This vegetable stromboli recipe will make guests rave, or make it for family dinner! Tuck your favorite pizza ingredients into yummy pizza dough.
Original recipe: December 2010 | Updated: March 2021
The first time I ate stromboli was a few years ago at 3:00 in the morning after a night out in Fort Myers, Florida. And oooohh my, did it taste delicious!
My husband and I often reminisce about that late-night meal. We talked so many times about attempting a stromboli recipe ourselves and then finally made it happen. This vegetable stromboli has been a favorite dinner over the years, as well a delicious option to serve to hungry guests.
How To Make Vegetable Stromboli
Step 1
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Coat foil generously with cooking spray.
Step 2
Combine in the bowl of a food processor: 1/2 cup pitted kalamata or black olives, 8-10 sun-dried tomato halves, packed in oil, and 1 Tbsp. oil from the sun-dried tomato jar. Pulse until the mixture forms a rough paste.
Step 3
Prepare a lightly floured work surface. Roll dough into a 14×10-inch rectangle. Spread the olive-tomato mixture onto the inside of the dough, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges.
Top with a layer of provolone cheese slices. Top with thawed spinach and roasted red peppers.
Make sure the pepper strips run parallel to the longest side of the rectangle.
Step 4
Fold 1 inch of dough over the filling on the short sides of the rectangle. Fold the long sides over and pinch the dough together at the corners.
Roll the dough, starting at one of the long ends, as tightly as possible.
Step 5
Brush the border lightly with a bit of beaten egg and pinch the seam to seal it shut.
Transfer the roll to your prepared baking sheet, seam side down. Brush the entire surface with egg wash.
Step 6
Bake this veggie stromboli recipe in the preheated oven for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Allow it to cool for a bit, transfer to a cutting board and slice into 1-inch pieces.
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Recipe Notes
- This is a vegetarian stromboli recipe, but you may add ground turkey, sausage, ham, Rotisserie chicken or pepperoni if you’re looking for a meaty version.
- Replace the filling ingredients with any combination of mushrooms, onions, broccoli or dill pickles.
- Buy frozen pizza dough or make your own dough! It’s super easy!
- Replace kalamata olives with any variety you have on had. Or use a few different varieties!
- Provolone slices may be replaced with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- A sprinkling of Parmesan cheese over the top before rolling dough is a delicious addition.
Calzone vs. Stromboli
There is one main difference between calzones and stromboli and that is their final shape. A calzone is typically formed in the shape of a circle or half circle. Stromboli bakes in the form of a log or roll and is sliced just before eating.
Calzones are typically made with pizza sauce and other pizza toppings such as cheese, pepperoni and sausage. Strombolis can be made with any variation of ingredients and tend to be more creative.
How To Roll Out Pizza Dough
Make sure the dough is at room temperature before rolling. Lightly flour a flat work surface and place the dough in the center. Sprinkle a bit of flour over top and use a rolling pin to roll it into the desired shape.
If you need to press the dough a bit with your hands to get it into a round shape, this is just fine. Rub a tiny bit of olive oil onto your hands to ensure the dough doesn’t stick.
Feel free to pick up your dough! It’s not super fragile, so handling it is fine even if you’re not comfortable yet with tossing it into the air. Holding one side and letting it hang down can help stretch the dough.
FAQ About Stromboli
Stromboli is an enclosed form of pizza, rolled up with dough and ingredients such as mozzarella or provolone cheese and any other ingredients that typically adorn a pizza. Some versions contain cold cuts such as salami and various cheeses. It is baked in the oven and served in slices.
Stromboli contains dough and pizza ingredients rolled up in a tube, then baked. When served, it resembles pinwheels with breading on the outside and rolled up ingredients in the center.
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Vegetable Stromboli Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup kalamata olives pitted (or black olives)
- 10 sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil
- 1 tbsp oil from the sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 lb pizza dough thawed
- 12 slices provolone cheese
- 10 oz frozen spinach thawed, squeezed free of water, chopped
- 12 oz roasted red peppers drained, patted dry and cut into strips
- 1 egg lightly beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and coat with cooking spray.
- Combine the olives, sun-dried tomatoes and oil in a food processor and pulse until the mixture forms a rough paste.
- Lightly flour a work surface. Roll dough into a 14×10-inch rectangle. Spread with olive mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around the dough edges on all sides. Top mixture with overlapping slices of cheese. Add the spinach in an even layer on top. Add the red pepper strips in a single layer, long sides parallel to the long sides of the dough rectangle.
- Fold 1 inch of dough over the filling on the short sides of the rectangle. Fold the long ends over the filling, pinching the dough together at the corners. Roll the dough, starting at one of the long ends, as tightly as possible. Pinch the seam to seal.
- Transfer the roll, seam side down, to the prepared baking sheet and brush with the egg. Bake 25 minutes, or until the bread is golden brown.
