Friday 20 April 2012

Calzone

Essentially a pizza folded in half. Fill it with anything you want. Can make it really meaty with pepperoni, sausage, pork, beef etc. Go veggie, with peppers, onions, sweetcorn etc. Or have a bit of everything
Ingredients

Serves: 4

Dough
250g Strong White Flour, shifted
Sachet of Yeast (7g)
Pinch of Salt
Splash of Olive Oil
125ml of Milk
75ml Water

Filling
1 Onion, sliced finely
Ingredients for the Dough
1 Pepper (Red or Green)
Black Olives, halved
Pepperoni
Ham, cut into pieces
Cooked chicken, cut into chunks.
Mozzarella Ball, cut into slices
Mushrooms, sliced
200ml Passata

40g Butter
2 Garlic Cloves
Parsley



1. To make the dough, you put the flour into a mixing bowl. Add the milk, water, salt and yeast to the bowl and mix together. Once combined begin to knead the dough for about 5 minutes

2. Add the olive oil and knead the dough for a further 5 minutes. Leave in a warm place for a couple of hours.

3. Preheat the oven for 220c/200c fan assisted.

4. Fry the pepper, onion and mushrooms in a pan. Put in a large bowl and add the other filling ingredients to the bowl, apart from the mozzarella. Mix well.

5. For the garlic butter, put the butter in a bowl and microwave. Fry the garlic. Add the garlic and parsley to the butter and stir.

6. Get the dough and separate into 4 pieces. Put the dough onto a floured surface and roll into circles.

7. Add the filling in the centre of the dough, then place the mozzarella on top.

8. Fold the dough over the filling and brush the edges with the butter to seal. Then brush a bit on the top.

9. Put on a baking tray with greaseproof paper on it. Put in the oven and cook for 15 minutes. Serve



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