Oh Calzone, you delicious pizza pie.

Calzone for dinner!

Is there much better than a calzone? It’s like a pizza, and a pie- a pizza pie! Yummy! With this in mind, the Boyfriend and I set out to make some.

Ingredients

Half a Chorizo                      Half a large onion/ 1 small onion

1 X Red Pepper                    1 X Green Pepper

60g Mushrooms                    Garlic cloves X 2

1 X 400g tin of tomatoes       Tomato puree

Handful of spinach                Grated Mozzarella

Rosemary                              Basil

Pesto                                     Salt and Pepper

Pizza base mix (it’s not considered cheating when you need to knead anything for a good 10-15 mins!)

Above Image: Calzone mix cooking
Bottom Image: Calzone waiting to go in the oven.

How To:

Start by pre-heating the oven to 180 degrees.

Make the pizza base dough (all the instructions are on the side of the box. If not, mix flour with yeast until you get a dough like consistency. Roll out on a floured surface, and knead for 10 mins). I added in some rosemary and basil to add flavour to my base, and make it a wee bit prettier! Roll it out, and leave to rest on a pizza base tray for about 10 mins.

To make your sauce use your tin of tomatoes, and handful of herbs and tomato puree and crushed garlic cloves. Bring to the boil and allow to simmer away whilst everything else is cooking.

In a pan heat Onions in olive oil. After they brown add in peppers & chorizo (these both need time to soften).  Give to just under 5 mins and add in your mushrooms. Allow this all to stay cooking for another 10 mins.

In the last minute, add in your spinach. Then get 1/3 of your tomato sauce mixture and stir in to your calzone filling. Do this whilst on a low heat.

(You are holding the other 2/3 of the tomato mix to use as a tasty dip later! Mmmm)

Get your base and spread a good slather of pesto on half of the base.  Then carefully place your filling in the middle (The tip here is to not go too mental, if it is overfilled, it will leak out whilst cooking. You don’t want that!). Sprinkle a generous portion of mozzarella cheese over the mix, and then fold over the pizza base. Get a fork and press down along the edges to keep everything inside (just like a pasty!), and then brush over with a little milk. Sprinkle some more herbs over the calzone, place in the oven for 15-20 mins until base is hard and golden!

The finished piece! So delicious.