Learn how to make a delicious homemade stromboli from scratch homemade dough and helpful tips. This easy and versatile recipe is perfect for a family dinner or party appetizer. Stromboli is a rolled up version of a pizza with sauce (almost always red sauce), meat, cheese, and sometimes vegetables.
Easy Stromboli Made from Pizza Dough
This Stromboli Recipe includes an easy made from scratch pizza dough along with helpful hints on mastering the Stromboli and making this recipe epic. This scrumptious family favorite is loaded with pepperoni, ham and mozzarella but you can customize it to your liking.
Life just wouldn’t be the same without scrumptious recipes like this. What’s not love love about homemade dough filled with marinara, mozzarella, ham, and pepperoni? If you like this recipe try calzone, buffalo chicken pizza, Hawaiian pizza, and BBQ chicken pizza.
What You Need to Make Stromboli
For the pizza dough, you need active dry yeast, granulated sugar, salt, olive oil, and all purpose flour. For the stromboli, you need butter, dried basil, dried oregano, garlic powder, marinara or pizza sauce, ham, pepperoni, shredded mozzarella, and egg.
How to Make Stromboli
First prepare the pizza dough. Dissolve the yeast and sugar in water and wait about ten minutes. Mix salt, yeast mixture, olive oil and flour in a stand mixer with dough hook attached or in a large bowl with a wooden spoon. Add the flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough pulls away from the side of the bowl. Turn on to floured surface and knead for about four minutes.
Coat a large ceramic or glass bowl with oil oil. Add the dough and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let it rise for about 60 minutes or until double in size. On a lightly floured surface roll the dough out into about a 10×13 or 11×14 inch rectangle. Use the rolling pin to help move the dough to a parchment covered baking sheet. Melt the butter and add garlic powder, basil and oregano. Lightly brush the rolled out dough with the herb butter.
Spread the marinara over the dough leaving a 1-2 inch border all the way around. Then layer the ham, followed by the pepperoni, and the mozzarella. With the pizza crust turned lengthwise roll it up like you would cinnamon rolls. Brush it with egg wash and a little more herb butter. Place it seam side down and cut slits in the top diagonally every 1-1 1/2 inches and bake for about 25 minutes in a preheated oven.
How to Make Pizza Dough in Advance
Make pizza dough up to 3 days in advance. Just follow all the steps through including the 60 minute rise time. Then, tightly wrap the pizza dough with plastic wrap and store it in the coldest part of the refrigerator for up to three days. After three days it is still edible but the quality of the dough begins to degrade. To freeze double wrap and store for up to three weeks. Move frozen pizza dough to the refrigerator the day before use to thaw.
Recipe Tips
- Roll the pizza dough out a on surface lightly covered with flour. Move to baking sheet after rolled out.
- If the pizza dough seems to be springing back when you roll it then give the gluten time to relax in its new flat shape. Roll it out, wait 15 minutes, roll it again, repeat if necessary.
- If pushed for time some grocery stores have ready made pizza dough. Call ahead to check.
- Leave a 1-2 inch border around the pizza dough so you can pinch and seal consequently leaving all the goodies cooking inside.
- Place the stromboli on baking sheet seam side down.
Stromboli Recipe Variations
Please keep in mind that all meats should be cooked and veggies sauteed to remove extra moisture.
- Meat – pork sausage, chorizo, bacon, or salami
- Vegetables – mushrooms, spinach, olives, onion, bell pepper
- Cheese – provolone, Parmesan, Romano, Asiago, and fontina cheese
- Sauce – tomato, pizza, and alfredo
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Stromboli Recipe
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 1 .25 ounce package active dry yeast
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 1/2-3 cups all purpose flour plus extra for rolling
Stromboli
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 cup marinara plus more for dipping
- 3 large thin slices sweet ham
- 3 ounces pepperoni
- 1 1/4 cups shredded mozzarella
- 1 egg beaten
Instructions
- In a small bowl, mix together yeast, sugar, and water. Let it sit for about 10 minutes for the yeast to activate. If the yeast is active, small bubbles will form on the surface.
- In a large bowl, add the salt, yeast mixture, and olive oil. Begin adding flour, about 1/2 cup at a time, while stirring. Continue adding flour 1/2 cup at a time until the dough starts to pull from the sides.
