Tips to recreate vegetarian calzone at home

For anyone getting bored of their usual meals what about a vegetarian calzone.
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Here Gousto shares some recipes for you to try at home.

Vegetarian calzone

Use up any leftover veggies in our cheesy, crispy Italian calzone. You’ll create a three-cheese filling, a crispy golden-brown crust and a rich marinara dipping sauce.

Swap out any of the veggie fillings to use up what you have leftover in the fridge, like spinach or green beans - just chop them up and throw it into the mix!

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Hannah’s recipe hack: "Leave a half-inch space around your calzone filling, so you can easily seal the dough together into the classic half-moon shape."

Ingredients

Serves 1

100 g (1 portion) Premade pizza dough or see below for a homemade pizza dough recipe.

1 Head of broccoli

60 g Peas, frozen

85 g Ricotta (Can’t find it? Pop cottage cheese in a sieve, rinse under a cold tap and weigh out the cheese curds)

10 g Italian hard cheese, grated

75 g Mozzarella, shredded

4 tbsp Tomato paste

1 tsp dried oregano

Pinch of sugar and salt

Method

Step 1: Cut the broccoli into florets and roast in a preheated oven at 220ºC/200ºC fan/gas 7 for 10 minutes.

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Step 2: Remove your tray from the oven and add the frozen peas. Return to the oven and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes.

Step 3: Once roasted, mix the vegetables in a bowl with the three cheeses.

Step 4: Roll your dough out into a large circle (12-15cm).

Step 5: Add your filling to one half of the dough, fold the other half over and crimp the edges together with a fork to keep the filling in.

Step 6: Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

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Top tip! Once done, leave it to cool for 5 minutes. (The filling inside is very hot!)

Step 7: While your calzone bakes, add the tomato paste, 8 tbsp water, oregano and a pinch of salt and sugar to a small saucepan and simmer until thick and saucy. This is your marinara dipping sauce.

Step 8: Serve your calzone with the marinara sauce to the side.

For the pizza dough...

Ingredients

Makes 2 large or 3-4 smaller pizzas

380g plain flour

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp flaky sea salt

1 tbsp olive oil

185ml warm water

Method

Step 1: Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 6/200ºC/180ºC fan.

Step 2: Whisk the dry ingredients in a bowl until thoroughly combined.

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Step 3: Add the liquid and stir until it’s almost come together, then turn out onto a clean work surface and knead for a couple of minutes until shiny and smooth.

Step 4: Divide the dough into the number of pizzas you are making.

Step 5: Roll out your dough until it’s around 2mm thick and spread over your toppings (check out our favourite base recipe here!)

Step 6: Bake for 15 minutes until golden and crispy.

Slice and serve!

Recipes courtesy of Gousto.co.uk

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