Pizzacalzone Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 500 degrees. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and lightly oil.
• In a bowl, stir together ricotta, Parmesan, basil and pepper.
• Lightly flour a work surface, and stretch or roll the dough into a 12-inch round. Spread ricotta mixture on half the dough, leaving a half-inch border all around. Brush the edges of the dough with water and fold dough in half, over filling; pinch the edges of the dough together to seal.
• Transfer calzone to baking sheet. Brush the top with olive oil. Spoon tomato sauce over the calzone and sprinkle with mozzarella. Bake until crust is firm and cheese is golden, about 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Cook ground beef, mushrooms, and green pepper in a medium frypan till meat is no longer pink, drain.
• Stir in the mozzarella cheese and the 1/3 cup pizza sauce.
• Unroll pizza dough.
• Roll or stretch dough into a 10 x 15 inch rectangle.
• Cut dough into 6- 5 inch squares.
• Spoon some of the meat mixture onto one-half of each square.
• Brush dough edges with water.
• Lift a corner and stretch dough over meat mixture to opposite corner.
• Seal the edges by pressing with the tines of a fork.
• Place calzones on a greased baking sheet.
• Prick tops with a fork to allow steam to escape.
• Brush with the milk.
• If desired, sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or till golden brown.
• Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
• If desired, serve with warmed pizza sauce.

Steps:

• For the Dough: dissolve the yeast in the warm water, it should be 105°F to max 115°F until it bubbles a little about 5 minutes. (any higher it will kill the yeast.) In a large bowl, stir in the sugar,oil,salt and 1 cup flour. Add enough flour so it is easy to handle or (you can put it in a food processor). Remove dough onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Cover the dough, put in a warm place and let it rise for 5 to 10 minutes.
• For the Sauce: Add olive oil to medium heat in a sauce pan. Add garlic and crushed red pepper to the heated oil; when pepper snaps and garlic sizzles, stir in crushed tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper and Italian seasonings. Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in parsley.
• Roll the dough into 4 10 inch circles. Place sauce and topping mix over half of the dough. Add 1/2 cup cheese. Fold over and crimp the edges shut.Brush the edges with melted butter or beaten egg wash. Bake at 350°F for 25 - 30 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with additional sauce on the side or on top.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Unroll 1 pizza crust onto greased baking sheet; pat to 12x10-inch rectangle.
• Spread with pizza sauce to within 1 inch of edges; top with half the mozzarella, pepperoni and remaining mozzarella. Reserve 1 Tbsp. Parmesan; sprinkle remaining Parmesan over mozzarella. Cover with second pizza crust; crimp edges with fork to seal. Sprinkle with reserved Parmesan.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until evenly browned. Let stand 5 min. before cutting to serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Unroll 1 pizza crust onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; pat to 12x10-inch rectangle.
• Combine pizza sauce and oregano; spread sauce mixture to within 1 inch of crust's edges. Top with half the mozzarella, pepperoni and remaining mozzarella. Reserve 1 Tbsp. Parmesan; sprinkle remaining Parmesan over mozzarella. Cover with second pizza crust; crimp edges with fork to seal. Sprinkle with reserved Parmesan.
• Bake 25 to 30 min. or until lightly browned. Let stand 5 min. before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425.
• Unroll the pizza dough onto a large cookie sheet.
• Press the dough out so that it is about the same thickness all around and so that it covers the cookie sheet.
• Cut into 4 equal size rectangles.
• In a bowl, mix sauce, cheese, and toppings.
• Spoon equal amounts of toppings into the middle the rectangles.
• Lightly spread out the sauce mixture.
• Fold one corner so that it meets with the opposite corner.
• Crimp the edges so that the calzones seal.
• Mix olive oil and parmesan cheese mix.
• Brush with olive oil and parmesan cheese mixture.
• Bake in oven for 10 minutes.
• Serve hot or freeze for later.

Steps:

• Mix 1/2 cup lukewarm water and yeast together in a bowl. Let stand until yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam, about 5 minutes.
• Combine 1/2 cup water, olive oil, honey, and salt in a separate bowl; add 1 cup flour and mix well. Mix yeast mixture into flour mixture. Add remaining flour, 1 cup at a time, until dough is well combined.
• Knead dough on a floured work surface until dough is soft, smooth, and elastic, about 8 minutes. Roll dough into 4 calzone shapes.