Pizza Spring Rolls

For William's birthday, he went through my cookbooks and picked some recipes for us to try. One recipe was for pizza spring rolls, which were everyone's favorite for the night.

Pizza Spring Rolls

Ingredients:

• 2 cups vegetable oil, for frying
• 4 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1 cup mini pepperoni slices, or regular pepperoni slices quartered
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 20 egg roll wrappers (one package)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 tsp water

Directions:

1. Line a baking sheet for setting prepared spring rolls on.
2. Mix together cheese, pepperoni and pizza sauce.
3. Lay out all your egg roll wrappers on the counter with one of the points of the wrapper pointing towards you. 
4. Divide up the filling evenly between each (about 2 Tbl of filling per roll). Filling should be kind of in a line, off-center, closer to the point of the wrapper closest to you. (See Image)
5. Mix beaten egg with a small amount of water (1 tsp), and then use the egg wash to brush the edges of each wrapper before rolling.
6. Roll up like a burrito, making sure all the filling is sealed inside, first by folding up the point of the wrapper closest to you around the filling (trying to make sure things are nice and tight), tuck in the sides slightly around the ends of the filling, then fold up each of the side corners, and finally roll up the rest of the spring roll up towards the top point. (See Image)
7. Place filled rolls on prepared sheet and cover with plastic wrap and store in a cool place until ready to fry.
8. In a large, heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat, heat about 1 inch of oil for frying (about 350 degrees).
9. Place a few rolls in the hot oil, being sure not to over-crowd the pan. Fry until gold brown on one side, flip over and continue frying until the entire roll is golden. Drain on paper towels.
10. Serve with extra pizza sauce and ranch for dipping.
11. I placed my cooked rolls on "warm and hold" in the oven while cooking batches, which kept them nice and hot until serving. I also prepped my rolls earlier in the day and cooked them off at dinner time.