Calzones

"Impress everyone with these delicious Calzones. The filling is what I enjoy, but just like a pizza it can be adapted to any taste."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
2 large calzones
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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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.

Questions & Replies

  1. Regarding the Christmas Wreath recipe... I had one that you baked everything in the wreath. Do u have this recipe?
     
  2. Hi and Christmass greetings... I wanted to know is the gingerbread man by Wilton...and where does one purchase this pan... What a great idea ! Thankyou, Mo
     
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Reviews

  1. I didn''t use the Ragu pizza sauce but instead a chunker pasta sauce (Classico tomato-basil) which I think was good. I also added chicken and ham.
     
  2. Thank you for a wonderful recipe, All I did was cut the dough into individual sizes and allow everyone to choose thier toppings. My out of town relatvies now think I'm a wonderful cook, and can't wait to come back for another visit. Thanks again.
     
  3. Fantastic!!! Each member of my family chose their own toppings and I bought a very high quality sauce from a local restaurant. This will be a mainstay in our house.
     
  4. 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.
     
  5. Delish, but did mine a little different. I only used 3 Tbsp of sauce and sauteed the vegs in it. Once they were pretty cooked, I did the rest the same (except the shape, as you can see by my pic), Have been making these for years, but used frozen bread dough. Not anymore!
     
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Tweaks

  1. 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.
     
  2. 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!
     

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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!
 
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