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Homemade Calzone
Wrapped up Pizza
Calzone is a close cousin to pizza; you could even call it wrapped up pizza because the filling is encased in the delicious dough rather than sitting on top.
Want to impress your family? Need a handy food, easy to eat at a picnic or party? Calzone fits the bill. Cut it into slices, and it can be eaten with your hands!
Here are step by step directions with photos for making large, homemade calzones.
Step by Step Calzone Tutorial
I wanted to make something to take on the road, but the contents of the refrigerator were saying PIZZA. Hmmm... pizza is not so portable. Then I remembered CALZONE!
Calzone is basically the same as pizza but with a much prettier appearance. If you want to impress your family, make your regular pizza into a calzone, and watch them "ooh and ahh." And since the filling is inside instead of on top, it's easier to take on the road! Voila!
Roll pizza dough into a rectangle the length of your baking sheet. It can be wider than the sheet because you will be folding the sides in. Place the dough on the baking sheet and let the sides hang off.
Put sauce on the center half of the dough.
Just like pizza, add your toppings (our favorites are pepperoni, olives, and mushrooms). Calzones can be a good way to use up leftovers. Any small amounts of meat, cheese and vegetables can be put into the calzone.
Then add cheese.
Now comes the special part. Cut the dough on the sides at about 3/4 inch intervals. Don't cut all the way to the filling.
This is what it looks like when all the cuts are made.
Then "wrap the baby." (That's what my friend said it looked like when I showed her how to make this recipe!) Start at the bottom and alternating sides, overlap the strips of dough onto the filling in a lattice pattern. You can stretch the pieces to fit all the way over the filling.
Here is the calzone ready to bake. Bake your calzone at 375° F (190° C) for about 25-30 minutes.
Uh oh... don't do what I did. Now how in the world do I get this huge thing onto a baking sheet? I knew there was something I was forgetting!!
For the second one, I remembered to start with my rectangle of dough ON a baking sheet. That makes cutting the dough a bit harder, but I used my handy kitchen scissors.
By the way, the same dough wrapping technique can be used for sweet fillings too. See my apricot coffeecake for an example.
Kitchen Scissors
An indispensable tool for a cook, the kitchen scissors are specially made for cutting foods and to stand up under repeated washings.
These scissors are tough for the hardest cutting jobs but easy to clean. A unique design enables you to take the scissors totally apart and clean them thoroughly!
The Calzone -- Baked, Cooled, and Ready to Eat
After baking your calzone, remove it to a wire rack to cool.
Aren't they beautiful? And the whole house smells like a pizzeria!
I use a recipe from allrecipes.com.
Once it's cool, you can cut the calzone into slices.
All the goodies are sealed inside the bread. Portable pizza!
Triple Tiered Cooling Rack
This triple tiered wire rack will save space in the kitchen! Stack three times the normal amount of baked goods in only a small amount of counter space.
Collapsible for easy storage
Non-stick coated for easy cleanup
Mesh wire design cools the smallest cookies and candies
Cool three square feet of baked goods using only one square foot of counter space
Sturdy design holds the heaviest of baked goods - up to three pies on all tiers
Calzone Recipes
- All Recipes' Calzone
This is my favorite Calzone recipe! It has never failed me yet! - Spinach and Artichoke Calzone
This recipe is full of ricotta cheese! Yum! - Calzone by Kevin and Amanda
These two cooks take a few shortcuts. They use packaged pizza dough to speed up the process! Their folding technique is very quick and easy too. - Picnic Ideas - Pizza Pockets
Nony shares her portable pizza pockets on her housekeeping blog. - DIY Hot Pockets
Make your calzone more "kid-friendly" by using hot dogs inside!
Pizza Dough Recipe
For each calzone you make, you'll need one batch of dough. Click HERE for a printable PDF recipe card.
2 1/2 to 3 cups flour (can use a combination of white and whole wheat if you prefer)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 package (2 1/4 teaspoons) yeast
3 tablespoons olive or vegetable oil
1 cup very warm water
Combine yeast, sugar, 1 cup of the flour, and salt in a large bowl. Add the warm water and oil and mix. Stir in remaining flour slowly until dough is soft but not sticky. Knead until smooth. Let the dough rest for at least 30 minutes before making the calzone.
