Calzone

Calzone

Calzone is an italian dish similar to a folded pizza but has some traditional ingredients that make it very different to your average pizza.

For my calzone I went with ham, pepperoni, chorizo and cheese filling but you can really put just about anything, just experiment!

You will need:

Pizza dough: (It's not cheating buying a sachet of pizza dough mix with the yeast already in!)

Ham 1 pack
Pepperoni 100g
Chorizo 100g
Passata 200g
Fresh tomato sauce 800g (Or 2 tins of chopped tomatoes, basil, tomato puree, onion, garlic and seasoning)
Half an onion
4 Cloves of garlic
Fresh basil
Seasoning

Start by frying off the garlic and onion, then add the meat and seal if you are using chicken or similar. Now add the sauce, passata, basil, salt, pepper and some sugar and bring to the boil. Now simmer for at least 10 minutes.

While it is simmering roll out the pizza dough and make big oval shapes about half a centimetre thick. Place 2 on some baking paper and in a baking tray, each with one half hanging out of the tray ready to fold over.

Once the sauce is ready spoon a enough into each calzone to almost fill it then add a load of cheese, mozzarella or simple cheddar is good.

Now fold over the dough and press around the edge with a fork. Roll the edge up slightly and use water or egg wash to get a good seal. Remember to pierce a few holes in the top to allow air to escape.

Bake until they are golden brown and enjoy!