This is our favorite homemade stromboli recipe! From scratch pizza sauce, sandwich pepperoni, genoa salami and ham is rolled up with mozzarella cheese in homemade pizza dough. Baked until golden perfection and then sliced and served with extra pizza sauce.

Homemade Stromboli on wood serving board

Stromboli basically is a pizza rolled up into a loaf and baked.

Really, it’s as simple as that. I like to fill mine with homemade pizza sauce (although adding the sauce is not considered authentic) then I add layers of three kinds of meat and lots of mozzarella cheese. Truthfully you could stuff this with just about anything and call it good.. or stromboli. I mean, sausage, peppers and onions… you name it. The sky is the limit my friends.

Homemade Stromboli

Besides being super versatile, what’s great about stromboli is that it can be lunch, dinner or a yummy appetizer at your next party. Just be sure to serve it up with a bowl of the warm homemade pizza sauce for dunking.

Homemade Stromboli ingredients

T0 Make this Homemade Stromboli You Will Need:

  • homemade pizza dough
  • pizza sauce
  • mozzarella
  • sandwich pepperoni
  • deli ham
  • Genoa salami
  • egg (for egg wash)
  • melted butter
  • parmesan cheese
  • italian seasoning

press on pizza dough to deflate

First things first, pizza dough. I use my homemade pizza dough. After it is made, cover and let it rise on the counter for 1 hour. Once doubled in size, uncover and press or punch the dough to deflate.

turn dough out onto clean floured surface

Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. I sprinkle a large work surface with a couple tablespoons of flour and then sprinkle the top of the dough along with the rolling pin with more flour.

roll dough out

Roll the pizza dough out into a large rectangle. Roughly 20 x 14.. I usually just eyeball it.

transfer dough to parchment lined pan

Carefully roll the dough up onto my rolling pin and gently laid it out onto a parchment lined, rimmed baking sheet.

2 inch overlap of pizza dough

Leaving a 2-inch overhang.

sauce on dough leaving 1 inch border

Earlier, while the dough was rising, I went to town making homemade pizza sauce. I make this sauce ALL the time, it takes 20 minutes or so and is the best pizza sauce.

Spoon roughly 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce onto the dough and spread it out leaving a 1/2-inch border on three sides and a 2 inch border on one of the longer sides.

sprinkle with a little cheese and arrange pepperoni

Sprinkle half of the mozzarella over top of the sauce and arrange 15 slices of sandwich pepperoni on top of the sauce and cheese. Sandwich pepperoni is larger than regular pepperoni and you can typically ask for it at the deli counter. It’s my favorite pepperoni to use for pizzas.

arrange ham over pepperoni

Moving on, top with 10 slices of ham.

arrange genoa salami over ham

Next arrange 12 slices of Genoa salami.

top with the remaining cheese

Lastly, sprinkle the remaining shredded mozzarella over top.

whisk egg with water to make

Make the egg wash by beating an egg with 1 tablespoon of water.

brush edges with egg wash

Brush a little of the egg wash on all of the exposed edges.

fold over the shorter sides

Fold in both of the sort edges.

fold the long side opposite of the 2-inch overhang

Fold over the long side opposite of the 2-inch overhang.

use the parchment to roll the dough towards the 2-inch overhang

Use the parchment to roll the pizza dough towards the 2-inch over hang.

then use the parchment under 2-inch overhang to roll it seam side down

Then use the parchment under 2-inch overhang to roll the stromboli back so it is seam side down.

Repositioned the stromboli so its roughly in the center of the pan.

brush with egg wash

Brush the top and sides of the stromboli with more of the egg wash.

cut air vents before baking

Then use a paring knife to make diagonal slits for venting steam. Bake in your preheated 500° oven for 10 minutes, rotate the pan halfway through. Then reduce the oven temperature to 375° and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

once baked, brush with butter

Remove and brush with melted butter.

sprinkle with parmesan and italian seasoning

Sprinkle with grated fresh parmesan cheese and italian seasoning. Continue baking for 2 additional minutes.

This step is optional but does add extra flavor.

inside of Homemade Stromboli

Let the baked homemade stromboli cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Homemade Stromboli on wood serving board

Cheesy, meaty and pizza stromboli goodness.

We had this homemade Stromboli for dinner with a chopped caesar salad . Not much was said during dinner as we devoured our slices. Everyone was too busy enjoying every single pizza-sauce-dunked-bite.

It’s makes for a fun meal and is always a crowd pleaser.

Homemade Stromboli on wooden platter

Enjoy! And if you give this Homemade Stromboli recipe a try, let me know! Snap a photo and tag me on twitter or instagram!

Homemade Stromboli dipped in extra pizza sauce

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Yield: 6 servings

Homemade Stromboli

This is our favorite homemade stromboli recipe! From scratch pizza sauce, sandwich pepperoni, genoa salami and ham is rolled up with mozzarella cheese in homemade pizza dough. Baked until golden perfection and then sliced and served with extra pizza sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe homemade pizza dough
  • 1 recipe homemade pizza sauce, divided]
  • 2 cups grated mozzarella cheese
  • 15 slices sandwich pepperoni
  • 10 slices ham
  • 12 slices genoa salami
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter
  • 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon italian seasoning

Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 500° and line a rimmed sheet pan with parchment paper
  • On a floured surface roll the dough out to a large rectangle.
  • Spoon 1/2 cup pizza sauce and spread over the pizza dough leaving an 1/2 inch border on three sides and a 2-inch border on the longer side.
  • Sprinkle with half of the grated mozzarella and top with the pepperoni, ham and salami. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
  • In a small bowl whisk together the egg and water and brush it on the exposed edges of the pizza dough.
  • Fold the edges over on the short (1/2 inch) sides and then the long side opposite the 2-inch border. Use the parchment paper to roll the dough towards the overhang.
  • Next grab the the parchment (under the side with the 2-inch border) and fold it over the rest of the way so the stromboli in the center of the pan, seam-side down.
  • Brush the entire thing with egg wash and make diagonal slits for venting.
  • Bake for 10 minutes rotating the pan halfway. Then reduce the temperature to 375° and continue to bake for 10 more minutes.
  • Remove, brush with melted butter, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and italian seasoning before baking for an additional 2 minutes.
  • Once baked, allow the stromboli to cool for 10 minutes before slicing 1 to 2 inch strips.
  • Serve alongside warmed extra pizza sauce for dunking.
Serving: 2slices, Calories: 459kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 27g, Fat: 31g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 13g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 112mg, Sodium: 1417mg, Potassium: 383mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 457IU, Vitamin C: 6mg, Calcium: 258mg, Iron: 2mg