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Dec 05, 2014

Spicy Italian Crescent Ring

Spicy Italian Crescent Ring

Ingredients

2 cans (8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1/2 cup well drained roasted red bell peppers (from a jar)
8 slices provolone cheese, halved
1/3 lb deli sliced hot salami
1/4 lb deli sliced ham
1/4 lb deli sliced capocollo
1/2 cup well drained hot pepper rings (from a jar)

Steps
1 Heat oven to 375°F.
2 Unroll both cans of dough; separate into 8 rectangles. On ungreased 12-inch pizza pan, arrange rectangles in ring so short sides of rectangles form a circle in center. (Dough will overlap; half of each rectangle will hang over edge of pan. Dough ring should resemble a sun.)
3 Spread roasted red bell peppers towards center of ring on bottom halves of rectangles. Top with half of the cheese. Layer salami, ham and capocollo slices over cheese. Arrange pepper rings over top. Cover with remaining half of cheese.
4 Bring each dough rectangle hanging over side of pan up over stacked filling, tucking dough under bottom layer of dough to secure it. Repeat around sandwich until entire filling is enclosed (some filling might show a little but that is okay.) Sprinkle with black pepper.
5 Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until dough is golden brown and thoroughly baked. Remove from oven; cool 5 to 10 minutes before cutting into serving slices.
To drain the roasted red bell peppers thoroughly, use a fine mesh strainer, then set on a few paper towels to absorb any extra moisture.

*If you don’t like it spicy, switch out the deli meats for a milder flavor, and swap in some ripe olives instead of the hot pepper rings
  • Saw it on Facebook and tried it immediately. Fresh baked it was very good. Next day as leftovers was not. Too soggy. I think this would be good to take to a potluck or if you have a family large enough to finish it at one meal.
  • Those Pillsbury crescent rolls are great. Here's another recipe. Any more out there?

    Florentine Chicken Ring

    1 can (10 ounces) chunk white chicken
    drained and flaked.
    ½ cup red bell pepper, chopped
    1 package (10 ounces) frozen, chopped
    spinach, thawed and well-drained.
    1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
    1/3 cup mayonnaise
    1 teaspoon lemon zest
    ½ teaspoon salt
    1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
    2 packages (8 ounces each) refrigerated
    crescent rolls.

    (Hint: To remove excess moisture from thawed spinach, hold it over the sink and squeeze it with your hands.) .

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine chicken, spinach, cheese, mayonnaise, pepper, lemon zest, salt, and nutmeg; mix well. Unroll crescent dough; separate into16 triangles. Arrange triangles in circle on 13” round baking stone with wide ends of triangles overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. (There should be a 5-inch diameter opening in center of stone.
    Scoop chicken mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle. Bring outside points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of the ring. (Filling will not be completely covered.) Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown
  • ohhh I just saw this last week, my SIL "liked" it on facebook, it looked delicious! I wanted to try it with smoked ham and turkey.