This easy homemade stromboli pizza recipe uses few ingredients. Stromboli is a rolled-up version of pizza, and you can fill it with your favorite pizza toppings. I made this stromboli pizza from this domino’s pizza dough copycat recipe.
This pizza dough used only 6 basic ingredients and two additional optional ingredients. The pizza dough is very easy to make and can be made ahead of time. Stromboli pizza makes a good meal, great for school lunch boxes, crowd-pleaser food, and an excellent game-day snack.
What is Stromboli Pizza?
Stromboli is an Italian – American dish believed to have been originated in the city of Philadelphia by an Italian immigrant. Stromboli is made with a pizza dough topped with sauce, Italian deli meat, cheese and rolled up and baked. They are sometimes served with a sauce for dipping.
More about this Pizza Stromboli
• Stromboli uses a soft pizza dough with Italian cold meat and deli ham for the perfect flavor combination. The stromboli recipe can be customized with different fillings, and you can turn any pizza recipe into a stromboli recipe. I brushed the pizza dough with pizza sauce and brushed the rolled dough with egg wash and Italian seasoning for added flavor
• The recipe is easy to make, and with detailed instructions and a video tutorial, you can make the pizza in no time.
• You like this recipe because you eat the Stromboli at any time of the day and for any occasion.
Ingredients for Making Stromboli
When making Stromboli, you need two primary ingredients that are pizza dough and filling. As I said earlier, you can turn most pizza recipes into a stromboli. Therefore, the options are endless: the pizza dough or the meat or cheese used.
Pizza dough:
This homemade domino’s pizza dough was used for the Stromboli, but store-bough will work fine. If you have a favorite pizza dough recipe, that will work too. The pizza dough recipe makes 2 pounds of dough, and you need only 1 pound for each Stromboli. You can choose to make 2 rolls of Stromboli and freeze one for later use.
Stromboli filling
1. Base: pizza sauce or marinara sauce was spread onto the pizza dough. Another option is to use melted butter and herbs or seasoning. Tomato sauce will work for filling too.
2. Meat: use ½ pounds of thinly sliced meat such as deli ham, salami, pepperoni, turkey, beef, chicken, prosciutto, and other pizza meat.
3. Cheese: use ½ pound of thinly sliced cheese or shredded cheese for each stromboli roll. You use slices of provolone or mozzarella cheese.
4. Optional ingredients: you can add vegetables to the filling. When adding vegetables, make sure to cook them and blot excess water.
Toppings
Toppings are optional, but they add some additional flavor to the Stromboli. You can use egg wash and herbs or melted butter with sea salt or spices.
Video tutorial of How to Make Stromboli
Recipe instructions
Make the dough according to this recipe, or use any pizza dough. On a lightly floured surface, stretch and roll 1 pizza dough into a 10 * 16-inch rectangle into ¼ inch thick.
Spread the surface with pizza sauce, then layer the meat and cheeses evenly over the pizza sauce, leaving a 3-inch gap on the top and a 1-inch border around the edges. Brush the edges with the egg wash mixed with Italian seasoning.
Roll it up by folding the bottom parts towards the top parts creating a wide log, tucking in the ends like a cinnamon roll. Pinch the seam tightly to seal.
Transfer the Stromboli to the prepared baking sheet, seam side down. Brush the top of the Stromboli with the remaining egg wash and cheese. Cut a slit on top of the roll for steam to escape.
Bake in a preheated oven until golden brown, then allow to cool down for about 10 minutes. Transfer the rolled-up pizza to a cutting board and slice the Stromboli into an inch thick slices. Serve them warm with marinara dipping sauce, or alone enjoy them.
Make-Ahead Instruction
The Stromboli can be prepared, covered with plastic wrap, and refrigerated for up to 12 hours before baking. Add the egg wash and cut slits right before baking and allow a few extra minutes in the oven until golden brown.
How to Freeze the Unbaked Stromboli
To freeze the Stromboli before baking, fill and roll the Stromboli as directed but do not add the egg wash or cut slits. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for up to 3 months. When ready to use, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Add the egg wash and cut slits right before baking and allow a few extra minutes in the oven.
How to freeze and Reheat Baked Stromboli
Allow the baked stromboli pizza to cool completely, then cover with plastic wrap. Store them in a freezer bag and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months. To use the Stromboli, thaw the wrapped Stromboli at room temperature for 1 hour. Then unwrap and bake in a 350 oF preheated oven for about 15 – 20 minutes or until well heated.