Do you have a Unique and Beautiful Recipe Card Box to store your pizza dough recipe card?
Pizza: Calzone & Focaccia - cookbook
Want more recipes? Here is a cookbook devoted to Pizza, calzones, and focaccia!
Pizza is everyone's favorite Italian food. Create delicious pizzas, calzones, and focaccias with Maxine Clark's authentic recipes.
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Wow! This is one great recipe lens on how to make Calzone. Wonderful and easy to follow instructions. Thanks for sharing. Rated and Blessed.
This is gorgeous and so very encouraging! :)
I love the braided look! I keep meaning to try to make a calzone, now I know which recipe I will use :)
I am so hungry right now and now I know what I want... Calzone!!!! Off to make some dough :)) I love the way the pics help explain the process.
I love how you wrapped the calzone. Very fancy! We'll, at least for me. ;)
Great lens! Looks so delicious!
Oh me! This looks delicious. I love the step by step photos. Wonderful recipe lens.
This looks delicious. Will have to try it myself :) 5*s.
This looks just yummy!
oh looks sooooo good, now im hungry.....great lens, great job with the pictures, 5*s
Very nicely done & blessed; I laughed with you when you reached the uh-oh moment.
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Great pics and instructions Jimmie - good enough to eat and certainly good enough to Bless ;) Hmm, I wonder if you can make it with wheat free flour?
Wow, that's a fabulous tutorial and so much more fun that regular pizza.
I really like the pictures and step by step instructions. Blessings to you
Fancy! I love it. Now let's see where's my apron?....
I love making these, they're also great with mustard, ham, and cheese if you're in the mood for a hot sandwich, or ham, pineapple, provolone and sour cream with itallian seasoning and garlic salt....anyway, what I was going to say is, roll it out on parchment, foil or wax paper, solves the moving and cutting issues (just use 2 spatulas to help transfer it) that way you can preheat your stone or baking sheet and get a super crisp crust.
This was sweet torture. :P.........
That's me drooling. At the very least, I think I will be phoning out for calzones this evening.
Favoriting and lensrolling to my food related lens.
oooo, these look delicious. i had no idea they were that easy
Oh I have to try these, Thanks!
Mmmm this looks do good I can almost smell it. I love Calzone, and this is just one awesome lens. 5***** well deserved.
It doesn't say for how long to cook at and at what temperature - I MUST make these tonight!
What a yummy lense, How did I miss this one. I love love love your pcitures. I'll be making this. My husband loves them. Great Job Jimmie!
Thanks for the calzone wrapping tip. I will try this when I get a chance. Last I remember making calzone, it was an awful mess. I didn't wrap it right and was too thin, the filling came out of its side.
the wrapping came out perfect on the second try. Thanks for the tip! It tasted delicious too.
Yummy, yummy. I prefer calzone over pizza. I have never attempted to make my own before, but your article makes me think that I can do it!
Wow, this looks great. I love how you wrapped it. It doesn't look very difficult to do, but what a fantastic effect.
Mmmmmm
Your lens is great. Very informative. I liked your lens with a thumbs up.
Awesome pictures, yummy recipe!
Bravo! I am going to eat my monitor! Awesome!
It sure looks good from your pictures.
Something I have tried from a take out food outlet but never made.
That looks so delicious! I haven't had calzone in awhile...think it is time to get me some. :)
Awesome lens! Now I'm hungry and really want a calzone
My Angel Blessing is SWAH :)
Yum! This isn't on my diet ... but I can look and imagine.
Very tasty looking. This is definitely one for my recipe collection!. Thanks.
I don't think you could get a more mouth watering picture than the one above the guest book! I loved your little comment on not doing what you just did, cute. I've never had a Calzone but I sure wish I had one right now, that picture is amazing and paints a thousand taste buds happy.
I'm so glad I could come back with wings. Blessed from the Squid Angel April Fools Tour Bus.