- Knead the dough for 3-4 minutes on a well-floured surface.
- Coat a large ceramic or glass bowl with olive oil. Add the dough and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let it rise for about 60 minutes or until it doubles in size.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out into a 10×13 or 11×14-inch rectangle. Use the rolling pin to help move the dough to a parchment-covered baking sheet.
- Melt the butter and add garlic powder, basil, and oregano. Lightly brush the rolled-out dough with the herb butter.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spread the marinara over the dough, leaving a 1-2 inch border all the way around. Layer the ham, followed by the pepperoni, and the mozzarella. With the pizza crust turned lengthwise, roll it up like you would cinnamon rolls.
- Brush it with egg wash and a little more herb butter. Place it seam side down and cut slits in the top diagonally every 1-1 1/2 inches and bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet. Serve with extra marinara.
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Notes
- Roll the pizza dough out on surface lightly covered with flour. Move to baking sheet after rolled out.
- If the pizza dough seems to be springing back when you roll it then give the gluten time to relax in its new flat shape. Roll it out, wait 15 minutes, roll it again, repeat if necessary.
- If pushed for time some grocery stores have ready made pizza dough. Call ahead to check.
- Leave a 1-2 inch border around the pizza dough so you can pinch and seal consequently leaving all the goodies cooking inside.
- Place the Stromboli on cookie sheet seam side down.
- Make sure you brush the top with egg wash, herb butter and a sprinkle of mozzarella.
- Bake in center of preheated oven uncovered.
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Sara
Oh. My. Yum! That looks so good! I want this for dinner asap!
Shiho
We made this the other day! Delicious and was fairly easy to make and my children loved it. Thank you for the great recipe and detailed instruction.
Beth Pierce
You are most welcome! I am glad that you liked it!!
Gina Matsoukas
Delicious! Delicious! Delicious!
Chastity
I love Stromboli’s it’s so delicious and one of my favorite dishes. The one that you created looks so much more delicious than our pizza restaurant. I am not sure if I can make it as good as your though, lol.
berlin | Momi berlin
Will definitely save the recipe. I will have more time to work in the kitchen now that the kids will have their school break in a few weeks from now.
Ana
Ok! So tomorrow I’m going to make this and my family is going to love it! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us!
Beth Pierce
You are most welcome Ana! I hope you enjoy it!
Jasmine Hewitt
i’ve been looking for a good Stromboli recipe. i’ve not tried making it myself yet but this looks amazin g
Sue-Tanya Mchorgh
I’ve never heard of Stromboli before but the photos have me intrigued. I’m on my way to the supermarket to get the ingredients so I can try it out now.
Jen
Could this be put together ahead of time and frozen before baking?
Beth Pierce
Yes Jen you can. Skip everything in step 6. Double wrap in plastic wrap removing as much air as possible. Move to refrigerator 24 hours in advance to thaw. Let it come to room temperature. Unwrap and complete all in step 6…egg wash, butter herb mixture and mozzarella. Bake as directed. It may need a couple of extra minutes of baking time.
alexandra cook
This looks so mouthwatering, my kids would probably like this, this is a big help.
preet
This will be my kids new favorite food, it is easy to make so I might try this at home
Jacque Hooper
My middle child is in love with anything resembling pizza. She seriously wants to be a “pizza maker” when she’s older (she’s 6). Basically, she loves any Italian food! This is right up her alley! Looks like a winner!
Elaine
Would you believe that while I was at the grocery store today, I thought about a conversation I had with a coworker a while back. She told me she made strombolis for the first time and how easy they were. This was years ago, but I literally thought about it this afternoon, and then I stumbled on your recipe! Clearly I need to make these this weekend!
Beth Pierce
That is fabulous! I hope you love it!
Sofia
it sounds perfect for an aperitif! A good glass of wine together with your stromboli roll are just perfect!
Beth Pierce
I could not agree more! Delicious!!
Kristy Bullard
I love Stromboli! I always order it when we visit the pizzeria or Italian restaurant. This recipe looks so easy, I should just make it at home!
Beth Pierce
Yes should try it! So darn delicious!!
John Mulindi
These Stromboli looks nice to prepare with the family. I like learning new recipes by reading posts like this one. Thanks for sharing.