You can also warm the Stromboli in the microwave for about 2 minutes until well heated.
What’s the Difference Between a Calzone and a Stromboli?
Calzones and Stromboli are both types of rolled pizza, but they are not the same thing. Even though they both use pizza dough, some ingredients are different. The difference between the two is their origin, shape, and the filling used in them.
The calzone was invented in Naples, Italy, while Stromboli was originated in Philadelphia, USA. This is the first distinction between the two. The next difference is how these pizzas are shaped; calzones are folded and sealed like hand pies. In contrast, Stromboli is rolled like a cinnamon roll and baked as one long log before slicing.
Both start the same with a rolled pizza dough topped with a similar filling, but calzone usually includes ricotta, a wet cheese. I hope this make explains the difference between these delicious pizza variants.
Substitutions
- Gluten-free stromboli: use gluten-free flour to make the pizza dough and follow the recipe as written.
- Meatball stromboli: cook meatballs in tomato sauce or marinara sauce and use for the filling. Reduce the amount of sauce since you don’t want wet stromboli. Add your favorite cheese and seal and bake.
- For egg-free stromboli, omit the egg wash and use melted butter for brushing the top of the dough before baking.
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Stromboli Pizza Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- Dough
- 1 ⅓ cup warm water
- 2¼ teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon milk powder (optional)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder (optional)
- Filling
- ¼ cup pizza sauce (add more if needed)
- ½ pounds thinly sliced meats (Italian cold cuts like salami, deli ham, or large pepperoni slices)
- ½ pound shredded cheese (mozzarella and parmesan)
- Egg wash
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Instructions
- To start, combine the flour, yeast, salt, sugar. Garlic powder, dry milk in a bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl. Mix everything, and then add the water and oil to the dry ingredients. Stir until the dough comes together into a shaggy mass. Transfer the bowl to the mixer and attach the dough hook and knead on medium-low speed until smooth and elastic. Another way to tell if the dough is ready is when the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If the dough is sticky and sticks to the sides of the bowl, add more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time until the dough leaves the side of the bowl. This will take about 5- 7 minutes. You can Knead the dough by hand, and it will take about 7 – 10 minutes.
- Transfer the dough into a lightly oiled bowl and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow the dough to rise in a warm place for about 1- 2 hours or until it doubled in size. You can leave the dough to rise in the refrigerator overnight. After the dough has risen, punch it down and divide the dough into 2 and roll each dough into a ball. If you are not ready to use the pizza dough, coat the pizza dough with olive oil and place it in the freezer bag. Refrigerate for up to 2 days.
- Preheat oven to 425° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Set aside.
- Shaping the dough: On a lightly floured surface, stretch and roll 1 pizza dough into a 10 by 16-inch rectangle into ¼ inch thick. Spread the surface with pizza sauce, layer the meat and cheeses evenly over the pizza sauce leaving a 3-inch gap on the top and a 1-inch border around the edges. Brush the edges with the egg wash mixed with Italian seasoning.
- Roll it up by folding the bottom parts towards the top parts creating a wide log, tucking in the ends like a cinnamon roll. Pinch the seam tightly to seal (check the video for visual explanation). Transfer the stromboli to the prepared baking sheet, seam side down. Brush the top of the stromboli with the remaining egg wash and cheese. Cut a slit on top of the roll for steam to escape.
- Bake in a preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes or until golden brown, then allow to cool down for about 10 minutes. Transfer the stromboli to a cutting board and slice the stromboli into an inch thick. Serve them warm with marinara sauce, dipping sauce, or plain.
- Cover and store leftover stromboli in the refrigerator for up to 7 days
Notes
The stromboli can be prepared, covered with plastic wrap, and refrigerated for up to 12 hours before baking. Add the egg wash and cut slits right before baking and allow a few extra minutes in the oven until golden brown. How to Freeze the Unbaked Stromboli
To freeze the stromboli before baking, fill and roll the stromboli as directed but do not add the egg wash or cut slits. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Add the egg wash and cut slits right before baking and allow a few extra minutes in the oven. How to freeze and Reheat Baked Stromboli
Allow the baked stromboli pizza to cool completely and then cover with plastic wrap. Store them in a freezer bag and store them in the freezer for up to 3 months. To use thaw the wrapped stromboli at room temperature for 1 hour. Then unwrap and bake in a 350 oF preheated oven for about 15 – 20 minutes or until heated through.
You can also warm the stromboli in the microwave for about 2 minutes until heated through.
I made these and the they were delicious and my family loved them, thanks for sharing the recipe.
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