Calzone Recipe
Servings: 8 calzones
Ingredients
- Homemade pizza dough separated into 8 equal pieces
- Mozzarella cheese shredded
- Pizza sauce
- All-purpose flour for rolling out the pizza dough
For the egg wash:
- 1 Egg and a teaspoon of water whisked in a bowl
Suggested fillings:
- Pepperoni
- Onion
- Bell pepper
- Olives
- mushrooms
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit
- Prep all of your toppings so that they are ready for the next step
- Assemble the calzones one at a time: Sprinkle a little bit of flour out on a flat surface and use a rolling pin to flatten out one piece of pizza dough into a circle that is 6 to 7 inches wide. Next, spread a tablespoon or two of the pizza sauce on one half of the circle. Follow this up with a tablespoon or two of cheese on top of the sauce. Then add the toppings you have selected to use. Don’t go overboard on the toppings or else you might not be able to seal up the calzone. Next, sprinkle on another tablespoon or two a cheese, and follow it up with a few dollops of the pizza sauce. Now in order to seal the calzone, you will want to wet the rim of the dough with water. Just get a bowl of water out, place a finger in the water, and then spread the water over the rim. Then carefully fold the pizza dough over the toppings and press, pinch, and seal its rim down on the other sides rim.
- Prep the calzones: Transfer all of these calzones over to the baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Then take a knife and poke a small hole on the top of each calzone. If you don’t do this then the steam inside the calzone could cause it to burst while cooking. Finally, brush all the tops of the calzones with the egg wash.
- Bake the calzones: Place these calzones into your oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes. You will know that they are done when they have achieved a nice golden brown color.
- Let the calzones rest for 10 minutes before you dig into them. Enjoy!