Spicy Sausage Calzones Food

SPICY SAUSAGE CALZONES

Steps:

• 1. Begin by sauteing your onions in skillet. Add 1 lb. of ground pork sausage to skillet and cook until done.
• 2. Pour a jar of Ragu pizza sauce & a 4.5 oz. jar of sliced, drained mushrooms to a bowl.
• 3. Add meat and onion mixture to the sauce mixture. Stir thoroughly.
• 4. Divide large pizza dough (store bought or homemade) into six balls. On floured countertop or board roll out one ball at a time to an 8 or 9 inch circle.
• 5. Fill 1/2 of circle with meat/sauce mixture and top with mozzerella cheese.
• 6. Moisten edge of pizza dough circle and fold over in half and crimp.
• 7. Spray a large cookie sheet with non-stick spray and place first completed calzone on sheet. Repeat steps 4-6 with remaining dough balls.
• 8. Once all 6 lge. calzones on complete, whisk 2 eggs whites in a bowl. Using a pastry brush, "paint" your calzones with egg white and bake in an oven at 350 degrees for appox. 30 minutes. (Egg white will help them to brown).

SPICY CALZONE

Steps:

• 1. Brown ground beef or sausage with onion and bell pepper. Stir in sliced Connecuh sausage. (Feel free to add any meat you like, Italian sausage is awesome). Drain meat.
• 2. Pour in 3/4 jar of Paul Newman's Garlic & Herb spaghetti sauce (or your choice I use PN's for ease and it has a lot of flavor).
• 3. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper, and Italian seasoning.
• 4. Spray your long jelly roll pan with Pam. Roll out the pizza dough in a square or round shape, your choice.
• 5. Line the dough with slices of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni slices.
• 6. In the center spoon the meat sauce.
• 7. For the square shaped: Fold over one end and then fold the other end to overlap. Fold the end pieces up to seal the calzone. Fold over so the seam is on the bottom. For the Round dough: Fold over like a crescent moon and pinch the ends to close the calzone.
• 8. I brush my calzone with melted butter and sprinkle the top with Parmesan cheese.
• 9. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• 10. While this is baking I heat the remaining sauce in a saucepan on medium/low for dipping or drizzling over the calzone.

SAUSAGE & SPINACH CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, cook and crumble sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 4-6 minutes; drain. Add spinach; cook and stir until wilted. Remove from heat., On a lightly floured surface, unroll and pat dough into a 15x11-in. rectangle. Cut into 4 rectangles. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on half of each rectangle to within 1 in. of edges., Stir ricotta cheese and pepper into sausage mixture; spoon over mozzarella cheese. Fold dough over filling; press edges with a fork to seal. Place on a greased baking sheet., Bake until light golden brown, 10-15 minutes. If desired, serve with pizza sauce.Freeze option: Freeze cooled calzones in an airtight freezer container. To use, microwave calzone on high until heated through.