For JUST the dough...
scratch pizza dough ingredients:
2-1/2 cups All Purpose Flour, plus more for kneading
1 cup Warm Water {115-120 degrees}
1 packet Active Dry Yeast
1/2 teaspoon Honey
1/2 teaspoon Kosher Salt
1/2 teaspoon Olive Oil, plus more for oiling bowl
scratch pizza dough directions:
Add a half teaspoon of honey into a clean large bowl. Add the hot water into the bowl and sprinkle with the packet of yeast. Stir and let sit for a few minutes. Season with a half teaspoon of salt and olive oil. Sprinkle with one cup of the flour, stir with a spatula. Add in the second cup, stir until combine. Lastly add the remaining half cup of flour and stir by hand until combined. On a well floured surface, knead the dough {adding more flour if needed} until no longer sticky. Should take five minutes.
Form the dough into a ball and add it to the bowl with the olive oil. Coat the dough with the oil, using it to work the oil up the sides of the bowl. Cover with a towel and place in a dry warm place for about an hour.
This recipe yields one large pizza, two medium pizzas or 4 individual size pizzas or calzones.
For the pizza calzones....
pizza calzone ingredients:
1 recipe for homemade pizza dough
8 slices of Sandwich Pepperoni, quartered
1 medium onion, sliced root to tip
1/2 pound Ground Italian Sausage
1-1/2 cups Freshly Grated Mozzarella
1/2 cup Freshly Grated Sharp Provolone
1 whole Egg, beaten pizza sauce ingredients:
8 ounce can of Tomato Sauce
1/2 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
1/4 teaspoon dried Basil
1/4 teaspoon Garlic Powder
a pinch of Red Pepper Flakes {optional}
Kosher Salt and Black Pepper to taste
calzone directions:
In a skillet brown the sausage, drain and set aside. Over medium heat cook onions until soft and golden.
In a small sauce pan over medium low heat combine the tomato sauce, herbs and spices. Stir until hot then remove off of the heat to cool.
Divide the pizza dough into 4 equal portions. Roll out to about 8 inches in diameter. Smear a couple spoonfuls of cooled pizza sauce. Top with cooked Italian sausage, pepperoni, cooked onions and cheeses. Stretch and pull the dough over the top of the filling and twist and pinch the two seams together.
Beat the egg and brush it over top of the entire calzone. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 20-minutes. Let cool before eating. Use any leftover pizza sauce to dunk your calzone in.
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