During our weekend grocery shopping, I picked up some pizza fixings and a can of Pillsbury Classic Pizza Crust. I remembered a recipe I had pinned awhile back on Pinterest on how to make homemade calzones and thought I would give it a try for one of our lunches this week. Today is our lucky day! Below I have provided the link to the website where the original recipe is posted. There are great instructions and pictures for step-by-step assembly.
Now for the modifications...because I am notorious for that!
I quickly softened one small chopped onion, 3 diced garlic cloves, about 5 or 6 small whole mushrooms-sliced, and some pickled banana pepper slices sprinkled with Italian seasoning and a couple squirts of pizza sauce. Once slightly softened, I removed the mixture to a bowl and began cooking a small package of turkey Andouille sausage homemade by Horrocks. Once cooked, I added my veggie mixture back in to meld the flavors together.
Next in the process I melted about 2 tablespoons of stick butter and seasoned it with garlic powder. I greased my baking sheet with some of the garlic butter, then rolled out my refrigerated pizza crust. I proceeded to apply the pizza sauce to the middle of the dough and top with my meat and veggie mixture. Now for the yummy part! I cut up chunks of fresh mozzarella cheese and placed it all over the toppings.
Finally I cut the edges of the dough and assembled the calzone in lattice style like the original recipe instructs. The rest of the garlic butter mixture I applied to the top of the calzone and then I sprinkled finely shredded Italian style cheese on top, and popped it in the oven for the recommended length of time.
Out of the oven:
And plated:
Perfect taste! Gooey mozzarella, a bit of heat from the banana peppers and Andouille sausage, and a flavorful garlic buttery crust--what more could you want? Filling and tasty for lunch or even dinner. And of course you can adjust the flavors to your tastes. These are the best kinds of recipes to have on hand!
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