SOURDOUGH CALZONE
A crusty and delicious Sourdough Calzone is an oven baked folded pizza with a stuffing of your choice. Enjoy it as a sandwich or as a main meal.
Ingredients
FOR THE SOURDOUGH CALZONE DOUGH:
- 1 cup unfed sourdough starter mixed
- ½ cup warm water
- 2 cups wholewheat flour
- ½ cup plain flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp instant dry active yeast
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- extra flour for dusting
- extra olive oil for brushing
FOR THE FILLING:
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup sliced mushrooms
- ½ cup grated cheese (I used both cheddar and mozzarella)
- ¼ cup sweet corn
- ¼ cup sliced olives
- ½ cup pizza sauce check above for homemade pizza sauce link
- ¼ cup chopped sweet pepper
- 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
Instructions
PREPARATION OF THE SOURDOUGH CALZONE DOUGH:
- Add unfed sourdough into a mixing bowl.
- Add salt and water. Mix well.
- Add oil, yeast and herbs. Mix well.
- Add the flours.
- Bring all the ingredients together into a dough.
- Dust the worktop with some flour.
- Knead the dough for 10-15 mins till its smooth and silky. The dough should not be too sticky.
- Shape the dough into a ball. Rub oil over it.
- Grease the bowl with some oil.
- Put the dough ball into the bowl.
- Cover with a damp cloth or lid and place the bowl in a warm place.
- The dough should rise and become double the size in 2-4 hours, depending on how warm your kitchen is.
- Gently deflate the dough.
- Divide it into 2 parts for large calzone or 4 for small ones.
- Dust the worktop with some flour.
- Roll one part of the dough using a rolling pin into a circle of about 8-9 inches in diameter. For the small ones roll into 4-5 inches.
- Grease a baking tray with some oil.
- Place the rolled dough on the tray.
- Do the same for the remaining dough.
PREPARATION OF SOURDOUGH CALZONE:
- Spread the pizza sauce on just half part of the circle. Don't spread right to the edges.
- Add the filling.
- Gently bring the other part of the circle over the filling.
- Pinch the seams to seal. I like to fold the dough (crimp). You can also use a fork to press down the edges to seal.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- For a crusty calzone, brush the top with some water.
- Place the calzone in the oven to bake. Bake for the first 10 mins at 200°C. Then lower to 180°C and bake further for 15-20 minutes.
- When the top is golden brown, take the calzone out of the oven.
- You can brush olive oil on top and serve.
Notes
- Use a filling of your choice.
- If you don't want a crusty calzone then don't brush it with water. Brush some oil over it before baking.
- If you need the dough to ferment in lesser time then use 1 tsp of yeast.