Stuffed Pizza

Name: Stuffed Pizza (Calzone Imbottito)
Yield: Makes 4 calzone
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Basic Pizza Dough made with 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) ‘00’ flour; Basic Pizza Dough made with 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) ‘00’ flour; a little milk for glazing; olive oil; 115 g (4 oz) mozzarella cheese; 115 g (4 oz) cooked ham; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp freshly grated Parmesan; 4 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 200 g (7 oz) ricotta cheese; salt and pepper to taste; salt and pepper to taste

Calzone Imbottito

Preparation info

Makes
4
calzone

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

An Invitation to Italian Cooking

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 1986

About

‘Because the calzone is a kind of “inside-out” pizza, it is able to keep intact all the flavours contained in the filling. This is a slightly heavier recipe than the other pizzas. It can also be made with a variety of different ingredients such as salami, cheese or vegetables.’

Ingredients

Basic Pizza Dough made with 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) ‘00’ flou

Europe
Italy
Starter
Mediterranean
Pizza

Method

The calzone that my mother used to cook was based on fontina cheese, ham, sausages and eggs. The more classic calzone, however, contains mozzarella. You can make a vegetarian calzone by using ricotta cheese, spinach, egg and Parmesan, or any leftover or roasted vegetables.

Make the dough as described, and leave to rise.