Calzone con Verdure Miste

Name: Calzone con Verdure Miste (Stuffed Pizza with Mixed Vegetables)
Yield: Makes 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper; Coarse salt; 450 grams (1 pound) pork sausage meat, such as sweet Italian sausage; 125 grams (5 ounces) unpeeled eggplant; 1 recipe Pizza Dough, shaped into four 180-gram (generous ¾-cup) balls and allowed to rise until almost doubled in bulk; 40 grams (¼ cup) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Grana Padano; 2½ grams (2½ teaspoons) chopped fresh thyme; Cornmeal or semolina, for dusting; 140 grams (¾ cup) red onion; 200 grams (1⅔ cups) shredded mozzarella; 1 large (65 grams / 2½ ounces) plum tomato; 55 grams (2 ounces) yellow bell pepper; 65 grams (2½ ounces) red bell pepper; Olive oil; 1 large egg, beaten, for egg wash; 50 grams (2 ounces) asparagus, tough ends snapped, and stalks peeled, if woody; 75 grams (3 ounces) zucchini; 70 milliliters (5 tablespoons) olive oil

Stuffed Pizza with Mixed Vegetables

Preparation info

Makes
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine

By International Culinary Center , French Culinary Institute , Cesare Casella and Stephanie Lyness

Published 2021

About

Calzone are pizzas that have been folded into a half-moon shape to enclose the topping mixture. Here, the filling consists of roasted vegetables, sautéed pork sausage, mozzarella, and Parmigiano-Reggiano.

(See Peeling Asparagus.)

Ingredients

For the filling

125 grams (5 ounces) unpeeled eggplant
55 grams (

Europe
Italy
Pizza
Mediterranean

Method

Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 232°C (450°F). Center a rack in the oven.

Cut the eggplant, peppers, and zucchini into sticks about 1 by 8 centimeters (1 by 3 inches); set aside.

Cut the asparagus: If the stalks are thick, quarter them lengthwise and cut into leng