My word is it 'Pie Day Friday' already? I followed the recipe exactly from my 'New' Hairy Biker Pie Making 'Bible.
Calzone is basically and inside out Pizza. You use a Pizza dough like a 'Pasty Shell' and put all you Pizza topping inside as a filling. Henry's High School canteen sells them as 'Pizza Pockets'. They are very portable and would make a great lunchtime snack for 'Teenagers' with places to go and people to see.
They use a basic Pizza Dough. I made these once before but they were not a hit as the dough was about 3cm thick. This time I got it right and used the rolling pin to roll out the dough to about half a cm.
I wanted to get creative with the topping/filling but kept to the recipe, which turned out delicious. I found it useful to assemble all my ingredients together in smaller bowls as soon as the dough had been put to rise. The Kitchen looked like a bomb had hit it, but these are really worth the effort.
Tomato Sauce:
Finely Chop an Onion and fry it gently until it starts to brown. Add one clove of finely chopped garlic. Cook for one minute. Add 1 tin of chopped tomatoes and a teaspoon of sugar. Let it cool.
Fry 150g of finely sliced Mushrooms in butter until they start to brown and let them cool.
I had some pepperoni in the fridge but in future would keep these 'Vegetarian'.
Two Mozzarella Balls, drained and diced.
Ground Black Pepper for seasoning.
Fresh Basil leaves.
Assemble your Pizza Topping, then I used water to moisten around the edge of the dough so it would stick when I folded it over.
Make sure the Calzone is sealed well to keep all those flavours in while they cook. Bake in a hot oven for 15 - 20 minutes. I made eight of these lovlies. Very tasty, economical and filling...might make a change from turkey :)
Calzone is basically and inside out Pizza. You use a Pizza dough like a 'Pasty Shell' and put all you Pizza topping inside as a filling. Henry's High School canteen sells them as 'Pizza Pockets'. They are very portable and would make a great lunchtime snack for 'Teenagers' with places to go and people to see.
They use a basic Pizza Dough. I made these once before but they were not a hit as the dough was about 3cm thick. This time I got it right and used the rolling pin to roll out the dough to about half a cm.
I wanted to get creative with the topping/filling but kept to the recipe, which turned out delicious. I found it useful to assemble all my ingredients together in smaller bowls as soon as the dough had been put to rise. The Kitchen looked like a bomb had hit it, but these are really worth the effort.
Tomato Sauce:
Finely Chop an Onion and fry it gently until it starts to brown. Add one clove of finely chopped garlic. Cook for one minute. Add 1 tin of chopped tomatoes and a teaspoon of sugar. Let it cool.
Fry 150g of finely sliced Mushrooms in butter until they start to brown and let them cool.
I had some pepperoni in the fridge but in future would keep these 'Vegetarian'.
Two Mozzarella Balls, drained and diced.
Ground Black Pepper for seasoning.
Fresh Basil leaves.
Assemble your Pizza Topping, then I used water to moisten around the edge of the dough so it would stick when I folded it over.
Make sure the Calzone is sealed well to keep all those flavours in while they cook. Bake in a hot oven for 15 - 20 minutes. I made eight of these lovlies. Very tasty, economical and filling...might make a change from turkey :)
Looks delicious. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteNom nom - I'm coming for lunch :)
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious. Being unable to eat tomatoes rules out so many things for me, I like them, they just don't like me.
ReplyDeleteLunch today was turkey/vegetable soup and it will be fish for dinner.
Carol xx
Nom nom nom. Love me a calzone. Honey? Hint hint!
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((hugs)), Teresa :-)
They look really scrummy :-)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE calzone!
ReplyDeleteHappy Hogmanay, Happy New Year, Bonne année et bonne santé!
Karen
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