Here at , we think calzones are seriously underrated. Widely overlooked in favor of the grand pizza pie, this Italian dish often get pushed to the side—but why?? Calzones are basically an individual pizza all wrapped up, which means: no cheese sliding off, no floppy crusts, and completely portable. Pure deliciousness wrapped up in a pillowy dough, we'll take a calzone any day for an easy weeknight dinner or as a fun lunch we're
If you can assemble a pizza, you can assemble a calzone. All you need to do is roll out your pizza dough into a circle, then add sauce and your desired toppings (see below) in the middle of the dough and fold your dough over. Wet your fingers with some water and crimp to seal. Place on a baking sheet and brush with olive oil to take on a nice golden crust while it bakes.
Here's the true beauty of a calzone. Absolutely EVERYTHING is good in one. Pepperoni, cheese, spinach, sausage—even pineapple! Any topping you love on your pizza will be even better in a calzone.
Calzone Grilled Cheese (from The Happy Sandwich Cookbook)
Yup! We used our favorite pizza dough to make the dough for this calzone and the results are absolutely perfect. That makes it even easier to add calzones into your regular pizza night. You can also use store-bought pizza dough—either fresh or in a can like Pillsbury—for calzones on the fly.
If you love a calzone, you've likely also tried a stromboli. Both are super similar in their fillings, but the difference comes in their presentation. Calzones are sealed like a hand pie how you would empanadas, whereas a stromboli is rolled up and sliced.
Yes! After assembling and cutting slits into your calzone, you can freeze it. No need to defrost, just add a couple minutes to your baking times. You can also freeze after baking your calzone. Let it cool after baking, then freeze. To reheat, pop it in a 500° oven and bake until center is bubbling through the slits, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Easy Keto Calzone For Pizza Lovers
Makinze is currently senior food editor at , where she develops recipes, creates, and hosts recipe videos and is our current baking queen. She is our expert pie crimper, believes you should always have the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies on hand, and everyone needs to know a perfect roast chicken recipe.Calzones are such a treat when hot out of the oven, especially when prepared from scratch. My calzone recipe comes complete with a homemade calzone dough that is light and puffy in texture and deliciously golden, filled with a savory and cheesy mixture of ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, plus sautéed mushrooms and garlicky spinach!
These past few months I've really enjoyed preparing more savory baked goods in my own little kitchen, cozy and delicious treats such as homemade pizza, focaccia, and now calzones.
I've been a fan of calzones for as long as I can remember, often choosing it off of a menu at local Italian eateries as a tasty alternative to traditional pizza or a pasta dish.
Easy Calzone Pizza Recipe
The thing that’s always tickled me about calzones is that they're like pizza in a pretty little “pocket”, filled with all sorts of savory surprises tucked into a tender, golden crust baked up wonderfully hot and pillowy.
While it never really occurred to me to prepare calzones at home (don't ask me why), recently I got a hankering for the experience of doing just that, longing to come up with my very own calzone recipe that I can whip up for us on the weekends when we typically crave pizza.
And while pretty much any ingredients one would top a pizza with can be used to create a scrumptious filling for a homemade calzone, my recipe here sticks to traditional marinara sauce and a creamy mixture of ricotta and mozzarella cheeses combined with sautéed shiitake mushrooms and onions, plus garlicky spinach.
Sopressata And Genoa Salami Calzones
Not only is my calzone recipe fun and easy to prepare at home, it's filled with gourmet flavor that just can't be beat. And, it makes the kitchen smell like a cozy Italian eatery!
What I really appreciate about making calzones at home is how forgiving they can be if you have a good dough to work with and a yummy filling prepared.
The first time I played around with filling and crimping my calzones, I ended up making a misshaped version which I was sure would bake up a bit cockamamie, but it actually looked surprisingly good. Nice surprise! 😉
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One could certainly use a good quality store-bought pizza dough to prepare this calzone recipe, and save a bit of time and effort; but if you can, I encourage you to try this homemade calzone dough because the results are so pillowy and soft, and quite delicious.
The fun thing about making calzones is that you can be creative with your filling! You can add pepperoni or sausage if you'd like, or keep things vegetarian as I have here with my filling.
Both ricotta and mozzarella add different creamy textures and flavor, and I love the combo here along with the sauteed onions, mushrooms, spinach and garlic. I also use my own homemade marinara sauce (store-bought is fine too), and serve some extra on the side for dunking!
Calzone Recipe, Italian Recipes
Hungry for more scrumptious recipes? Check out this Cast Iron Pizza, this Focaccia, these Dinner Rolls, these Sweet Potato Rolls, or these Homemade Rolls with Everything Seasoning!
Ingrid obtained her Culinary Arts degree in 2005 after graduating with honors from the California School of Culinary Arts (Le Cordon Bleu program) in Pasadena, CA.
She has had the pleasure and privilege of being the Executive Chef for two substance abuse facilities in Malibu, Ca., as well as a personal chef for private clients.
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