Calzones

I decided to try making calzones for supper tonite. It turned out ok. I learned a few things as I went along. They tasted great but they weren’t the prettiest! Next time I need to make them smaller, they were unwieldy this big, hard to move around. Also I need to make sure the dough isn’t too thin, otherwise the filling just oozes out and all over your oven... not a pretty sight!

Here is the pizza dough recipe I always use, it is easy and never fail.

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water

1 tsp sugar

1 tbsp instant yeast

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tsp salt

2 ½ cups flour

Mix water, sugar and yeast, set aside for a few minutes.

Mix flour, and salt together. Add the oil and water mixture to the flour.

Kneed a bit, the dough will be a little sticky. Rub ball of dough with a little oil. Let sit in a warm spot for at least 30 minutes.

Here is what it will look like after 30 minutes of rest,

Roll out on floured counter, I divided the dough into 4, but the calzones were too big I would suggest doing 6.

For the filling I just mixed everything together in a bowl so it was easier to manage.

Just stir the pizza sauce with your favorite toppings. I used ham, pineapple, mushrooms a few black olives and grated mozza cheese.

Reserve a little of the grated cheese, about a cup.

Once you have the individual rounds rolled out, place a scoop of the filling in the centre of each round. Then sprinkle a little of the grated cheese on top of the filling.

Fold over the dough in half, pinch the edges closed.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

I put an olive on the top of my Sweet's so I would know which one was his. He likes black olives and I like kalamata! 

Watch it!! that filling will be piping hot! Don’t want to burn the roof of your mouth, never a good thing!

Due to the fact that I have a tiny oven I would have to do 6 smaller calzones in 2 batches but for you lucky people with a normal oven I am sure 6 would fit on one pan. I have a pizza stone so I heated it in the oven to 425 degrees. Then I just put the calzones right on the stone.

Jen