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Makes me hungry. Once in a blue moon we get a stromboli. But with Calzones you can do the same. Build your own, great for individuals with different fillings. Steak and Cheese, ham,cheese and onions. So many options to choose from.
This looked great!
i'm bookmarking this page. it looks awesome
I just made one using canned pizza dough from the refrigerated grocery case and it turned out amazing. I have always wanted a way to easily make calzones, and now I can make multiples customized with ease. Thank you.
I make calzone with tinned tuna and mixed seafood - a few mussels, bits of squid, any robust odds and ends really. Angel Blessed.
Really enjoyed this lens. Thank you. As far as transferring items like this to a baking sheet. For some reason I don't like using the baking sheet to make bread loves, crusts, and the like. I frequently make my bread on a cutting board, then slide it onto a baking sheet. What about parchment paper on the counter, then slide the whole thing onto the baking sheet? Just some thoughts.
--Art Haule
These look so good! I want one right now! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Wow! Now that is a recipe lens!! Looks delicious!
We call these Stromboli where I come from. Calzones only have cheese and sometimes ham. What ever it's called it looks delicious!
@Paul Ward: Squid?!?!?! No!!!!! Say it ain't so!!!!
All I can say is YUM!
@Violin-Student: I made this tonight. I have never used a store-bought refrigerated pizza dough before. Boy was I disappointed! The dough was simply a biscuit dough, and was quite hard to work with. I won't make that mistake again. But even my 15-year old daughter liked the results.
making me drool :)
That is so cute!
that looks awesome...i love baking pizza but haven't done calzones...didn't realize they got folded like that
looks yummy.. thx for sharing
Making this tonight! I added a butter and garlic/herb sauce on the top (brushed with a pastry brush) and it's yum!
I love calzones. This looks really good.
Wow!!! This is definitely a must try for me. I'm drooling, lol!!
use a sharp pizza cutter to cut the dough, works like a charm. I use it any time I need to cut dough .
Mmmm looks delicious!
add 1/2 a teaspoon of garlic powder to the dough and it adds the perfect taste to the dough! This is now a favorite in this house. Thank you!
great steps you showed, thanks for taking the time and putting a good lens together, 'thumbs up' from this reader.
Very nice instructional lense, I tried this last week and I loved it. Thanks.
I've wanted to attempt making calzone for my Italian partner for some time now, but cooking for an Italian can be a somewhat daunting prospect! However, you've done such a great job with this lens, I think I may just have to give it a go! Thank you.
That is one HUGE calzone! I'm going to give this a try, but half the size of yours. =D
This is great. I've only ever had one calzone and it was gorgeous. I've gotta try your recipe! Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Thank you..this is awesome. I have to try this
Thanks for your Homemade Calzone recipe with us...yummy
Great recipes and technique! I can't wait to try making a calzone. It's making me hungry for one, now! You could always prepare it on a piece of parchment paper, making it easy to transfer to your baking sheet.
Great recipes and technique! I can't wait to try making a calzone. It's making me hungry for one, now! You could always prepare it on a piece of parchment paper, making it easy to transfer to your baking sheet.
My boyfriend and I made 3 of these last night for a home date night. We used premade wheat dough from wegmans- they turned out great! I love the way they look with the crisscross on top. We are going to have leftovers all weekend! We made breadsticks and buffalo chicken bites (http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/09/24/buffalo-chi... to go with it. Too bad we forgot the blue cheese and celery! :(
I have never heard of this before but because I love home-made pizza's, I am going to give this a go from what I read it sound really delicious.
Great recipe, thanks!
yummy article!!.. loved it
I saw this on pintrest and decided that this is going to be dinner sometime this week! Do you think this would easily feed 4 people (2 of them hungry boys)?
Just irresistible! Blessed~
That looks great, going to have to try this.
You could make it all on baking paper or silcone mat, then there's no worries about how to transfer it to a baking pan. Will leave you with a clean pan after cooking.
