Flatbread with Sausage and Roasted Peppers
- Easy
- 50 min
- Kcal 558
Piadina with sausage and potatoes is a piadina recipe that brings the heartwarming flavors of Emilia-Romagna straight to your table. Really comforting stuff. Deeply rooted in central and northern Italy, this dish takes the classic Italian flatbread with sausage and gives it a hearty twist by adding some tender potatoes. It's got a homey vibe, for sure, especially since it's usually cooked by tossing the sausage and potatoes together in a pan for a quick, golden finish, rather than the slower oven roast you might find elsewhere. This pan-cooked style keeps the flavors bold and the texture just right—crispy around the edges. Some folks even add a splash of beer and some herbs for an aromatic kick, which really really amps up the taste and gives the filling a little extra punch—perfect for when you're craving something warm and satisfying on a cool evening. The mix of juicy sausage and moist potato all folded into a chewy piadina Romagnola is the kind of food that makes you want to grab another bite before you've even finished the first.
This sausage and potato flatbread often gets compared to other flatbread sandwiches, but the flavor from the homemade piadina with sausage is on a whole different level. Trust me. The piadina has this slightly crispy outside with a soft, chewy middle that pairs perfectly with the rich, tangy sausage filling. People in Emilia-Romagna take pride in how this Italian flatbread with sausage shows off simple ingredients in such a big way. It's a meal that's just as good eaten at a street fair as it is for a cozy dinner at home. Some regions add their own variations, maybe throwing in onions or even a pinch of chili for heat, but the core of sausage and potatoes stays the same. And it is all about balance: sweet and savory, crispy and soft. Every bite feels comforting and a bit nostalgic. For anyone into Italian street food recipes or just looking for a new favorite snack, piadina stuffed with sausage and potatoes is the kind of thing that hits the spot every single time. Seriously good.
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To prepare the sausage and potato flatbread, first peel the potatoes, then cut them into cubes of about 1 cm (approximately 0.39 inches) 1. Place a pot full of water on the stove, bring to a boil, salt 2, and boil the potatoes for about 10 minutes 3, they should be tender but firm.
Chop the rosemary needles 4. Heat a drizzle of oil in a pan, add the well-crumbled sausage 5, and brown it for about 5 minutes 6.
When the potatoes are ready, drain them directly into the pan 7, adjust with salt and pepper 8, and flavor with the chopped rosemary 9.
Heat the flatbread in a non-stick pan for 30 seconds 10, then turn it over with a spatula 11 and heat it for another 30 seconds on the other side. At this point, place the hot flatbread on a cutting board and fill it with the stuffing 12
Lift the flatbread from one edge, fold the side edges of the dough to prevent the filling from spilling out 13, and roll it up 14. Cut the sausage and potato flatbread in half and serve it hot 15.