The Hits Keep On Coming

I told you pizza might continue this week! Have you ever made a great pizza and then thought, how many different ways can I create something so great? No? Well, I did!
We made homemade Calzones. That's right, homemade. Okay, almost homemade.

To make it a little easier on ourselves, we picked up some fresh made dough from Whole Foods. The ingredients were simple and the dough was made that day, so it worked out perfect. Check out Whole Foods for hand made dough, this is the only place I would buy already made dough!

We started off playing...I mean working the dough. We spread out flour onto the very very clean counter to make it easier to roll out the dough. You have to really work with dough, so we rolled it out a few times, and then picked it up and stretched it, then repeat that a few more times until you have a nice, flat final product.

So what made up our Calzone? Check it out.
Vegetarian Calzone
Serves about 4
Ingredients:
1 package of pre-made dough from Whole Foods (if not from here, find somewhere that it is freshly made and uses simple ingredients)
1 red onion, diced
2 small jars of roasted red peppers, diced
2 cups of Baby Arugula
1/2 cup Kalamata Olives, sliced in half
1 1/2 cups of Mozzarella Cheese
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper

Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables as directed above. Bring out the dough, and place flour on your working surface. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin consistently. In between rolling out the dough, pickup the dough and stretch it out very gently with your hands. Repeat rolling with the pin. Once you have achieved the desire result of your dough, use a paintbrush to coat the dough with olive oil. Then, on one side, place the arugula, onion, roasted red pepper, Kalamata olives and mozzarella cheese. Mix all the ingredients with your hands so it is blended together nicely. Finish off with some salt and pepper. Finally, gently fold the other bare half of the dough over the side with all the ingredients. Make sure to press firmly on the edges (leaving fingerprints is good). You can also use a fork to seal the edges as well.
It should look something like this:

Directions(continued):
Take the fork and poke a few times on top of the folded over Calzone. This will stop the dough from bubbling. Finally, place the Calzone in the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes. Make sure to keep your eye on the Calzone. Once it is golden brown, it is ready to be pulled.


This Calzone was incredible. The fresh veggies and the gooey cheese and chewy crust definitely satisfied this palate. I think I am "pizza-ed out" after this. On to another cooking adventure!