Yup, gotta give it a try. Great work on this lens
This recipe looks so yummy and easy gonna give it a try
1) I prepared on parchment paper on my counter which made transferring it to the baking sheet super easy. 2) easy on the sauce or it will leak out in a saucy cheesy mess (but was still good to eat). 3) Another commenter mentioned adding garlic to the dough...sounds good! I felt like mine was missing some spice or kick, even though I added pizza spices. 4) I topped mine with a drizzle of olive oil and parmesan - a sprinkle of garlic salt may have been good here, too
Just one word needed. Yummy!!
Love calzone and love this lens! Thanks =)
a SILPAT mat works great....
you just made me really hungry!!!
Yum Yum
That looks so delicious! Very well presented.
You make this look easy! Can't wait to try it. Thank you for sharing
Looks easy and delicious!
I just made one following the guide, but I better need more practice! ^^||| Happy Squidooing!
Calzones are delish! Thanks for this!
Calzones are a close cousin to Pizza Rustica too; some of the best calzones IMHO are the ones that are fried, you don't really see that much anymore. Back-in-the-day of the Feast of San Gennaro and the Giglio Feast in East Harlem they would fry them in garbage cans (new, clean garbage cans of course).
This looks amazingly delicious and I can't wait to try the recipe out for myself. Great lens, I'm getting hungry just looking at it.
Looks delicious, anybody who loves pizza (Almost everybody) will love this
I love calzone. Yum..I have made it, but could use your tips. This is a really nice lens. Thank you.
Mmmm! I love calzone! (ham and cheese is my fave!)
i do like the technique of the folding of the strips, it makes it easier to seal - thanks and a great lens!
This looks really yummy. Good photos and instructionstoo! thanks
Great lens but i like my calzone fried.
Looks good! Yummy! Good recipe. Thanks for sharing.
I just love pizza and calzone.If people didn't know they would think im italian :)
Looks wonderful, thanks for sharing this recipe.
This is soooo easy and quick to make!! Great idea for the new year party!! Thanks for sharing!
Man that thing looks good.
Yum! Calzones are delicious! Thanks for sharing. Blessings!
Oh my, these are making me soooo hungry. I'm definitely going to pick up ingredients at the store today.
I used to get these from a Turkish pizza shop when I lived in the city and loved them. Now I live in the country and nowhere to get them so thanks for the recipe, will definitely give it a try.
Wow! Looks great! I'm going to have to try this.
Looks great--good instructions, too, and I'm looking forward to my first attempt at making a calzone
I just made this & it turned out awesome. Used my breadmaker to make the dough & subbed almost a cup of ground flax seeds for the flour. It's an awesome idea that I'll be using again for sure - thank you for a keeper!!
It is really very yummyyyy, and mouth is watering too, i am going to have this......;)
I totally forgot to add something - I rolled the dough out on the countertop but put my silpat (silicone baking sheet) under it and that allowed me to transfer the calzone to my baking sheet very easily!
looks absolutely delicious!
I am hungry now! Loved this lens -- good-looking and well-written.
fantastic, I love the lattice work you did with the cutting the strips in the dough, I hadn't considered doing that.
Wow, I'm so hungry now after viewing this lens! My favorite food has always been quality Calzone's.Nice work in giving me an excuse to run out and get me one!
This is the BEST calzone recipe I have seen, I will definitely give this a try, thanks!
These Calzone's look like works of art! b.t.w. - you hit on one of my secrets - the often overlooked kitchen utensil "Scissors". These are especially good when you travel with small children and need to help them cut their food.
These are amazing, and so simple, must try it! (found you on pinterest, and repinned to my food board so I can try this myself)
I found this on Pinterest ;) and I make something similar called stromboli. Your recipe looks yummy.
OMG! Looks yummy! I am definitely going to try this recipe! Thanks for sharing.
The calzone is just about my favorite food.
I have to try these homemade calzones! Congrats on so many pins - wow :)
Now I'm hungry. lol. GREAT lens, and great instructions! Blessed
This is exactly what I was looking for! Great pictures!
Nice looking calzone. You make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing this.
This looks yummy! Now I'm going to have to try it...great lens btw!!
Thanks for some great inspiration for eating creatively.
