Mmmmmm, calzones. They're similar lilliputian personal-sized pizza pillows. And for me, they agree beautiful memories from growing up.
H5N1 few times a year, Mom together with I would instruct on an all-day shopping trip. I'd save, together with save, together with salve my babysitting coin hence I'd pick out a prissy lilliputian pot of coin to pass on whatever wearing clothing struck my fancy. Back inward those days I was quite the lilliputian wearing clothing hound {not hence much anymore}. Oh, I loved our shopping trip days ...
... Not solely did I instruct to pass the whole 24-hour interval alongside my Mom together with purchase lots of novel stuff, nosotros ever got ane of my favorite foods for lunch. You guessed it calzones.
Growing upwards inward Vermont, our 'big' shopping trip days required a trek to the closest metropolis alongside a mall, virtually an threescore minutes away. An threescore minutes away forthwith seems similar nothing {shoot, until of late I drove virtually that far one-way every 24-hour interval for work} ... but it seemed similar an eternity of a drive to me dorsum then. We'd hitting the mall, store to our heart's content, together with halt inward at a tiny lilliputian topographic point inward the mall for their delicious calzones for lunch. Good times.
But then, since nosotros loved them hence much, my sugariness lilliputian Mom figured out how to brand our ain calzones at abode hence enjoying them wasn't express to simply our shopping trip days. She's clever similar that.
And you lot know what? You tin brand your ain calzones at home, too! ... Here's how, courtesy of my Mom.
Now, you lot tin brand your ain staff of life dough ... but nosotros shortcut this footstep yesteryear buying frozen dough loves or pizza dough balls.
Start yesteryear cutting each frozen dough loaf or pizza dough ball into 4 equal sections ...
... together with hence whorl each department into a 7- to 8-inch circle. They don't pick out to travel perfect, but I exercise stair out mine alongside a ruler to brand certain they're by together with large the correct size. Place the dough circles on cookie sheets, 4 circles to each sheet.
Place the filling ingredients ... herbed ricotta cheese, mozzarella, pepperoni, together with mushrooms (or whatever fillings you lot desire) ... inward the pump of each dough circle.
Then, crease the dough upwards over the filling, forming the dough into a turnover-like one-half circle.
Gently press together with crimp the edges of the dough together to seal the calzone.
At this point, your calzone volition await similar a large ol' camel's hump ... sort of similar this ...
That's because the filling is yet all balled upwards inward the center. You don't wish that.
With your fingertips, gently force downwards on the filling together with spread it out every bit evenly every bit possible throughout the entire calzone.
Now, it should await virtually similar this ...
Bake 'em upwards 'til the dough is cooked through together with they're a prissy golden brown. I ever banking concern gibe the bottoms to encounter if they're done ... they should travel golden brownish virtually similar this ...
If you lot hap instruct the dough a flake every bit good sparse inward the middle or materials the calzones a lilliputian every bit good full, you lot may instruct a couplet of blow-outs ... but that's okay ... they'll yet sense of savor yummy!
All done! At this point, you lot tin serve them ... or, wind them individually inward foil together with freeze them for later.
Here's what these lilliputian beauties await similar inside. Mmmmmmmm.
Serve 'em upwards alongside about warmed spaghetti sauce spooned on overstep together with you've got a very tasty dinner.
Ahhhhhh ... memories. Thanks, Mom!
Pepperoni & Mushroom Calzones
Ingredients- 2 loaves frozen staff of life dough
- 15 oz. container ricotta cheese
- 4 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp. dried oregano
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- 1/2 tsp. garlic salt
- 1 package pepperoni slices
- 1 (4 oz.) can sliced mushrooms
- 1 jar spaghetti sauce (or homemade sauce)
- Thaw the staff of life dough loaves overnight inward the refrigerator.
- Cut each staff of life loaf into 4 pieces. Form a 7-inch to 8-inch apartment circle out of each dough piece. Lay each dough circle on a cookie canvas lightly sprayed alongside non-stick cooking spray. You'll remove 2 cookie sheets, placing 4 dough circles on each sheet.
- Mix together the ricotta cheese, dried oregano, dried basil, together with garlic salt.
- Place a dollop of the ricotta mixture inward the pump of each dough circle; overstep alongside about of the mozzarella, pepperoni slices, together with mushrooms, dividing these ingredients evenly betwixt the 8 dough circles.
- Carefully crease each dough circle inward one-half similar a turnover, bringing the dough upwards over the filling. Seal the edges together yesteryear gently pressing together the dough together with slightly crimping it together. With your fingertips, gently pat downwards together with spread the filling within the dough out to the edges to disperse it evenly throughout the calzone.
- Bake at 350 degrees for twenty minutes, switching the rack seat of the pans after the get-go 10 minutes to ensure fifty-fifty browning.
- To serve, identify each calzone on a plate together with slash an 'x' inward the overstep alongside a abrupt knife; pour warm spaghetti sauce over the top.
Note: Calzones freeze good - wind individually alongside aluminum foil to freeze. When gear upwards to swallow them, thaw for a flake inward the fridge together with hence reheat (while yet inward the foil) at 400 degrees until heated through. Top alongside spaghetti sauce to serve.
Enjoy!
