Veggie Calzones
Lately I've been making calzones. They are a existent versatile "hot sandwich" every bit good since they require small-scale amounts of filling...they are a proficient way to us whatsoever leftovers on hand. Hubby loves big meat sandwiches, thus I've made them with leftover BBQ chicken, steak & cheese, ham & cheese, crisp bacon & cheese every bit good yes, pizza goodies.
Personally, I like my calzones stuffed to the brim with veggies every bit good a piddling pizza sauce & cheese. I convey found, through representative every bit good error, that you lot convey to saute your veggies until tender thus drain them skillful on a paper towel. If you lot don't, you lot testament acquire a soggy-bottom crust on your sandwich. Any veggies testament work. Roasted veggies are excellent, thus are grilled veggies. Tonight I was lazy, thus I exclusively sauteed unopen to broccoli, mushrooms, garlic, light-green onions every bit good kidney beans, exactly usually, the more than veggie diverseness the better.(CLICK HERE) every bit good jazz it upwards with 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, 1 teaspoon onion pulverisation every bit good 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder(add seasonings when you lot add together together the liquid inward the recipe).
Normally, I would rather cutting my arm off than demonstrate anyone my oven, exactly I wanted you lot to consider MY hole-and-corner for getting a pizzeria fashion pizza crust. It doesn't expect like anything special, exactly it is actually the best way to educate pizza at home.
My married adult human being came upwards with this regard virtually 10 years agone when I was complaining that my pizza stone wasn't working the way I wanted it to (I wanted a crispy crust with squeamish pillowy edges). He cutting a 1/4" thick spell of steel (to agree my oven) every bit good I seasoned it like a cast atomic disclose 26 frying pan. After you lot convey seasoned it, you lot never grease it or wash it again, exclusively wipe it off.....nothing sticks to it.
I preheat my oven (and the steel sheet) to 450 degrees every bit good usage cornmeal on my pizza peal thus that the prepared pizza (or calzone) testament slide off right away onto this sheet of hot steel (no pan). Bake for 8 minutes, thus switch the oestrus to broil every bit good (watching it carefully) let it broil for virtually 2 more than minutes or until it is the color you lot want. It works life great...no more than doughy "steamed" crusts.
For calzones, you lot testament need a ball of yeast dough virtually the size of a hardball. Roll it out to a squeamish thin circle. Place a mound of sauteed, every bit good drained, veggies on 1 side of the circle every bit good last past times times them with 1/4 loving loving cup of pizza sauce (CLICK HERE FOR MY PIZZA SAUCE) every bit good a serious paw total of grated mozzarella cheese. Fold the "empty" side of the calzone over the filling every bit good pinch the edges together. Once pinched together, gyre the pinched dough border back onto itself to sort a existent tight seal. Using scissors, snip several vent holes inward the last past times times of the calzone. Bake at 450 for 8-10 minutes or until squeamish every bit good golden. Just every flake shortly every flake they come upwards upwards out of the oven, brush them with butter every bit good sprinkle with parmesan every bit good coarse salt.
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