Ground Beef and Mushroom Calzones

Submitted by PortlandChick

"These calzones aren't your typical calzone as they don't have any marinara. They are a recipe from my mother-in-law that she made DH as a kid. I love them and they always make enough to freeze and reheat later! Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 15 calzones
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• Dough

• 1 1⁄4 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon yeast
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups flour

• Filling

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 lb fresh sliced mushrooms
• 1 (8 ounce) package Knorr french onion soup mix
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1 cup cheese, grated

directions

1. Sprinkle yeast on warm water lt dissolve and float to top. Add olive oil and pepper and 2 C flour. Stir til smooth. Stir in remaining flour until kneadable. Knead til smooth. Let rise while making filling.
2. Fry beef in skillet on med-high until no longer pink. Add mushrooms and fry a bit more. Add soup and water, reduce heat to med. and simmer until liquid is almost gone. **if you want to you can grate in a baked potato or add rice or other appropriate leftovers you may have** Add cheese and turn off heat. Let cool.
3. Roll out dough and use a bowl or lid that is about 4" or whatever you choose to cut circles and put filling in and seal and put on a cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minute.

Reviews

[Chef Shadows]

Even though the stars show only 3 we give this a 3.5! Very easy and nice recipe. We made these last night and devoured them, but there was just something missing ( no not the tomato sauce ) just can't put our finger on it... Thanks for a good recipe we will use again with some changes, will post what we change if we find that magic missing ingrediant. Thanks again. Edit 10/17/2009: The missing ingredient is chorizo! Add half beef and half chorizo you will not be disapointed. 4 star this way!