We call that Stromboli. A Calzone has ricotta cheese in it and no sauce. You cut it open after it's baked and pour in the sauce. But that sure does look delicious!!!
@anonymous: Actually, the Calzones I grew eating near Chicago were a lot like this (just a different shape). The sauce and lots of mozzerella cheese are on the inside but then a little extra sauce on the side for dipping. Although the version you talked about with ricotta cheese inside sounds Sooooo yummy too.
Very delicious lens. Made me feel hungry. Most importantly I think I can actually makes these for my family so thanks for that. The recipe and process are very simple. Squidliked.
I really like the step by step instructions and the images. Great lens.
Very delicious lens.
Super, the dough is resting now so tonight I will give it a try. In stead of Sugar try the same amount of Honey, that's a trick of my Mom
Yummy lens! My tummy is rumbling now! :D
I tried this recipe this afternoon, and my kids loved it! Thanks a lot!
trying this tonight using frozen bread dough as the crust. Sure was fun to make! It's in the oven now!
Absolutely yummy....
Sounds good:)
Whenever I see calzone, I think about that episode of Seinfeld when the boss of George was really enjoying eating calzone :)
Love that stuff....
It really sounds delicious! Can't wait to try it out!
i always order calzone in pizzerias. my husband buys another pizza and when half has been eaten, we switch plates. isn't that romantic? i make calzone pizza too but i just fold it in the middle and fold the rims around to close it. thank you for sharing the recipes and blessings.
This is such a brilliant step-by-step recipe. I can't wait to sample this - such a shame we have just finished dinner!
Not sure if I should be blessing food! but this looks so delicious - Blessed!
I found this on pinterest. About to make it for lunch. Thanks for the recipe. Sounds great!
Yummy! I love how elegant the wrapping makes this version of calzone look!
When I was in boy scouts we used to always have cooking competitions at summer camp. My troop always made Calzones inside a dutch oven, and we always won. I love these things though, great lens
Thanks for the lens. I'm hungry!
My kind of food, I love it. Thanks
Great lens, Jimmie! You've made my mouth water! You've done a terrific job of showing step-by-step how to make a great calzone.
I've come across this lens a couple times, and it always makes me hungry! You've done an incredible job!
How did you do the step by step part with text interspersed with photos? Is that a Text module?
To yummy love 'em calzone, thanks for sharing!
now I'm hungry!
Tasty and yummy! drooling as I read! Great work!!
Your step by step photos for making calzone are great!
I love calzone but not sure I've got the patience to make them myself. I wonder if I could get my partner to make them? Hmmmm.
Fabulous lens. I had never seen woven calzones before. I'll have to make some of these soon.
Looks yummy and relatively easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
Happy National Honesty Day Jimmie! :) I HONESTLY wish I had a homemade calzone right now! :) Seriously, your lens just helped me understand that I can actually make one of these! I also like your style. I'm so glad I have found you here! Not just blessing and liking this lens, I'm putting it into my personal collection so I can come back and follow your directions. Great job here! :) Squid hugs to you! Kath
Looks like I'm gonna eat a lot of Calzone this week, great lens :)
Looks awesome! I love a Calzone :)
Calzone, definitely one of my favourite dishes. Great info on your lens!
That looks so delicious!! And very good instructions. Thank you for sharing.
I have no pictures, but I made this for the same reason - portability for the car - and holy wow was this both practical and delicious! My boyfriend didn't believe me when I told him I made it all from scratch (I do my own marinara, nbd). Just enough resiliency in the dough to support heavy filler (I chose broccoli, sausage, and mushrooms), but not too chewy. This is definitely going in my go-to recipe box!
Looks Yummy. Thank you I will bookmark this lens for later use! From a fellow home school mom!Thanks again!
I absolutely love homemade calzone!
Thank yo for the recipe. I highlighted it in one of my directories. http://grannyenchantedskitchen.blogspot.com/2012/0...
I love calzones almost as much as i like pizza!
I was just thinking of having calzones for lunch.
I just found what im making for dinner!
Sounds yummy!
Nice recipes! All seems to be tasteful. Great lens!
