Calzone

This dough can be used for pizza too. And the filling is quite personal.

Ingredients for dough (x2 calzone)

  • 225g plain or strong white flour + dusting
  • 90ml milk warmed at body temperature
  • 50ml water warmed at body temperature
  • 1 tsp dried yeast
  • 25ml olive oil
  • pinch salt

Filling:

  • cherry tomatoes
  • 1 mozzarella roughly chopped
  • any cold meat if you wish
  • capers, oregano
  • grated parmesan
  • olive oil
  • some slices of onion
  • some tbsp of tomate sauce

Process

  • Sift the flour and salt in a bowl.
  • Warm the milk and water in a saucepan. Just body temperature! If too hot, will kill the yeast. Add the dry yest and mix.
  • Add the milk mix to the flour, mix a bit and then add oil. Mix well.
  • Knead until smooth and the window test passes.
  • Let me it proof until double in size.
  • Pre-heat oven at 250C.
  • Mix all your filling ingredients in a bowl.
  • Dive the dough in two, roll in a big circle around 23cm or so.
  • Put the filling in the middle. Dont put too much so you need to “close” the dough.
  • Brush the dough edges with water, then fold half the side over to cover the filling.
  • Pinch the edges “covering your thumb”.
  • White a knife score the top of your calzone.
  • Bake until dough is golden.

It looks like a big “empanada” but still was good.

To be honest, I need to practice more my pizza dough. It is quite far from any good pizza I have tried.