- Loosen the bottom of stromboli from the foil with a spatula. Transfer to a cutting board, slice into 1-inch pieces and serve.
Notes
- Ground turkey, sausage, Rotisserie chicken or pepperoni are great additions if you’re looking for a meaty stromboli.
- Replace the filling ingredients with any combination of mushrooms, onions, dill pickles and different varieties of cheese.
- Buy frozen pizza dough or make your own dough! It’s super easy!
- Replace kalamata olives with any variety you have on had. Or use a few different varieties!
This was really good. One of my guests doesn’t like olives so I substituted them for feta cheese. Not the crumble kind but in brine. Added some Italian
seasoning and garlic powder.
Sounds like a great twist! Thanks for sharing – I’m sure someone else would enjoy the twist.
Do you need to put small slices on the top of The Stromboli to let the steam out?
No, you don’t have to. This cooks just fine without. But you can if you want – some of the ingredients might puff out. It will still be tasty!
Hi Megan. I have read all of the comments and I do understand that you Can make and freeze it unbaked a day ahead of time but I have no room in my small freezer. I have soooo much to do on the day of company so can I make this a day ahead already baked and if so how would you store/wrap it and reheat? Also how many slices can I get from this I have a lot of other food?
Hi Karen, Good question. You’re not alone in room constraints especially when you’re going to be hosting. I think you could easily bake this ahead of time, maybe underbake it a few minutes. Once it’s completely cool, put it in a tupperware. The best way to reheat baked goods or meals that are bread based like this, in my opinion, would be to reheat on stoneware so that the moisture is taken out and you get more of a similar just baked feel once you take it out of the oven. An air fryer (convection oven) would also do a nice job in reheating this bread. If those options aren’t available to you, maybe warming it up and then broiling it for a few minutes to get the outside of the bread crisped up again would be an alternative. Let me know how it works out!
This was delish! I added garlic, thinly sliced red onion and grilled chicken breast. I will continue to use this recipe and use up whatever is in the refrigerator. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I’m so glad you liked it! I love garlic and red onion adds great flavor, especially in a stromboli. Good job! I also really like using up what’s in the fridge to make a delicious dinner. Way to go!
PS You can make this totally vegan by skipping the egg wash and making this very good "mozzarella cheese" from the Minimalist Baker : https://minimalistbaker.com/easy-vegan-mozzarella-cheese/. The cheese has a consistency between fresh mozzarella and firm cream cheese and although it does not taste just like mozzarella, it is cheesy from the nutritional yeast and it works well with these flavors. You can dust the dough with flour and use water instead of egg wash to seal.
I made this last night Oh so good. I need a couple of tweaks for the next one like more dough, less olive paste, less cheese and a hotter oven. No complaints about the results of the first try though.
Glad you liked it! Your suggestions sound good too. That’s the beauty of cooking. One recipe brings inspiration for another and changes to make another version!
Made this the other night for dinner and everybody was SO in love!! I added some veggie "meatballs" into half of it and it tasted amazing. Also added garlic cloves to the olive paste, as I put garlic in almost every dish, and really blended well!
Hi Daria! So glad you love this recipe as much as I do. I absolutely love your addition of veggie meatballs and garlic! Yum!
Megan
Hi
Would fresh spinach work?
Hi Jolene! Yes, fresh spinach would work great!
Megan
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe and tutorial on such a great dish. A friend of mine shared it to me.. so the following week I got the ingredients to make it myself… I added pepperoni to mine {I have 3 carnivore boys to feed}. It came out great! I shared this dish to my "friday favorites" today. You are welcome to come check it out: http://themooninmae.blogspot.com/2016/02/friday-favorites.html
Thanks!!
Jennifer Mae
http://www.themooninmae.blogspot.com
Hi Jennifer! I’m so glad you enjoyed the stromboli! It’s one of our favorites, too. I love the addition of pepperoni…yum! Thanks for including the recipe in your Friday favorites. You have a beautiful website!
Megan
Jared, that sounds interesting! Does it melt well? Is it tasty?
Megan
Veggie cheese is made without Renner or Enzymes which is a product from veal 4th stomach. Gross I know!! I stopped eating cheese with this and it can be hard to find!!
Hi Lainey! Yes, you can freeze this stromboli. Freeze with the dough unbaked, but be sure tightly cover it with flour-dusted foil and an outer layer of plastic wrap (or ziploc bag). Freeze for up to a month!
Megan
Sounds delicious!! Can you freeze this? Seems like a mighty lot for one person to devour . If freezing, would you recommend freezing with baked, or unbaked pizza dough?
Hi Sara! This will freeze just fine. Wrap it tightly in a few layers of aluminum foil (dust with flour so dough doesn't stick) with an outer layer of plastic wrap. I hope this helps!
Megan
Has anyone tried to freeze this? If so, how did you do it and how did it turn out?
Your comment made my day, Thea! So glad this post inspired you! Enjoy the stromboli.
Megan