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!)
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| 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!
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| The finished piece! So delicious. |
