Beefy Calzones

Submitted by SweetDivaMJ

"These calzones are very popular with my kids and DH. I make my own pizza dough and double the sauce to make sure we have plenty for dipping. I also frequently toss in 1 cup of frozen green pepper/ red pepper/ onion blend instead of the onion and bell pepper called for. I have made them with ground beef, but our favorite way is with leftover roast beef. Either way, they're good! These freeze well also."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb beef roast
• 1⁄4 cup onion, finely chopped
• 1⁄4 cup bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 cup A.1. Original Sauce
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 2 (11 ounce) packages refrigerated pizza dough
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded (8 oz.)

directions

1. In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook beef, onion, pepper and garlic until beef is no longer pink, stirring to break up meat;drain.
2. Keep warm.
3. In small skillet, over medium-high heat, heat tomato sauce, steak sauce & Italian seasoning to a boil.
4. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
5. Stir 1 cup tomato sauce mixture into beef mixture; set aside.
6. Keep remaining tomato sauce mixture warm. Unroll pizza dough from 1 package; divide into 4 equal pieces.
7. Roll each piece into 6 square; spoon 1/3 cup reserved beef mixture onto center of each square.
8. Top with ¼ cup cheese.
9. Fold dough over to form triangle.
10. Press edges together, sealing well with tines of a fork.
11. Repeat with remaining dough, filling & cheese to make a total of 8 calzones.
12. Bake at 400* for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
13. Serve with warm sauce. Garnish as desired. Serves 8.

Reviews

[FrenchBunny]

These calzones were absolutely delicious !! Made for a great lunch with just some Wickles Pickles and home made beets. This was such a fast lunch to put together. I had prepared everything in the morning and just popped it in the oven when I got to work. The only thing I changed was I used red peppers (just a taste preference) and I cut the recipe in half. We both loved them. The sauce was really good for these, I was surprised, I normally just go with a sweeter pizza dipping kind of sauce but the A1 really added a nice piquant taste. Thanks for sharing your recipe Sweet Diva...will be making these again.