Sausage Calzone Electric Skillet Food

SAUSAGE CALZONE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Unroll pizza dough onto baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray; pat into 12x10-inch rectangle.
• Cook sausage, onions and mushrooms in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat 5 min. or until sausage is lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Spread pizza sauce onto half the dough to within 1 inch of edges; top with 1/2 cup mozzarella, sausage mixture and remaining mozzarella. Fold dough over filling; seal edges with fork.
• Bake 18 to 20 min. or until golden brown. Let stand 5 min. before serving.

SAUSAGE CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 F.
• Brown sausage in a small skillet in a drizzle of olive oil. Transfer the cooked crumbled sausage to a paper towel lined plate to drain.
• Combine sausage with ricotta, parsley, garlic, Parmigiano, nutmeg, pepper, and pimento. Roll out doughs and halve cross-wise. Place a dough rectangle on a nonstick cookie sheet. Use 1/2 cup mozzarella on half of each dough rectangle and pile a mound of filling on half of the total area. Fold dough over and pinch edges to seal. The result is a rectangular turnover.
• For half-moon shaped calzones, trim excess dough. Roll dough bits into strips, tie in knots and brush with garlic oil and cheese. Garlic knots are fun to dip at the table.
• Bake calzones 15 minutes or until golden all over. Serve calzones with warm tomato, marinara, or pizza sauce for dipping.
• Cook's Note: For an additional time saver, 2 packages precooked sausage crumbles, 8 ounces each, may be substituted for raw Italian sausage used in the above recipe.
• Add olive oil to medium saucepan over moderate heat. Add garlic and crushed pepper to the heated olive oil; when pepper snaps and garlic sizzles, stir in crushed tomatoes. Season sauce with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Cook for five minutes and stir in parsley. Serve.
• Yield: 4 servings

SAUSAGE CALZONE-ELECTRIC SKILLET

Steps:

• Prepare pizza dough per instructions-see description.
• In a large skillet cook hot italian sausage-break it up well.
• Remove from skillet, add remaining ingredients except spaghetti sauce and cheese's.
• Saute over medium heat until onions just begin to turn opaque.
• Remove from heat-drain well.
• In a medium bowl combine the cooked sausage, vegetables, spaghetti sauce, cheese's, pepper and salt.
• Mix well.
• Divide dough into 4 portions.
• On a well floured surface roll each piece into a thin round.
• Divide filling equally, placing each portion on one side of each dough round.
• Fold dough over filling, pressing down lightly to remove air pockets.
• Crimp and fold edges over to make a seal.
• Repeat with remaining rounds.
• Oil electric skillet with virgin olive oil.
• Heat to 325 degrees.
• Place two calzones in hot skillet, cover and cook 15 minutes.
• Remove cover and carefully flip calzones.
• Cook, uncovered for 15 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• You may need to re-oil your skillet-repeat cooking procedure with remaining 2 calzones.
• We like extra sauce to dip calzones in so I heated up 1 extra cup.
• One Calzone with a salad filled the two of us up.
• Prep time does NOT reflect dough prep-that depends on your bread machine.
• Cooking time reflects 2 batches.

SAUSAGE & VEGETABLE CALZONES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Brown sausage with mushrooms and peppers in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Drain; return to skillet. Add cream cheese spread, mozzarella and garlic powder; mix well. Remove from heat; cool 10 min.
• Unroll pizza dough on clean work surface. Pat out to 15x11-inch rectangle; cut lengthwise in half, then cut each piece crosswise into thirds. Top dough rectangles with sausage mixture; fold in half. Seal edges with fork. Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 15 min. or until golden brown.