Sausage Calzones

  4.7 – 42 reviews  • Pork
Level: Intermediate
Total: 35 min
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min
Yield: 4 calzones

Ingredients

  1. 1 1/3 pounds raw Italian sweet sausage, casing removed
  2. A drizzle olive oil
  3. 2 cups ricotta
  4. A handful flat leaf parsley, chopped
  5. 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  6. A handful grated Parmigiano, plus extra, for knots
  7. 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated or a couple pinches of ground
  8. A few grinds black pepper
  9. 2 tablespoons chopped pimento
  10. 2 (10-ounce) tubes prepared pizza dough
  11. 2 cups shredded mozzarella
  12. Garlic oil (1 or 2 cloves chopped and heated in 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil)
  13. 2 cups tomato, marinara or pizza sauce for dipping or Five Minute Spicy Marinara, recipe follows
  14. 2 tablespoons (two turns around the pan) extra-virgin olive oil
  15. 3 cloves garlic crushed
  16. 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  17. 1 (32 ounce) can chunky style crushed tomatoes
  18. Salt and pepper
  19. 1 teaspoon Italian dried seasoning
  20. 1 handful Italian parsley leaves, chopped

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 F.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Bake calzones 15 minutes or until golden all over. Serve calzones with warm tomato, marinara, or pizza sauce for dipping.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Yield: 4 servings

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 1355
Total Fat 75 g
Saturated Fat 30 g
Carbohydrates 107 g
Dietary Fiber 9 g
Sugar 20 g
Protein 66 g
Cholesterol 214 mg
Sodium 2893 mg

Reviews

Paul Pierce
OMG!!! These are fantastic! I added pepperoni….bought…I think it’s Hormel, but they have mini pepperoni & we enjoy it. Next time, some gr. pepper & onion will be added. I’m sure you can really use any filling items that you like on pizza. didn’t make the marinara in the recipe, but as I see in some reviews, it sounds yum-o, so will try that next time.
Ronnie Evans
We have made these several times and they are wonderful. My husband watched this episode and said he could make these, so I went out and bought the ingredients and he did an awesome job. He might not be able to cook much but this is one meal he has down pat! He has also changed up the ingreadients and he also makes the spinach and artichoke calzones too. You must make the marinara sauce in the recipe, it makes the whole dish! My kids love this and it makes great leftovers…absolutely nothing bad about this dish!!
Maria Melendez
This is a good tasty and easy recipe. I have made many times over the years.
Ashley Horton
I added finely chopped green pepper and onions for some extra flavor. Yum! Turned out DELISH!
April Johnson
This recipe took me about 25 minutes from start to finish. It was so quick and so delicious. I was worried that I wouldn’t have dinner ready in time, but I was done early and had time to actually sit down and RELAX! Awesome, Awesome, Awesome!
Kevin Miller
It lacked flavor.
Alison Smith
This was delish! We added cooked spinach also. Only reason I didn’t give 5 stars is that it took around 45mins start to finish.
Joel Martinez
Easy and delicious recipe! Easy week night dinner! FOOD NETWORK RULES!
Levi Bright
I made them for some friends at work and they LOVED them. I thought they were easy to make. And they are FILLING!! You can easily get stuffed on just one.
Tyler Boone
these are easy and so good

 

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