Asparagus and Pepper Stromboli

I saw this recipe in Parents magazine. The original recipe was not completely vegetarian, so I changed it a little bit.
Ingredients:
Asparagus, sliced – 1 cup (approximately 10-12 spears)
Yellow Peeper, diced – 1 cup (1 medium size)
Plum Tomatoes, seeded and chopped – 2 (I used 1/4 cup of crushed tomatoes instead)
Garlic, minced – 1 clove (I used 2 cloves)
Olive oil – 1 teaspoon
Salt – 1/2 teaspoon
Italian seasoning
Pepper – 1/4 teaspoon (not mentioned in the original recipe)
Refrigerated Pizza tube – 1 (I used Pillsburry Pizza Crust)
Italian blend Cheese, shredded – 1 cup (I used part skim pizza blend cheese)

Procedure:
1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. In a glass bowl, combine asparagus, peepers, tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, salt, Italian seasoning and pepper.

3. Mix them well and here is how it looks:

4. Cover and microwave for 4 minutes, stirring once in the middle. Let cool 5 minutes. Drain off excess liquid. (But I did not have any excess liquid)
5. Unroll pizza dough onto baking sheet and shape into a rectangle.

6. Place half of cheese onto bottom third of dough along its length.

7. Spread veegie filling onto cheese.

8. Top with remaining cheese.

9. Roll up to shape stromboli (into a log).



10. Bake for 25 minutes.

11. Let cool 5 minutes before slicing and serving.

I got around 23 pieces for this measurement. My husband and I loved it. A different twist to the regular pizza.

My Notes:
1. This was a bit salty, so you may want to increase the amount of pepper if you want it spicy.
2. I suggest to cool the baked stromboli even for 10 minutes, so that slicing will not be difficult and you will also get neat slices.
This is my entry for Mansi’s Monthly Mingle originally started by Meeta.
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June 12th, 2008 at 2:05 am
This is so amazingly yummy. What a neat idea.
June 11th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I love stromboli, thanxxxx for sharing this Madhu, looks awesome, very tasty. Love d pic as well!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 10:19 am
beautiful madhu!! good job, i am very much impressed…the pics are all beautiful, now i cant rest until i make it!
come over, i have something for u on my blog!
June 10th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Looks DEEEELLLIICCCIIIOOOUUUSSSS.. Wow. I am certainly going to make this post it on my blog
btw, your hands look very nice
Just a girly talk
June 10th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Looks SUPER! Gotta try this sometime.
Bookmarked.
June 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Asha, yes slicing was a bit tricky.
Priya, thank you for subscribing to my emails. Did you get my email? Did you check the junk folder?
Sukanya, I’ve not tasted stromboli before. This is the first time I tried and it tasted very good.
Cham, me too. I was having doubts about the combination, but it worked out well.
Anjali, hope your daughter would like it. My toddler did not like it as much as he enjoys the regular pizza.
Jayashree, Hetal, Kamala thank you very much. Let me know how it turns out.
Anila, how are you? First pre heat the oven for around 10 minutes and then place the stromboli in a baking(cookie) sheet and keep the oven on for another 20-25 minutes.
Arundathi, HappyCook thank you very much for your appreciation. Arundathi, I got the recipe from Parents magazine and I just omitted the meat.
Bee, Mansi, Vani yes of course we can come up with different types of filling.
Uma, thank you very much dear. Congrats on the award and thanks for passing it to me.
Mona your welcome.
Ranji, make it for him, he will definitely like it. So will you?
RedChillies, I’m also not a big fan of asparagus. But anyway I tried this one and it was good. But that said, I think we can come up with different types of stuffing.
Dee, thank you. Bet he will like it. Hope the bread also comes out well.
Lakshmi, welcome to my blog. I’m a huge fan of your blog.
Sia, thank you very much. Now I will go and check out the spinach stromboli.
Kalai, it tasted very good. Do try it.
Laavanya, yes it’s definitely perfect for entertaining.
June 10th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Beautiful and just perfect for entertaining!
June 10th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Gorgeous recipe, Madhu!! Love this idea and am bookmarking this to try out!
June 10th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Madhu i have just posted the grits recipe..hope u like it:)
June 10th, 2008 at 6:41 am
that looks like pure heaven madhu… i ahve seen spincah stromboli at saffron hut’s blog and since then i wanted to try it at home. now u have come up with another delicious recipe.