Sausage-stuffed French Loaf

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 11 mins Cook Time: 29 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 loaf unsliced french bread (16 oz.)
• 1/2 lb lamb sausage
• 1/2 lb ground chuck
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8oz.)
• 1 large egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1 clove garlic, crushed

Recipe

• 1 cut off ends of loaf;set aside.
• 2 hollow out loaf with a long serrated knife,leaving a 1/2 in.
• 3 shell.
• 4 process bread removed from inside loaf in a food processor to make bread crumbs.
• 5 cook sausage,beef,onion in a large skillet until meat is browned,stirring until it crumbles;drain.
• 6 stir in 1 cup breadcrumbs,cheese,and next 6 ingredients.
• 7 spoon into shell,replace loaf ends,securing with wooden toothpicks.
• 8 melt butter in saucepan.
• 9 add garlic;cook 1 min.
• 10 brush garlic butter over loaf.
• 11 wrap loaf in foil,leaving top open slightly;place on a baking sheet.
• 12 bake at 400 for 25 min.
• 13 cut into 4 pieces.