of the baguette together and place skewers through them to mark the portions. Cut the baguette into portions.
Press the sides of the baguette together and place skewers through them to mark the portions. Cut the baguette into portions.
Heat the oil in a pan on the stove, set over medium heat. Add the stuffed bread portions, cover them with a lid, and fry them until golden brown, turning them halfway through, about 10 minutes.
Heat the oil in a pan on the stove, set over medium heat. Add the stuffed bread portions, cover them with a lid, and fry them until golden brown, turning them halfway through, about 10 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Serve and enjoy!
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