It’s been delightful seeing everyone get creative with bread recently. Calzones are a twist on your standard pizza where all the goodies are on the inside. I fondly remember getting them at cafes in Wellington when I was a teenager.
Todays’ Calzone is Beetroot, Roast Vegetable & Cheddar, but you can go crazy with your combinations. The Beetroot & Chia Seed Pickle from Anathoth is so versatile, try it with tomato, feta & spinach, or potato rosemary & parmesan. These pockets of goodness would make perfect lunchbox fillers as well as a delicious dinner option.
Beetroot, Roast Vegetable & Cheddar Calzone
Servings 6
Ingredients
- *Pizza Dough
Filling
- 8 tablespoons Beetroot & Chia Pickle
- 1 cup Cheddar Cheese grated
- 4 cups *Roast vegetables – I’m using kumara zuchinni & red onion
- 1 egg
- *see below for full recipes for roast veg & pizza dough
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 220 fan bake
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To assemble your calzone, take your pizza dough balls and roll into circles, mine are the size of a sideplate
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Spread half with a tablespoon of Anathoth Beetroot & Chia Pickle
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Top with roast vegetables and around 2 tablespoons of grated cheese
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Fold over the dough to make into half circles. Pinch the edges together with your fingers, and I do a little crimp with a fork too.
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Take your egg and beat it lightly, brush over the calzones.
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With a sharp knife cut 3 large slits in the top, this lets the steam out while cooking.
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Bake for 15-25 minutes until golden and cooked through.
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Serve
Pizza Dough – Bread Maker Version
I make my pizza dough in my breadmaker and here is the recipe, however feel free to use your favourite pizza dough recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups of high grade flour
- 1 tablespoon surebake yeast
Instructions
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In the base of your bread maker, place all the ingredients above, in the order above.
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Use the dough function and push go.
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Once the cycle has finished, tip the dough out onto a floured surface.
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Punch down the dough and divide into 6 (or 8 if you want smaller calzones)
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Form each piece into a ball and place on a plate or tray to rise. Cover with a tea-towel and let the dough rise somewhere warm for around 40 minutes.
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Until the dough has doubled in size.
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Now your dough is ready to roll out and be made into calzones.
Roasted Vegetables
Ingredients
- 1 kumara diced
- 2 zucchini diced
- 1 red onion sliced
- Olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
- 5 sprigs of Thyme stems removed, *optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 180
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On baking trays place the vegetables, keep them separate as they will take different times to cook, toss all with olive oil and seasoning and thyme
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Cook for around 20 mins and check, the zucchini will be done by now but the red onion and kumara will probably need ten minutes longer
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Once cooked remove from the oven and they are ready to assemble in your calzone.
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