
ITALIAN CALZONES
Makes:
8 calzones
Prep Time:
35 minutes
Cook Time:
16 minutes
1 lb. fresh pizza dough
Flour for dusting
1/2 cup Easy Marinara Sauce, see recipe, plus more for serving
3 oz. pepperoni, coarsely chopped
3 oz. Italian salami, coarsely chopped
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup loosely packed basil leaves, thinly sliced
Olive oil, for brushing
INGREDIENTS
1.
Turn pizza dough onto lightly floured surface. Cut dough into eight 2 oz.
portions. Roll each piece into a 5-inch round.
2.
Spread base of one dough round with 1 tbs. marinara sauce, leaving a
3/4-inch border. Layer pepperoni and salami over sauce and sprinkle with
2 tbs. cheese and basil.
3.
Fold in sides of dough and roll up to enclose filling. Repeat with
remaining ingredients to assemble 8 calzones. Brush calzones with oil.
4.
Preheat Curtis Stone Pocket Pastry Maker for 5 minutes. Place 4 calzones
in Pocket Pastry Maker, close lid and cook for 8 minutes, or until dough
is puffed, golden, and cooked through. Carefully remove calzones from
Pocket Pastry Maker. Repeat to cook remaining calzones.
5.
Serve calzones with warm marinara sauce.
METHOD