Description
For this tasty Italian specialty, the dough is prepared in the bread machine, and then it’s filled with Italian sausage, pizza sauce and mozzarella cheese. I serve it with pasta.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups water
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon powdered milk
- ¾ cup sliced Italian sausage
- ¾ cup pizza sauce
- 1 ¼ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- To Make Dough: Place water
- yeast
- sugar
- flour
- salt and powdered milk in the pan of the bread machine
- in the order suggested by the manufacturer. Select Dough cycle. After cycle is completed
- roll out dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Meanwhile
- brown sausage for about 8 to 10 minutes in a large skillet over medium heat. Drain excess fat and reserve.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Shape dough into a 16 inch by 10 inch rectangle. Transfer to a lightly greased cookie sheet
- and spoon pizza sauce lengthwise down the center of the dough
- followed by the browned sausage and the cheese. Make diagonal cuts 1 1/2 inches apart down each long side of the dough rectangle
- cutting to within 1/2 inch of the filling. Criss-cross cut strips of dough over the filling and seal edges with water. Brush top of calzone with melted butter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 45 minutes
- or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes
- then slice and serve.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 4