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How to Make Calzone Pizza

A delicious recipe that is originated from Naples has a classic place among other dishes of the country. Calzone is a type of pizza with the same ingredients and recipe as needed to prepare calzone. That is why now the dish is called calzone pizza.

The cooking method of the dish is same as that of a traditional pizza but the apparent look is different as calzone is not about placing the stuff on the top of the crust but it folds the filling inside the crust in the from of a pie. Plus, filling for calzone has lots of varieties as the traditional pizza has. You can use a chicken or a beef filling and the vegetarian filling also makes calzone pizza a delicious treat.

Making calzone pizza at home is not complicated and technical. You don’t have to take some professional baking and cooking course to get trained with baking the calzone pizza. If you want to make calzone pizza at home just go ahead and try. You can easily make the one at your home while following the easy steps of the recipe I will be telling you here.

First of all, get the ingredients that are needed to prepare the calzone pizza.

Ingredients for crust

• Flour 500 grams
• Yeast 2 tbsp
• Sugar 2 tsp
• Salt1 tsp
• Cooking oil 2 tbsp
• Water (Luke warm)

You can go for any filling of your choice. Even the traditional pizza topping can be used as a filling in the calzone. Here is one of the choices for you.

Barbeque filling

• Bacon 4-5 slices
• onion, chopped, 1 piece
• shredded chicken, boiled, 2 cups
• barbeque sauce 2/3 cup
• mozzarella cheese, shredded ,1 cup
• fresh cilantro, chopped, 2 tablespoons
• salt, as required

Steps to make dough

1. · In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast on the warm water, and stir to dissolve it.
2. · Put the flour in a large bowl and pour the yeast dissolved water, salt, sugar and cooking oil.
3. · Mix them well using your hands and bring it in the form of a dough
4. · Leave it for minimum 2-3 hours in some cozy warm place until the dough gets double in size.

Steps to make filling

First of all pre-heat the oven 200-250 degree C.

1. · Pour 2-3 tbsp of oil in a pan and fry bacon slices.
2. · Sprinkle a pinch of salt while frying
3. · Put the shredded chicken and onion into it.
4. · Stir them for five minutes and pour barbeque sauce in the mixture.
5. · Evenly spread the dough in a round shape.
6. · Place the shredded cheese at the half side of the dough.
7. · Put the mixture at the same side over the layer of cheese and sprinkle fresh cilantro on the top.
8. · Pick the other end of the dough and fold it on the filled place in a form of pocket.
9. · Grease the crust with oil brush and place it in the pre-heated oven for 15 minutes
10. · Delicious calzone pizza is ready. Bon appetit!