Meat Stuffed Garlic Bread are the perfect, easy and delicious appetizer for holidays, game days, or any days!
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Before the book came out, I shared this sample recipe from my cookbook: Meat Stuffed Garlic Bread! I did a step-by-step demo of it on my Instagram stories, and what can I say? The recipe blew up! Photos began to pour in. Everyone was making these delicious and fun appetizers! And I could. not. be. happier! That’s the goal, every time I write a recipe: getting you in the kitchen to start making it!
The recipe has lived alone on my Instagram page for a while now, but it’s time to finally give it a permanent home here on my blog, in a nice printable form! If you missed that post, or if you didn’t get a chance yet to try these Meat Stuffed Garlic Bread appetizers, put it on the top of your to-do list. Not only are they absolutely bursting with flavor, but they are super easy to make (thank you pre-made pizza dough!) and they freeze so, so well! Pro tip: make a double batch and freeze them for next time!
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- 1 cup garlic cloves
- 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
- 11⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 Tablespoon oil
- 1 pound ground beef OR veal
- 24 mini (2-3 inch) pizza dough rounds
- 1 egg
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
- Prepare the garlic pesto: Place all pesto ingredients into a blender jar. Blend until mixture is completely smooth. You can also do this using an immersion blender and placing ingredients into a tall container. Set aside.
- Prepare the meat filling: Heat oil in a large frying pan over high heat. Add meat; cook, stirring to break up the lumps, for a few minutes, until meat starts to brown. Add about 1⁄2 cup of garlic pesto; stir well to combine.
- Assemble the garlic bread: In a small bowl, whisk together about 1⁄4 cup garlic pesto and egg. Set aside for topping.
- Brush a layer of garlic pesto over 1 pizza dough round. Top with about
- tablespoon meat mixture, then fold dough around filling. Stretch the dough as you work to make sure it will enclose the filling. Place filled round, seam-side down, on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
- Brush reserved pesto and egg mixture generously over the top of each filled round. Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Plan Ahead:
- Meat-stuffed garlic bread can be prepared ahead and frozen until ready to serve. Rewarm, uncovered, until heated through.
Q: Can I use homemade pizza dough instead of the premade rounds?
A: Absolutely! You can make pizza dough using your favorite recipe (there’s a fantastic one in my second cookbook, Real Life Kosher Cooking. Divide the dough into small balls and make an indentation. Fill it with meat, then seal will and proceed with the recipe.
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How many cloves of garlic is 1cup of cloves?
This looks so good! I will have to try this.
Hey! Is it really 1 cup of garlic cloves? Or is that a typo? Thanks!
It is not a typo!
Have you tried freezing them raw and baking fresh when needed?
Can I prep them and freeze, and then bake them fresh from frozen?
sure
Could you use cheese instead of meat? What type of cheese?
I have done this with mozzarella cheese and it worked really well.
Yum! Thank you!
I can use any challa dough and brush it like a garlic nock with ground beef inside?
The recipe is tested and perfected exactly as written. Making numerous changes would be at your own risk and likely would not be as good.
What’s a good sauce to serve these with?
Garlic Mayo or Honey Mustard – both can be found by searching this site. Enjoy!