Community Pick
Calzones
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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2 large calzones
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 package yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 can mushroom, drained
- 1⁄4 green pepper
- 2 slices onions
- 1 jar Ragu pizza sauce (any flavor you like)
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic salt
- Italian sausage
- pepperoni
- 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese
directions
- Dough: Dissolve yeast in 1 Cup of warm water.
- Mix sugar, oil, salt, and flour and then add to yeast and water.
- Mix together until smooth.
- Knead and cover for 30 min.
- In a separate bowl, mix mushrooms, green pepper, onion, Ragu, Italian seasoning, oregano, basil, garlic salt, sausage, and pepperoni.
- Roll out dough in an approximate 10" circle.
- Place 1-2 cups of sauce mix in center of dough.
- Add cheese to sauce in the calzones.
- Fold over and crimp shut.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- After 15 minutes cooking brush with melted butter.
- Cook for a total of 25 minutes at 375 degrees or until golden brown Cover with remaining sauce and cheese.
Reviews
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These were GREAT! My DH said they were the best things I'd ever baked! And he almost never comments at all without prompting. ;-) I'm really only rating the dough and method, since I already had some filling. The dough was very good and so easy! Not sticky at all to work with, and rolled out nicely. I sub'd whole wheat flour for 3/4 C of the regular, and used a good splash of milk (about 1/4 C?) for some of the water. I also split the dough in half, and still got 2 huge calzones from it. Only baked it about 21 min., and I didn't bother w/ the melted butter. They turned out awesome, and I will definitely make again! Thanks, Kathleen, for a superb and easy recipe.
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Tweaks
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If you're making the gingerbread Calzone, here a few tweaks! 1. Feel free to use store-bought pizza dough and tomato sauce to make your life easier! 2. Skip the Italian sausage. We just used pepperoni. 3. Don't bother covering the top with extra sauce and cheese, simply decorate like a gingerbread man when it comes out of the oven! We used sliced black olives for the eyes, a red pepper bow tie, green bell pepper buttons and whipped ricotta for the clothing squiggles and mouth. 4. Also, you can build your calzone in a giant non-stick gingerbread cookie pan! Available online and at many retailers.
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Kathleen, I must say that I have never had a better pizza crust than this anywhere. I let the dough rise for over two hours and it got BIG! It stretched great too which allowed for a fuller calzone. Used your filling using fresh mushrooms instead of canned and no sausage. This was so easy, will definitely be made often since my brothers seem to want pizza all the time. Everyone got to personalize their own filling and they baked in less than 25 minutes. Everyone LOVED these! I can't wait to make them again! Thank you!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Kathleen Talbot
San Francisco, CA
I'm originally from Seattle but now live in another beautiful town...San Francisco. I work as a casemanager for street kids who I find jobs for through a Christian organization. I also spent 5 years living in Germany and would love to go back and spend some more time in Europe. I have a pet Beagle named Lucy. I'm single, but I live with a family that has 5 kids, so I get the best of both worlds!