Toaster Oven Calzones Recipes

TOASTER OVEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Divide the Dough: Cut the dough into two equal pieces and shape into balls. Place them on a lightly floured surface, sprinkle tops of dough with flour and loosely cover with plastic wrap. Rest dough balls for at least 20 minutes.
• Roast the Vegetables: Adjust the cooking rack to the lowest position and heat your toaster oven to 425°F on the "Bake" setting. On a lightly oiled or silicone baking mat lined pan combine the bell pepper, shallot, and mushrooms. Spray veggies lightly with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast vegetables until crisp-tender, about 10 minutes. Set the pan aside to cool but leave the toaster oven on.
• Prepare the Filling: In a large bowl, combine the ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, black olives, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir in the cooled roasted vegetables.
• Assemble the Calzones: Press each piece of dough into a flat disk and roll into an 8-inch round. Divide filling between rounds, moisten edges with water, fold the dough over the filling and crimp or roll the edges to seal.
• Bake the Calzones: Transfer the calzones to a lightly oiled pan, poke the tops with a fork to vent, and brush with olive oil. Bake until the crusts are golden brown and the filling is bubbling about 20 minutes. Serve the calzones warm with marinara sauce for dipping.

EASY CALZONES

Steps:

• Place the frozen rolls (or frozen bread loaves) on a baking sheet to thaw. Cover with a tea towel and let thaw and rise for 2 to 3 hours.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and allow to cook for a couple of minutes. Add the sausage and cook until brown, crumbling the sausage as you stir. Add the Italian seasoning and red pepper flakes. Remove from the skillet and allow to cool on a plate.
• In a separate bowl, combine the ricotta, mozzarella, Parmesan, salt, some pepper, parsley and 2 eggs.
• When the sausage is cool, stir it into the cheese mixture and set aside.
• When the rolls are thawed and risen, roll them out on a lightly floured surface until paper thin. Spoon 3 to 4 tablespoons of the filling onto half of the dough circle. Fold half of the dough over itself, and then press the edges to seal.
• Brush the surface of each calzone with the beaten egg, and then bake until nice and golden brown, 10 to 13 minutes. Serve with warm Marinara Sauce.
• Add a tablespoon or so of olive oil into a hot pan over medium-high heat and throw in the garlic and chopped onions and give them a stir.
• Now add the wine (or chicken broth), whisking to deglaze the bottom of the skillet. Cook until the liquid reduces by half.
• Add the crushed tomatoes and stir to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste and a pinch of sugar. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Toward the end of the cooking process, chop up your fresh parsley and basil and add it to the sauce to taste, stirring to combine.

CALZONE

Steps:

• First, make your Pizza Dough. Preheat the oven to 450 to 500 degrees F, then tear the punched-down dough into 4 pieces and roll each out on a floured surface. You want to get them roughly circular, about the thickness of a silver dollar, and 12 inches across. You can now either keep these in the refrigerator, stacked and separated with olive-oil-rubbed and flour-dusted aluminum foil, until you're ready to cook them, or you can put your topping on and cook them straightaway.
• Pour a large glug of olive oil into a hot frying pan. Add the mushrooms and toss briefly in the hot oil before adding the sliced garlic and the thyme. Fry until the mushrooms are cooked and smell fantastic. Drop in the butter and toss the mushrooms in it to make them tasty and shiny. Season with a little salt and pepper.
• Add the tomato sauce to the pan and stir. Cook for a few minutes, then add the spinach (in batches if you need to) and stir again. Simmer away the liquid until you're left with a thick, tasty mixture that's not too moist (otherwise it will burst through the dough when you're cooking the calzone).
• Divide the mushroom and spinach mixture evenly between the 4 pizza bases and spread it out nicely. Top with pieces of mozzarella and season with salt and pepper. To make your calzone, carefully lift the far edge of the Pizza Dough and pull it over the top toward you - you basically need to fold it in half (imagine it looking like a big Cornish pasty!). Crimp the edges so none of the filling can spill out. Place the calzone side by side on a floured baking sheet, (use 2 if needed), pizza stone or granite slab.
• Cook for 10 to 15 minutes on the bottom of the preheated oven until the dough is puffed up and golden on top and the filling is hot.
• Sift the flours and salt onto a clean work surface and make a well in the middle. In a large measuring cup, mix the yeast, sugar and olive oil into the water and leave for a few minutes, then pour into the well. Using a fork, bring the flour in gradually from the sides and swirl it into the liquid. Keep mixing, drawing larger amounts of flour in, and when it all starts to come together, work the rest of the flour in with your clean, flour-dusted hands. Knead until you have a smooth, springy dough.
• Place the ball of dough in a large flour-dusted bowl and flour the top of it. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place in a warm room for about 1 hour until the dough has doubled in size.
• Now remove the dough to a flour-dusted surface and knead it around a bit to push the air out with your hands - this is called punching down the dough. You can either use it immediately, or keep it, wrapped in plastic wrap, in the fridge (or freezer) until required. If using straightaway, divide the dough up into as many little balls as you want to make pizzas - this amount of dough is enough to make about six to eight medium pizzas.
• Timing-wise, it's a good idea to roll the pizzas out about 15 to 20 minutes before you want to cook them. Don't roll them out and leave them hanging around for a few hours, though - if you are working in advance like this it's better to leave your dough, covered with plastic wrap, in the refrigerator. However, if you want to get them rolled out so there's 1 less thing to do when your guests are round, simply roll the dough out into rough circles, about 1/4-inch thick, and place them on slightly larger pieces of olive-oil-rubbed and flour-dusted aluminum foil. You can then stack the pizzas, cover them with plastic wrap, and pop them into the refrigerator.

