pesto calzone
Sometimes you feel like a pizza. Sometimes you feel like a calzone.
Ingredients:
8 oz pizza dough
flour/cornmeal
green pepper slices
red onion slices
sliced mushrooms
ground, cooked, italian pork sausage
shredded mozzarella
pesto, homemade or store bought
ricotta cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450.
Remove pizza dough from refrigerator about 30 minutes before working. Roll it into a ball and let sit on flour and/or cornmeal.
Once dough has sat out, roll it into a very thin circle.
Par bake crust for 3 minutes in middle shelf.
Top half of circle with shredded mozzarella, then vegetables, then sausage, then a few dollops of ricotta, then another layer of mozzarella.
Fold the empty half of dough over top, and crimp edges together.
Bake for about 10 minutes, until crust starts to brown and cheese has melted.
Remove from the oven and let rest 2 minutes before serving.