![]() ![]() While your spinach cools, prepare the rest of the filling. Once it has wilted, remove it from the heat and let it cool.Ībout twenty minutes before you want to start cooking your calzones, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Your spinach will wilt quickly and significantly. Once it starts to smell fragrant, add the spinach and stir quickly so that the garlic isn’t all on the bottom of the pan. Once the oil has heated and is starting to shimmer, add the garlic. ![]() Once the pizza dough is made, start on your spinach so that it has cooled enough for you to drain when you’re ready to make the filling. Make your pizza dough ahead of time to let it start rising. Looking for more fun pizza alternatives? Check out some of my favorites at the bottom of this article. Just reheat the same way you do leftover pizza and enjoy. If you prefer, it’s easy to make six smaller calzones that are perfect to pair with a salad for a delicious family meal.įortunately, these make fantastic leftovers. ![]() Lastly, I tend to make three large calzones and then cut them to share. I use the same homemade pasta sauce I use for many Italian dishes, but a jarred marinara works if that’s your preference. CALZONE RECIPE FROMSCRATCH FREEYour homemade calzones are a blank canvas of goodness.įeel free to buy some pizza dough from your local store, or simply whip up some of my homemade pizza dough, which is super easy and forgiving. You could be adventurous like Mister Man who loves his with pineapple and Canadian bacon. You could easily sautee mushrooms and add them or toss in some pepperoni. My personal favorite is calzones stuffed with three cheeses, herbs, spinach, and tomatoes. It’s a perfect complement, and I love that you can easily customize calzone to anyone’s taste preference. Just like “real” calzones, mine have the sauce on the outside, served as a condiment rather than being baked into the calzone. ![]() Instead of making more pizzas, I was going to make homemade calzones.Ĭalzones are a lot like pizza, but they have are so different at the same time with their oozing cheese and crispy crust. I had mozzarella at home from the pizzas I’d made the night before, and I had a little sauce left over from the pizzas, although not a ton. I already had spinach and garlic in my cart, as well as tomatoes and fresh basil. When I went to the store to stock up on my requisite fruits and veggies, I saw that they had their homemade mozzarella on sale, which I buy every time it goes on sale and enjoy those little morsels until they’re gone.Īs I ordered up my container of bocconcini, I noticed that they also had ricotta on sale. No, instead this time, I stuck my dough into the fridge, vowing to make something different with it the next day. When I asked Little Miss what she wanted me to cook for the first night in our new house, she unhesitatingly replied, “Pizza!” So, of course, I did.Īnd when I make pizza, I tend to make a lot of dough, but I didn’t feel like making extra pizzas like I usually do and having leftover pizza for the next few days. I’m pretty sure that I’ll be retiring somewhere in a small village in Tuscany, and Italian food is one of my favorite things to cook. I may not have a drop of Italian blood in me, but you wouldn’t know it. Have you ever had homemade calzones before? You will after this! Some links in this post are affiliate links that earn me a commission if you purchase through them. ![]()
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