I love veggie calzones the best. Mushrooms, tomatoes, bellpepper, eggplant. Yum!
Nice. First time I have seen this, must try it out. Thanks for sharing a very interesting recipe. Blessed.
Just so simple to make must try thanks for sharing
Yummy recipe for calzone! You can solve the moving of the calzone problem by doing it on parchment paper and lifting and baking the whole thing! I swear, parchment paper is magical stuff. :)
Just tried this last night! Worked perfectly and it was delicious! We put a little olive oil on the outside of the calzone and sprinkled it with garlic salt and oregano... so tasty! Thanks for the recipe!
looks awesome! I like calzones with jalapeños or some other chile. spicy.
yummy, sounds so good, I have to try it.
i really like how easy making this...
nice lens
I can not wait to try this
Looks wonderful.
As former pizza restaurant owners...we suggest you include a side of sauce for dipping...adds another dimension
What A Find! I just conquered my fear of using dry yeast. This is another great use for it. Thanks, the article is very detailed and easy to follow. "I'm lovin' it!"
I believe this would be considered closer to stromboli rather than a calzone, although its not exactly either. You should come up with a brand new name!
This looks delicious! I think you should call it a pizza braid. I will probably try assembling the braid on parchment paper that way I can pick it up with the paper and put on the baking sheet. Plus it will make clean up easy. Can't wait to try it! Thanks for posting it!
I love this lens...we make pizza at home but have never tried one of these...It looks great and much easier to slice, store and transport :)
Pizza Hut now has calzones. They may not be as good as the ones you can make at home, but when you gotta eat on the run they're great!
@anonymous: That's what I did. Worked well.
I love calzones, but never tried making them at home. Thanks for sharing this. I'm definitely going to have to give it a try.
I just made this .. Awesome. Such an easy weekday meal. I have a one year old so the easier the better..& even he loved it !
This is a recipe that definitely will love to try. Thanks for the step by step pictures, really helpful!
We used to make this with thawed prepared bread dough. Mom called them "braided pizzas".
This is such a great step by step lens to make a killer cal zone. Thank you for sharing this Italian dream.
I love that you showed your mistake. :) I totally would have done that myself. Now I'm off to bake this for a dinner party tonight! (I'm supposed to bring the savory....)
This seems to be a quite easy and wonderful idea to make a calzone. Love this!!
I loved calzones but have just bought them at our local pizza house. Will have to remember I can make them as well.
i love pizza
My local pizza house makes a great Calzone, but will give this a try for sure. Thanks for a great lens!
I am sneaking a few olives and chopped mushrooms into ours. Put a layer of pepperoni and a little bit of bacon bits in it too. Lets see if the kids ignore the veggies and just tear into it!!!
I love calzones, and now I can experiment with making them myself.
Going to bookmark this page.
Thanks!
Looks delicious and I like how you prepare it. Thanks for the recipe.
before you put it in the oven you should sprinkle with grated parmesan cheese, granulated garlic, and italian seasoning... that makes it even better =)
Can't wait to prepare my calzone following your recipe! :)
The most beautiful calzone I have ever seen! You make this look easy. Can't wait to try it.
Wow that looks amazing and so easy to try
Made this for dinner and it was a big hit with the family! Easy and quick to make!
I'm doing this right now and we're so excited, I know it'll be YUMMY!!!!!!
Has anyone tried to freeze this before baking? My sister is ill and I travel to her house to fill her freezer. This would be a gread change if that would be a good option,
@anonymous: Great idea~~how about a little olive oil brushed on top, or maybe an egg wash with a little Parmesan cheese , garlic and Italian seasoning sprinkled on top????
This really sounds good. I'm half Italian and I've heard of calzone, but never tried it. That has got to change. I liked this lens so much I featured it in my new lens October Is National Pizza Month. Thanks for the information.
TonyB
I've made something similar but it is called a taco bake. You use crescent rolls, brown hamburger meat with taco seasoning and add cheddar cheese. It is like a take along taco without the mess.
@paula-l-hale: Yeah you can freeze the dough for Up to 2 months
I love your easy looking braid-style method.
