Chicken And Tomato Calzones - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 large pizza dough (your favorite)
    1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts
    1 cup mushroom, sliced
    2 cups fresh spinach, roughly chopped
    3/4 cup finely chopped onion
    2 -3 tablespoons tomato paste
    4 garlic cloves
    1 1/2 teaspoons italian seasoning or 1 1/2 teaspoons pizza seasoning
    3/4 teaspoon thyme
    1/4 cup sun-dried tomato, rehydrated in boiling water. minced
    12 tablespoons chopped bottled roasted red peppers
    4 tablespoons capers, chopped
    4 teaspoons red wine vinegar
    salt and pepper
    6 tablespoons fat free cream cheese
    6 tablespoons fat-free cottage cheese or 6 tablespoons ricotta cheese
    1 cup shredded fat free mozzarella cheese
    Egg Wash
    1 egg white
    2 tablespoons nonfat milk
Preparation
    Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium to medium-high heat. Saute onion for about 4 minutes until it begins to get tender, then add seasoning, thyme, salt and pepper mushrooms and garlic. Saute until mushrooms begin to get tender.
    Add tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted bell peppers, vinegar, and capers, cook for a minutes. Add spinach and chicken until heated through and spinach is wilted.
    Divide the dough into 4 sections and roll each of them out to about a 12\" diameter.
    Mix the cream cheese and cottage cheese with a fork, whisk or beater until creamy.
    Divide the cheese and chicken mixture into four and arrange among the four dough-disks.
    Top each with about 1/4 cup of mozzarella and fold in each. Crimp the edges with a dull fork. brush over each with the egg wash.
    Bake at a 400\u00b0F oven on a baking sheet coated with tin foil, for about 20 minutes until lightly brown.

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