Cook Like An Italian Calzone

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Category: Main Dishes | Blog URL: http://theeatfoodnotmoneycookbook.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/cook-like-an-italian-calzone/

This recipe was entered in The Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook contest, a compilation of the world’s best food blogs which was published in Fall 2010.


Photo: Kathy Brakhage
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Ingredients

1 can pizza dough (you can find it with the canned biscuits)
Italian seasoning
Parmesan cheese
Mozzarella cheese
small amount of olive oil
Fillings & sauces
Suggested fillings:
Cooked, crumbled ground beef
Cooked, crumbled Italian sausage
Pepperoni
Ham
Shredded beef
Shredded chicken
Mushrooms
Black olives
Tomatoes
Onions
Bacon
Suggested sauces (to dip and to fill):
Garlic butter – Mix a little garlic powder with
Marinara – Mix tomato paste, a few drops of water &
Blue cheese dressing
Ranch dressing
Barbeque sauce

Preparation

1
Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray.
2
Lay the dough out flat on cookie sheet (the dough is square when it is unrolled).
3
Spread desired sauce to within ½ inch of edge. Don’t spread it all the way to the edge or your calzone won’t seal.
4
Sprinkle about ¼ tsp parmesan into center.
5
Fill half the calzone with desired fillings.
6
Top the filling with mozzarella cheese.
7
Fold the unfilled half over the filled half and press down on edges to seal all the way around the calzone.
8
GENTLY press down on the top of the calzone to flatten it a little.
9
Spread a small amount of olive oil mixed with Italian seasoning over the top.
10
Cut three small slits in the top to release heat.
11
Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 7 minutes or until crust is brown and cheese is melted.
12
Suggested combinations:
13
Breakfast calzone - Use ranch dressing as the sauce inside. Use scrambled eggs and cooked, crumbled breakfast sausage.
14
Taco calzone - Use cooked ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning, diced tomatoes, diced onions and cheddar instead of mozzarella and no sauce inside. Dip in sour cream.
15
Hawaiian calzone - Use sliced ham and pineapple chunks. Use garlic butter to fill and dip.
16
Barbeque calzone – Use shredded beef, onions and cheddar instead of mozzarella. Use barbeque sauce to fill and dip.
17
Bacon cheeseburger calzone - Use cooked, crumbled ground beef and bacon. Use cheddar instead of mozzarella. Use blue cheese dressing to fill and dip.

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About

My kids are crazy for this!! For those of you that don’t know, a calzone is basically a pizza inside of it’s crust. There are so many different combinations I decided to give you the basic calzone recipe and then some suggestions after. Use your imagination!

Yield:

6 servings

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 10:52am

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