Quick to Fix Cheese Calzone

HeatherFeather's Note:

Variation on a Robin Miller recipe. She used steamed broccoli and no garlic in hers. You can use any vegetables (roasted or raw) you like or cooked meat (pepperoni, sausage, etc). When I made this, I actually used two cans of Pillsbury pizza dough (about 13.5 ounces each) and divided the filling to make one veggie calzone and one pepperoni calzone.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese, drained well
• 1 (8 ounce) bag part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded (about 2 cups volume)
• 2 teaspoons garlic, minced, to taste
• 1 -1 1/2 cup roasted vegetables or 1 -1 1/2 cup pepperoni slice
• salt, to taste
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 lb pizza dough, thawed
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated, to taste
• 1 -2 cup pizza sauce or 1 -2 cup marinara sauce, to dip, heated

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
2. In a medium bowl, combine ricotta, mozzarella and garlic; Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
3. Roll dough out to a 15" circle on a baking sheet that has been lightly dusted first with either flour or cornmeal.
4. Spread cheese filling over 1 side of circle, to within 1-inch of the edge and then top with filling of your choice (veggies or cooked meat).
5. Lift 1 side of dough and fold over so that it meets the other side, forming a half moon, and pinch the edges together to seal, using a fork to press edges together.
6. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle some parmesan cheese over top, to taste.
7. Cut a few slits in the top to allow steam to release.
8. Bake 10-15 minutes, until puffed up golden brown.
9. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.
10. Serve with some heated marinara sauce to dip, if desired.

Reviews

[Alecia Pearl]

We used Pillsbury pizza dough. Quick and easy. The versatility of it and what you can add is nice too. My four year old and one year old approved as well.

[wssims39]

This turned out great! We added additional ingredients and loved it. These are huge!

[Lainey6605]

This was really good. I used the Pillsbury pizza dough and added a few seasonings to the cheese filling such as parsley and garlic powder. These were so easy and so tasty! Made for PAC Spring 2007.