Ham and Ricotta Calzone

Name: Ham and Ricotta Calzone
Ingredients: olive oil, for drizzling; fine ground semolina, for sprinkling; 3 handfuls fresh rocket (arugula); 90 g /3½ oz freshly grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese; 115 g /4 oz cooked ham, finely sliced; 3 handfuls fresh rocket (arugula); salt and ground black pepper; salt and ground black pepper; 90 g /3½ oz freshly grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese; 2.5 ml /½ tsp chilli flakes; 240 g /8½ oz ricotta; ½ quantity pizza dough

Preparation info

Makes
2
calzones

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

A calzone is the Cornish pasty of the pizza world — a lovely crisp container holding a delicious moist filling. You need to roll the dough thicker than for a regular pizza, so it can hold the filling easily. Only use fillings that are already cooked for calzone.

Ingredients

½ quantity pizza dough
240 g /8½ oz ricotta

Pizza

Method

Build up the fire in the oven until it is about 300°C/570°F, this will take about 50 minutes. When it is up to temperature, push the fire to the back of the oven with a metal peel or coal hook. Close the oven door to retain the he