• Preheat oven to 375 F.
• If sausage has casings, remove them and crumble into pan with the ground beef. Brown both meats together until no longer pink. Drain fat.
  1 pound Italian sausage, 1 pound lean ground beef
• Mix the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and pepper flakes into the pizza sauce.
  1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, 30 ounces homemade pizza sauce
• Add the sauce mixture to the browned meat and stir to combine. Bring to a boil then simmer 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Open each French roll (cut in half if needed). Remove some of the bread from each side of the bun to create a “bowl” for the meat.
  6 French rolls
• Fill the bowl of the bottom bun with meat mixture. The meat will mound.
• Cover the meat mixture with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
  2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
• Place the top of bun onto the sandwich and wrap the entire thing in foil. Repeat for all sandwiches. Bake for 15 minutes in the oven and serve.

Crockpot Version

• If you prefer, you can heat the meat mixture in a crockpot until guests arrive. Put the browned meat and the seasoned sauce into the slow cooker and stir to combine. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or on high for 1-2 hours, stir once or twice during cooking. Then preheat the oven and assemble, wrap, and bake the sandwiches.