01
Nov
08

Calzone

What Dominos makes you pay a bomb for, you can easily make at home! Here’s how…

Ingredients:

For the crust-

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup Maida
  • 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Atta + 1 tbsp for dusting
  • 1 tsp Yeast
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Honey
  • Oil - 4 tbsp

For the filling-
Any dry vegetables will do.spinach-paneer, roasted peppers, mushroons and onions, Aloo ki Sabji etc work very well. You’ll need approx 1 1/2 to 2 cups of veggies for filling.

 Method:

  • Warm water. Add honey. Add yeast. Let it stand for 5 minutes.
  • Sieve the Madia, Whole wheat Atta and Salt. Add flour-salt mix to the dissolved yeast and whisk into a smooth dough. Knead by folding for about 1-2 minutes till dough is smooth. Set aside for 2-4 hours or until doubled in volume in a well oiled bowl.
  • Punch to release air and divide into 2 portions.
  • Preheat oven to 250 C. 
  • Roll out one portion into a 6 inch round dusting with some flour. Place filling on one half of the circle, fold the other side over to form a crescent shaped Calzone. Seal the edges (use a fork and press if you want it to look pretty).
  • Using a spatula tranfer to a greased baking tray. Bake at 250C for 15 minutes until golden brown. Makes  2 individual portions
Source:
Mandira’s notes- I used capsicum, onions and paneer for the filling along with chillie flakes and oregano. The calzones go very well with any soup.
Lakshmi’s notes- I borrowed the idea for spinach feta filling from this recipe for a casserole calzone at Cooking Light. Instead of the regular cresent shape, I folded the dough into a rectangular pocket. 

 

 

 


12 Responses to “Calzone”


  1. November 1, 2008 at 10:08 pm

    Sure looks great..girls wish I had that slice!..Laks..surely something of this for our meet??..puleesseeeeeeeee..

  2. November 1, 2008 at 10:14 pm

    Nice job, girls! the calzone looks great!

  3. November 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Ok, both of you are super duper fast with your comments!!! :D

  4. November 2, 2008 at 2:53 am

    Looks grt..love to have it

  5. November 2, 2008 at 4:01 am

    I ve always wanted to make calzones at home.LLove the spinach filling.

  6. November 2, 2008 at 4:22 am

    Fabulous calzone…great job

  7. 7 homecooked
    November 3, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Wow….I love calzones. The ones you all made look super yummy :)

  8. November 5, 2008 at 1:40 am

    first time here. I came via lakshmi’s yum blog. God you all seem to have everything here. I think i can quench my thirst for baking here in this blog. thanks to all for this gr8 blog.

  9. November 5, 2008 at 10:26 am

    @kamala-thank u! come on over for a taste anytime!:)
    @dhivya- and now u can!
    @priya-thanks!
    @HC-we love them too. :)
    @lakshmi v-welcome to our expreiments in baking…do let us know if u try out something….

  10. November 6, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Thanks Mandira for the link! I have to admit that I’m a bit intimidated by all this..sounds like some expert heavy duty stuff..hell I didnt even know that something called allpurpose flour existed!

    This one sounds very interesting, but is there a healthier alternative to using maida? My husband is trying to lose weight and was wondering if anything can be done about it!

  11. November 6, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    @gooddaysunshine – the recipe already uses 50% maida and 50% whole wheat atta.

    for a 100% whole wheat version you can use about 1 cup of water with 1.5 – 2 cups of whole wheat in the recipe above. however if you’re baking bread or pizza/ calzone base for the first time, i’d recommend you try a 50:50 and then do a 100% version.

  12. November 7, 2008 at 9:39 am

    as u can see, GDS, technical stuff u need to direct to lakshmi! i only read and follow recipies as provided! hehehe.. nice to see u actually stopped by!


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