It is hard to believe that summer is almost over. It has been a very busy summer. We have had many of our son's friends over and they like to eat!! One of the kids' favorites are calazones. I had not made them in awhile but last week I made them and they were so good. You can stuff them with anything that you like on a pizza. The ones that I made last week had pepperoni and fresh mushrooms in them. But be careful, the filling is hot and juicy!! I bit into mine and mushroom juice burned my chin!! A lesson learned!! I make the dough mix and have it on hand all the time so we can have pizza or calzones in a few hours.
Pizza Dough Mix
Dough Mix
8 c. bread flour
4 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. cornmeal
1/4 c. sugar
3 T. salt
3 T. baking powder
In a large bowl, whisk together flours, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder very well. Store in well sealed container. Keeps 4 months.
To make pizza dough:
1 c. water, warm
1 t. fast-rise yeast (for a fluffier, bread-like pizza, use 1 1/2 t. yeast)
3 c. dough mix
2 T. olive oil
This dough can be kneaded by hand, in a mixer with a dough hook or in a bread machine. For the mixer, place water in a bowl with yeast. Mix then allow mixture to sit about 5 minutes, to allow yeast to expand. Add pizza mix and oil, then knead, until smooth and elastic on slow speed - about 5-7 minutes. Once dough is made, cover well with oiled plastic and allow to rest one hour. Deflate before rolling out. Will make 1 12" pizza. Will make 3-4 calzones.
To make the calzones, divide dough into 3 or 4 balls. Roll out and add the fillings on one side and then fold dough over fillings and seal edges well.