I make a similar recipe, and I always make sure to put the dough on the cookie sheet BEFORE I assemble it...I use a pizza cutter to make my cuts...so easy :)
That looks delicious! And what a pretty design on the top because of the folded slits in the dough.
Looks like my old blessing wore off, so I added some angel dust to one of my favorite recipe pages.
I need to make 4 of these at one time for a house full of boys so I'm wondering if the dough can be made the night before and be put in the refrigerator until its time to make the actual calzone? Or do you suggest freezing it until the next day?
You could make the calzone on a piece of parchment paper and then move it to the pan. That's what i'll do when I make this tonight! :)
Great photos! Now I'm not afraid to try making Homemade Calzone.
I made this last night and it was so easy and delicious!!! This will definitely go into my dinner rotation!!!! Thanks for posting it :-)
You've done such a great job with your directions and photos. I'll have to try making this.
Great lens...Love calzone and so easy to make!
Great photos! I love calzones!
I would have never thought about making calzones this way. Thanks
Had the best calzone from local Italian restaurant, he passed and so did the restaurant. Thanks for the recipes now I can make it. Tasty Lens!
what kind of mushrooms did you use?
Looks delicious, but isn't this Stromboli? Calzones are half-moon shaped and eaten as one piece. Strombolis are shaped like a long loaf of bread, then sliced and served. Again, the recipe looks delicious.
I rolled mine out on a silpat the could easily lift and put on cookie sheet and then it also did not stick.
So that was the secret of calzone looking like that. It's very creative. Makes the food look so much more delicious. :)
Very helpful lens. Thank you for sharing.
Love this Lens. One that I just had to pin to Pinterest. Thanks
Do you grease the pan?
m impressed with the style of cookoing ....i will really try it out...
I made mine on parchment paper, it allowed for easy cutting AND slid onto my pampered chef pizza stone easily! GREAT recipe!
I have a few questions. Why go through all the effort of braiding the dough - is it just for looks? Do you cook it on a pizza stone? That is my choice for cooking pizza. Do you let the calzone rise a bit before cooking? My last attempt the dough was too thin and I had too much sauce inside. I'll be trying it again but I will try your idea of braiding if not only for looks it will make the dough thicker. Another tip I found useful is using silicone or parchment paper as your base so you can slide it onto a pizza paddle and onto a hot pizza stone... or just slide it onto a pan.
Your photos are great. It really makes it easy to see the steps involved. Your calzone looks so delicious.
Looks delicious! Got to try this one soon.
Great job on the lens, can't wait to try it out!
The photos really made me feel I could tackle this. Thanks!
I used Pillsbury Pizza Dough, cut in half to make two calzones. My boys are finnicky eaters so the only toppings I used were pepperoni and meatballs. I bake them for 20 minutes at 375 degrees. They came out perfect and my boys loved them! Thanks so much!!!
Made this for my dad and boyfriend and they both LOVED them! Definitely a keeper!! What I did: 1) Split the batch of dough into 2 and spread it thin; didn't want it to be too doughy. 2) Made the dough and sauce, topped with mozzarella, then sauteed onion, sausage, pepperoni, and salami with garlic and crushed red pepper and threw it on top of the cheese. 3) Brushed the top of the dough with egg yolk before baking to get it golden. 4) Since I had 2 smaller ones and partially cooked ingredients, 20 minutes at 375 was enough.
Looks delicious. I'm hungry now!
Wow i am hungry. Grew up on the east coast and had great pizza shops. I never appricates a good Calzone tilli moved to the southwest and well there not so great here.
Instead of scissors, try a pizza cutter- works great!
Made this tonite,,looked great, tasted great. This recipe is a keeper.
Great recipe,and cutting the dough (I used pizza cutter) makes very nice presentation.
Sound delicious I like the way you made the cuts on the top of the crust. I think I'll try it the next time I make it.
Excellent recipe! Thank you for sharing!
I have made these several times, I use parchment paper to roll them out on ant it's an easy transfer to the baking sheet and very easy clean up.
