Chicken & Choritzo Calzone

Name: Chicken & Choritzo Calzone
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cup water; 2 tbsp olive oil; 3 cup bread flour; 2 tsp salt; 2 tsp caster sugar; 1 1/2 tsp fast acting yeast; tomato puree; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 3 chicken breasts (cooked &cut into 1/2 inch dice); 8 oz mozzarella cheese, diced; 2 oz grated parmesan cheese; 4 oz chorizo or other spicy sausage, diced; 2 oz sun dried tomatoes, chopped; 3 spring onions (salad) chopped; 2 egg yolks; to taste salt & pepper; olive oil

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Experimenting with an Italian dish.

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Experimenting with an Italian dish.

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Ingredients

120 mins

4 servings

Dough:
1 1/4 cupwater
2 tbspolive oil
3 cupbread flour
2 tspsalt
2 tspcaster sugar
1 1/2 tspfast acting yeast
Filling:
tomato puree
2 tbspchopped parsley
3chicken breasts (cooked &cut into 1/2 inch dice)
8 ozmozzarella cheese, diced
2 ozgrated parmesan cheese
4 ozchorizo or other spicy sausage, diced
2 ozsun dried tomatoes, chopped
3spring onions (salad) chopped
2egg yolks
to tastesalt & pepper
olive oil

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Steps

120 mins

1

Place water and olive oil in pan of bread machine, cover with flour, place salt, sugar and yeast in seperate corners, switch machine to dough setting.
2

If you don't have a bread machine, make dough by hand or use packet mix.
3

In a bowl mix the filling ingredients (except the tomato puree & parsley) together, lighly beating the egg yolks before adding, season to taste
4

When dough is ready, remove from pan and knock it back gently on a lightly floured surface
5

Divide in half, roll each piece into a circle approximately 12 inches across.
6

Preheat oven to 220 C / 425 F, oil a large baking tray
7

Spread the tomato puree over both rounds, leave a 1/2 inch border all round, sprinkle parsley over tomato paste.
8

Place 1/2 of the filling on half of each round, dampen border with water, carefully fold in half to cover filling.
9

Fold the border gently over your fingers to seal, you can crimp with a fork or use your fingers and the back of a knife.
10

Place the calzone on baking tray, brush with olive oil, place in preheated oven.
11

Cook for 20-25 minutes, until golden brown and risen. Serve with salad and/ or chips (fries)
12

You can make 4 or 6 individual calzones (depending on your appetite!)
13

You can add mushrooms and /or ham if you like.

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Panda.s @cook_3715208

on October 14, 2015 10:28

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.