Calzone With Sun-Dried Tomatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 deep-dish pizza dough
    1 tablespoon oil, from sun-dried tomato
    1 medium onion (finely chopped)
    1 garlic clove (minced)
    1 cup ricotta cheese
    1/4 cup chopped sun-dried tomato
    2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
    1/4 lb sliced salami or 1/4 lb prosciutto, cut into strips
    2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
    cornmeal (for baking sheet)
    olive oil
Preparation
    Prepare 1 recipe pizza dough (I use'd the dough cycle on the bread machine) and let it rise.
    While Dough Rises, Prepare Filling:
    In a medium frying pan heat tomato oil over moderate heat, add onion and cook, stirring often, until soft but not browned.
    Mix in garlic, then remove from heat.
    In a medium bowl mix ricotta cheese with dried tomatoes and parsley.
    Stir in cooked onion mixture.
    Divide dough into two equal portions.
    Roll each half out on a floured surface to a 12-inch circle.
    Spread half of the ricotta filling over half of each circle of dough, leaving about a 1/2-inch margin.
    Sprinkle half of each circle with half of the meat strips and 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese.
    Fold circles in halves over filling, moistening and pinching edges together (or pressing with tines of a fork) to seal.
    Preheat oven to 450~ F.
    Sprinkle a large, greased baking sheet lightly with cornmeal.
    Place calzones well apart on prepared baking sheet.
    Let rise until puffy (12 to 15 minutes).
    Bake to a deep golden color (about 20 mins).
    Brush tops lightly with olive oil, then serve hot.

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