I love calzones. I'll have to try your recipe. It looks delicious.
I'm going to try this. Tasty lens!
I love a good calzone. Thanks for this.
Cool recipe looks so good!
Yum! Looks delicious. Wish I could have that. In my country, calzone is usually made with ham in it. If you ask for calzone in a pizza store, that's usually what you get. It's delicious for sure. I'd love to be able to taste one without it too. :)
I like the presentation.
This has always been a perfect date night/cooking night with the bf! We have made this several times now, we just love it. We make 2 out of one batch of dough b/c I am a vegetarian and he isn't. Next we roll them on parchment paper and cut them. I usually season my dough (garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes) on the inside with the other ingredients that I like to add (banana peppers, onions, fresh mushrooms, gouda cheese), wrap them exactly how you did, place both on a pan and bake. It makes 2 perfect calzones! It's cheap and if you don't have time to make the dough we buy the frozen Pillsbury pizza dough and proceed as we would with the homemade version. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!!
sounds delicious! can't wait to make this!
That looks positively delicious. I love how you wrapped it in a lattice pattern. So beautiful. This would make a fun treat to take to my daughters' houses now and then. Going to give it a try. Thank you!
Just stopping back by to let you know I made one last night with whole wheat flour. Filling was fresh tomato slices, fresh basil leaves, sliced garlic, red onion, black beans and cheddar cheese. We were out of mozzarella, and, unhappily, so was the neighborhood store. Mine was not nearly as pretty as yours, but plenty tasty.
I rolled it out on parchment paper and transferred it, parchment and all, to a pizza stone I had pre-heated with the oven. Worked great. We're having the leftovers for dinner tonight, and I'm so happy I don't have to figure out what to have for Meatless Monday.
Thanks again for a beautifully done page and a scrumptious recipe.
This looks amazing. I hope I have what it takes to try this out. It looks very fun and delicious both.
Fantastic, I make my own calzones also but I never saw the cut like that to wrap, I'm going to try it on my next one. Thanks
great to see how it's made. I live how the finished product looks.
You can roll the dough out and place it on a piece of parchment paper the size of your pan or waxed paper and when you are ready lift the paper and put on your baking sheet.
I love calzone and you've made it look so easy - thank you!
Nice lens , simple and effective, I am hungry...been looking for great lenses with food all day...
We sometimes have calzones on a Saturday night but I have never attempted to make my own, perhaps I will now. Great Lens
Yummy, will try it. Thanks for your sharing.
I make my own pizza and calzone with 5-minute pizza dough. Love home made pizza and its cousins.
You can't beat a good calzone. Got me wanting a midnight feast now! :)
Calzones are fantastic! I make them all the time using the Pilsbury pre-made cake dough. I tried their pizza dough but didn't like it as much. The best thing about calzones is that literally EVERYTHING tastes good in them. A great way to use up leftover stuff like an odd vegetable that you have left over from something else.
Looks delicious. Can't wait to try it out. Great lens.
Great lens. The best calzone I ever had was filled with different salami's, pepperoni, sausage, cheese and marinara sauce, it was huge and delicious. Now I've made myself hungry 'drool drool'
I have been making my own Calzone for years for years, I use a rolling technique for mine.
But, I love the way you make yours, with the strips of dough overlapped. I can't wait to try this next time. Looks so pretty!!
Try laying our a piece of parchment paper while prepping on a counter top, then just lift the whole thing (with the sides of the parchment paper) onto your baking sheet and bake the whole thing. Parchment paper is awesome and guarantees a nice golden non-stick bottom.
Yes, I do, Carolyn. PizzaHomeChef.com's will take you through the recpie and technique for making a great pizza that you can stretch or roll very thin. As you get the hang of it, you'll be able to stretch your dough till you can actually see light coming through. This is called windowpaning. When you can see the light, you'll definitely have a very thin crust pizza. There's a discussion of this at with some photos of this translucent dough effect.Then you can decide if you really like it that thin.So it's partly about a good dough recpie (also available in the previous post) and partly about fine-tuning your technique.Please check in and share your progress.
looks so good and very easy to make
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