Calzone

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Calzone

Calzone is a traditional Italian recipe for a pizza in reverse, with the bread dough on the outside and the topping in the middle. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Italian dish of: Calzone.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

20 minutes

Total Time:

30 minutes

Additional Time:

(+proving)

Serves:

6–8

Rating:

Tags : Bread Recipes Vegetable Recipes Cheese Recipes Baking Recipes Italy Recipes

This is a classic Italian dish that is, effectively, a pizza in reverse, with the dough on the outside and the topping in the middle. I love my calzones, but my wife is not so enamoured of them, though she loves home-made pizza. So I don't get to make it as often as I would desire.

Ingredients:

1 bread dough pizza base
1 egg, beaten
1 tomato, blanched, peeled and chopped
1 tbsp tomato purée
30g Italian salami, chopped
30g Mortadella ham, chopped
30g Ricotta cheese (or you can use my home-made ricotta cheese recipe to prepare your own)
2 spring onions, sliced
1/4 tsp dried oregano
salt and freshly-ground black pepper, to taste

Method:

Turn the dough on to a lightly-floured work surface and roll into a round about 23cm in diameter. Brush all the way around the edge of the dough with the beaten egg then spread the tomato purée over the semicircle of dough nearest to you. Scatter the salami, Mortadella ham and chopped tomato over the top as evenly as you can.

Dot the Ricotta cheese on top then sprinkle the oregano and spring onions over everything. Season liberally then carefully lift the uncovered half of the dough and fold over the filling so that it's completely encased in dough. Press and crimp the edges together to prevent the filling from falling out. Carefully transfer to a lightly-greased baking sheet (easiest done with a pair of spatulas). Brush the surface with some of the remaining beaten egg to form a glaze then pierce a hole in to top so that steam can escape.

Transfer to an oven pre-heated to 200°C and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the entire surface of the calzone is golden. Serve immediately.