Pizza Calzones - Diabetic

Submitted by Derf2440

"A very tasty pizza pocket originally from Company's Comming Diabetic cooking, easy and nice to have tucked away in the freezer for lunches. (recipe easily doubles)"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 8 ounces ground chicken (or beef or pork)
• 1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
• 2 large garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 cup grated zucchini (or chopped broccoli)
• 1 (7 1/2 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (flakes)
• 3⁄4 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese
• 1⁄4 cup parmesan cheese, grated (or shredded)
• 2⁄3 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons canola oil (I use Becel oil)
• 3⁄4 cup skim milk
• 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup skim milk

directions

1. Saute chicken, onion, garlic and zucchini in a large non stick fry pan until no pink remains in chicken and liquid is evaporated.
2. Stir in tomato sauce, oregano, basil, pepper and chillies flakes. Heat, uncovered on low for 10 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat. Let stand to cool slightly; stir in cheeses. Set aside.
3. Combine whole wheat flour, first amount of all purpose flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl; make a well in the centre.
4. Combine canola oil and first amount of milk in a small bowl; add all at once to the dry ingredients; stir with a fork, just until moistened.
5. Turn out onto a lightly floured board using second amount of all purpose flour; gently knead dough 8 to 10 times. Divide dough into 8 portions; roll each out to a 6 inch circle. Place 1/3 cup filling to one side of centre, moisten edge of dough with some of the second amount of milk. Bring unfilled side of dough over filling and press edges together with fork tines to seal well. Cut slits in top with tip of a sharp knife; place on greased baking sheet. Brush with remaining milk; bake in 400F degree oven for 15 to 18 minutes until golden brown.
6. Diabetic choices: 2 starch; 1/2 fruit & veggies; 1 1/2 protein; 1 fat & oil.

Reviews

[emily hauer]

These are fabulous! I love the dough, I found it very easy to work. For the filling I used some homemade spaghetti sauce that needed to be used up (tomatoes, tomato sauce, ground beef, and lots of seasoning) to which I added the zucchini and cheese. Oh, and I used whole wheat pastry flour instead of all-purpose. What I like most is that the recipe tells you how much filling to put on each round of dough, a very helpful tip that most calzone recipes don't include. I will use this recipe for dough many times in the future, with a variety of fillings. Thank you for an excellent recipe and excellent instructions.

 

[Susie FHE]

These were fantastic!! Another definite keeper! I had a little trouble with the dough but I don't ever make anything that has to be rolled out... I will continue making it with this crust though, it's wonderful!

 

[Bluenoser]

Just tried this a few minutes ago for lunch. They were excellent. We tried sprinkling cornmeal on an UNGREASED baking sheet and they slid right off. We had these with a salad and use this recipe again.Thanks for this wonderful recipe.

 

[MommyMakes]

These were excellent! Derf suggested sprinkling cornmeal on the greased baking sheet which I will definately do in the future cause mine stuck like glue. But they were sooo good and they froze and reheated prefectly. I let them cool to room temperature then wrapped each one individually in plastic wrap and froze in a large freezer bag. To reheat, I microwaved them for 3 minutes straight from the freezer. Wonderful! -- 6 WW points, great with a salad.

 

[Dana S.]

Very yummy recipe. My 11 year old made the bread dough while I cooked the filling. The kids ate it up! I used some elk sausage we had on hand for the meat, and broccoli. Everything worked very well together and was very good leftovers as well.