Calzone

Name: Calzone
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 250g pizza dough; 150g ricotta; 100g mozzarella, diced; 60g salami or ham, chopped; 3 tbsp tomato passata; Fresh basil and black pepper; Olive oil

Calzone/kal-TSOH-neh/

Also known as: Calzone Napoletano, Folded Pizza

About this dish

Pizza dough folded over ricotta, mozzarella, salami and tomato into a half-moon and baked until puffed and golden.

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Ingredients

🌾250g pizza dough

🧀150g ricotta

🧀100g mozzarella, diced

🥓60g salami or ham, chopped

🍅3 tbsp tomato passata

🌿Fresh basil and black pepper

🫒Olive oil

Method

Serves 2

Stretch the dough into a 30cm round.

Mix the ricotta, mozzarella, salami, basil and pepper and spread over one half, leaving a border.

Fold over and press the edges firmly to seal.

Brush with olive oil and spoon a little passata on top.

Bake at the highest oven temperature, 250°C (480°F) or more, for 12–15 minutes until puffed and golden.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

The calzone ('trouser leg') comes from Naples, where it is baked in the pizza oven; a smaller fried version, the panzerotto, is popular in Puglia.

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