Pizza Calzone
(from asilverthought’s recipe box)
For vegetarian option replace the chicken breasts with a cup of cooked lentils.
Source: Annika Botes
Prep time: 60 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: bread, friday night dinner
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 1 sachet yeast
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2 t salt
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 5 tbsp oil
- 4 deboned and skinless chicken breasts
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1/2 green pepper (diced)
- 2 baby marrows (cut in 2mm slices)
- 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
- 1/2 t cayenne pepper
- 1/2 t dried parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
- 50g tomato paste
- 5ml dried origanum
- 1-2 tomatoes (sliced)
- 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
Directions
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Mix first 6 ingredients together to form dough, kneed and let rise, knock down and let rise again.
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Divide dough into 8 parts. Roll each part into a rectangle, approximately 1 cm in thickness.
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Bake at 160 degrees C for 10min. Remove from oven before turning brown and let cool slightly.
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Cut chicken into 2cm cubes and cook for 5-10 minutes over medium heat, using cook and spray, not oil.
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Add onion, green pepper, baby marrows and garlic. Cook for 5 more minutes.
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Add cayenne pepper, parsley, salt and pepper. Keep over heat until chicken is lightly browned.
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Smear a teaspoon or two tomato paste on each pizza base. Sprinkle with origanum. Add 2 slices tomato to each base. Top with chicken mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
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Fold pizzas in half and secure with toothpicks. Bake another 10-15 minutes at 160 degrees C or until it starts to brown.