Easy Breakfast Sausage Roll Recipe
NYC pizza list, November seasonal recipes, and other musings of a pizza girl
Dearest Pizza Tourists,
This month, we’re making a Breakfast Sausage Roll. Perfect for a holiday treat, cozy mornings with family, or simply when you want something warm and carby straight from the oven. And you guessed it, we are using left-over pizza dough to make this recipe.
But first - a quick note. A lot of families could go hungry, right as the holidays begin. As November rolls in, so does a sobering reminder of how fragile our food systems really are. With federal shutdown delays and court back-and-forths, millions of Americans may face interruptions in their food assistance benefits this month. If you’ve been thinking about ways to help, start local, and send a small donation to your neighborhood food bank or community fridge.
Last week I was in New York for a friend’s wedding. In true Pizza Tourist fashion, the trip turned into a blur of pizzerias, bakeries, and long walks across boroughs. Between a pajama-themed book launch, a few martinis, and a picnic in Prospect Park, I tried to squeeze in as many pizza stops as possible.
It’s wild to think it’s been a DECADE since I left New York for Los Angeles. Whenever I visit, I almost always stay in the same neighborhood where my BFF and I once lived. It feels both nostalgic and surreal watching it change over the years. Back then—ten years ago—I dreamed of being a film director (like many of us film students). And as a low-level production assistant I’d sprint between equipment rental houses with a flip phone and paper “Google Maps” printouts in hand, desperately asking New Yorkers if I was on the right street…or rather the right path. Smartphones weren’t fully normalized yet, and while ten years doesn’t seem that long ago, that time feels so far away.
While the target has shifted, the dreaming big is still in full pursuit. These days, those dreams belong to Lupa Cotta, a project that’s grown from pop-up to pizza kit, from private chef to culinary consultant. What began as a single oven and a few borrowed tables has become a Boutique Pizza Agency. We curate pizza-centric events with a network of pizza makers, pastry chefs, florists, and makers I deeply admire. From intimate dinners in Los Angeles to destination celebrations across the map, we help people bring their pizza dreams to life, start to finish. If that sounds like your kind of party, there’s a form waiting for you on our website.
RECIPE OF THE MONTH: Breakfast Sausage Roll
The perfect cozy weekend bake or post-fiesta cure. I was bi-coastal this past week and tried two (well three if you include mine) sausage rolls. First at Radio Bakery in Brooklyn, and just yesterday, I tried the sausage roll to debut soon at Petit Grain Boulangerie in Santa Monica. I recommend both. My recipe is made up of leftover pizza dough :) So bring out the carbs, bring out the sausage! It’s carb-loading season.
