Italian Calzones
Author:
Florence
Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 8
Prep time:
Cook time:
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Ingredients
- 1 pound frozen white bread dough
- 1 pound lean ground round beef
- ½ cup chopped mushrooms
- ½ cup finely chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ½ cup evaporated skim milk
- 3 tablespoons fine dry bread crumbs
- 1½ teaspoons dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seed
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- ¾ cup tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon butter
- vegetable cooking spray
Instructions
- Thaw out bread the dough
- Combine the ground round and next 9 ingredients in a large skillet and stir well
- Stir mixture over medium heat for 10 minutes or until meat is browned
- Add sugar, ¾ cup tomato sauce, and salt
- stir occasional for the next 6 minutes
- Remove from heat and let mixture cool slightly
- Cut dough into 8 equal portions
- Cover the dough and take out 1 portion at a time
- roll portion to ⅛-inch thickness and repeat with the other 7 portions
- Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray, place each portion on it spreading them into 6-inch circles using your fingertips coated in flour
- Using a spoon, place ⅓ cup of the meat mixture onto one half of each dough circle
- Moisten the edges of the dough with water and fold the dough over the filling
- Us a fork to seal the edges together
- Using a pastry brush, lightly coat the Calzones with butter
- Pre-heat over to 375F
- Place baking sheet in over and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown
- Remove Calzones from oven
- Use your pastry brush to again lightly coat the Calzones with butter
- Serve immediately
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