THE VERSATILE CALZONE

Steps:

• Dough: Mix together water, yeast, 4 cups wheat flour, salt, and oil.
• Add white flour until you have a dough that follows the spoons around the bowl but still sticks to the sides of the bowl. Let dough rise to double (about an hour), punch down, and shape. I don't let mine rise again once I've shaped it, but it does some rising of its own as it cooks.
• Fillings: Ooooh, just have fun!
• Depending on the filling, top calzones for the last 5 minutes of baking with: egg wash, honey glaze, extra cheese.
• Also, make extra liquid parts when you make the fillings and freeze along with the calzones for a dipping sauce.
• Be sure to wrap with a paper towel when reheating in the microwave.
• (reheating in toaster oven is preferable.).
• Cook calzones at 300°F for 30 minutes.
• These can be frozen before or after cooking. When cooking a raw, frozen calzone, cook for 50 minutes at 300°F.

WEEKNIGHT CALZONES

Steps:

• Turn toaster oven to convection bake at 400 degrees (or bake at 425 degrees). Saute vegetables for a few minutes in a little oil until just tender. Cut bread dough loaf into fourths and form each piece into a ball. Roll each ball into a flat 8- to 10-inch circle. Mix garlic into marinara sauce. On half of each circle, spread 1?4 cup sauce, leaving a 1?2 inch around the edge. On top of sauce, place 1 cup vegetables, 1?2 cup mozzarella cheese, 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, olives, and some meat. Fold each dough half over filling to form a semicircle; pinch closed all the way around. Brush each calzone with 1?2 tablespoon olive oil. Pour remaining oil on a baking sheet. Bake for 15-18 minutes, or until lightly browned on top. Makes 4 servings.

CLASSIC MEAT LOVER'S CALZONES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Make the dough: In a medium bowl, combine the warm water, yeast, flour, and salt. Mix with a rubber spatula until well-combined and the dough comes together into a ball.
• Lightly flour a clean surface, then turn the dough out and knead for 1-2 minutes to smooth and encourage gluten development. Shape the dough into a ball.
• Drizzle the olive oil in a clean large bowl. Add the dough ball and turn to coat in the oil. Cover with a kitchen towel and let rise for 1 hour, or until doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 425˚F (220˚C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• While the dough is rising, make the filling: Add the sausage to a medium nonstick pan over medium heat and cook until no longer pink, 5-6 minutes. Add the onion, salt, and pepper and continue to cook until the sausage is browned, about 5 minutes more. Remove from the heat and let cool.
• After the dough has risen, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 4 portions, then roll each into and round about ¼-inch (½ cm) thick.
• Spread ¼ of the sauce over one half of each dough round, leaving a ½-inch (1 cm) border along the edge. Top each one with 2 slices of ham, 5 pepperoni, ¼ of the sausage and onion mixture, and ¼ cup (25 G) of mozzarella cheese.
• Lightly beat the egg with a pinch of salt. Brush the egg wash on the border of the dough, fold the other half over, and press the edges together. Starting from one corner, fold the dough over itself in a twist. Tuck the other corner underneath. Transfer the calzones to the prepared baking sheet. Brush lightly with egg wash and score the tops with a knife to allow steam to escape.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes, until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes.
• Serve the calzones with marinara sauce for dipping, if desired.
• Enjoy!